Around the Perigord Dordogne area

Our Hosts, Sandra and Steve welcomed us to our holiday cottage, Le Vieux Four, which is in a little hamlet called La Doinie near St Genies

The cottages - ours is the first on the left

From the back

The view from the back verandah

Lunching on the veranda

Bob Signing the Visitors Book (Photo by Eve)

Sunrise from the back door

This link shows the cottage

http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=8026931624257564902

and this one is the link to the site through which it was booked

http://www.cottages4you.co.uk/sites/cottages4you/pages/destinations/france/index.aspx

Steve and Sandra told us about St Genies and their sunday market

The nearest town to St Genies is Sarlat-La-Caneda which is famed for it's market and it's old city area

Mum and Eve at Sarlat Market

This link has more information about Sarlat

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarlat-la-Can%C3%A9da

On the way down, about half an hour before we arrived at our holiday cottage we saw this huge chateau dominating the skyline.  This was the Chateau de Hautefort and we went back to look at it the next day.

The Chateau

In the little town of Hautefort

This link has more information:

http://www.chateau-hautefort.com/

We visited Rocamadour...

The Castle at Rocamadour

In the town

This link for more information:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocamadour

Their are a few castles and towns along the Dordogne River..............

The Chateau de Belcastel

The Chateau de Fenelon

Around the Chateau de Fenelon

The link for more information

http://www.best-of-perigord.tm.fr/sites/chateaux/fenelon/anglais/fenelon_uk.html

Chateau de Montfort

For more information

http://www.castles.francethisway.com/chateau-montfort.php

The Bastide of Domme - the gates

The church

The view of the Dordogne River from Domme

A Bastide is a fortified town.

Again the link for more information:

http://www.northofthedordogne.com/domme.php