Dordogne & the Lot, 4th

by Dana Facaros and Michael Pauls

• ISBN13: 9781860118821
• ISBN10: 1860118828
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2003-07-01
• Publisher: Cadogan Guides

Summary

Though far from beaches and great monuments, the southwest of France remains timelessly popular, and for good reason. Its amiable landscape of broad river valleys and gentle hills is a place with little traffic, where eagles and kites soar over the fields at noon, and owls on fenceposts watch you drive by at night. Beyond the great medieval art at Toulouse and Moissac, and the Palaeolithic cave paintings of the Dordogne, its attractions may seem rather modest; but modesty is one of the region's charms -- along with the wine and the magret de canard and the three-hour lunches. The southwest is everything the modern world is not, and Dana Facaros and Michael Pauls offer the authoritative guide to the corner of France they know best of all. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Dana Facaros and Michael Pauls are European experts. They have lived in France and Italy and have now settled in the south of France . They are the authors of four French regional Cadogan guides and are co-authors of the country guide to France, and have written the entire Cadogan Italy series.

Table of Contents

Introducing
Dordogne & the Lot: a photo essay
Introduction	p. 29
History	p. 33
Topics	p. 45
Food and Drink	p. 59
The Guide
Travel	p. 71
Getting There	p. 72
Getting Around	p. 74
Special Interest Holidays	p. 77
Specialist Tour Operators	p. 78
Practical A-Z	p. 79
The Dordogne: Northern Perigord	p. 91
Arriving from the North: Perigord Vert	p. 93
Northeast Perigord	p. 101
Perigueux	p. 107
West of Perigueux	p. 117
The Foret de la Double	p. 122
The Lower Isle Valley	p. 124
The Dordogne: the Vezere Valley	p. 125
The Northern Vezere	p. 127
Down-river from Montignac to Les Eyzies	p. 133
Les Eyzies-de-Tayac	p. 137
To Le Bugue-sur-Vezere	p. 142
Down the Dordogne I	p. 145
The Dordogne Quercynois	p. 148
Padirac and the Gouffre de Padirac	p. 154
Carennac to Lacave	p. 155
Rocamadour	p. 161
Into the Dordogne	p. 166
Souillac to Sarlat	p. 169
Sarlat-la-Caneda	p. 171
The Plateau of Perigord Noir	p. 176
Down the Dordogne II	p. 181
The Central Dordogne: Beynac to Bergerac	p. 183
Bergerac	p. 195
West of Bergerac to St-Emilion	p. 202
The Libournais	p. 212
The Haute Gironde	p. 216
Bordeaux	p. 221
Ste-Croix and St-Michel	p. 236
Musee d'Aquitaine	p. 237
Cathedrale St-Andre	p. 239
Musee des Beaux-Arts	p. 240
St-Seurin	p. 242
Quartier St-Pierre	p. 243
The Golden Triangle	p. 244
The Esplanade des Quinconces	p. 245
The Chartrons	p. 247
Pessac	p. 249
Gironde	p. 251
Southeast of Bordeaux	p. 253
North of Bordeaux: the Gironde Estuary and Medoc	p. 275
The Cote d'Argent	p. 284
Arcachon and its Bassin	p. 290
The Lot: Quercy	p. 301
Between the Dordogne and Lot Rivers: The Causse de Gramat	p. 305
Cahors	p. 329
South of the River Lot: Quercy Blanc	p. 340
Down the Lot: Cahors to Soturac	p. 342
North of the Lot: La Bouriane	p. 349
Lot-et-Garonne	p. 357
Bastide Country	p. 362
Down the Lot from Fumel to Villeneuvesur-Lot	p. 367
The Prune Kingdom: Villeneuve to Aiguillon	p. 371
Agen	p. 378
The Neracais	p. 383
Western Lot-et-Garonne	p. 390
Tarn-et-Garonne	p. 399
Northeast Approaches: Down the Bonnette and Aveyron Valleys	p. 402
Montauban	p. 409
Moissac	p. 416
The Lomagne	p. 424
Toulouse	p. 431
Place du Capitole	p. 448
The Basilica of St-Sernin	p. 450
Around Place St-Sernin and the Quartier Arnaud-Bernard	p. 452
Les Jacobins	p. 453
Pastel Palaces and Violets of Gold	p. 455
Along the Garonne	p. 456
The Quartier du Jardin	p. 457
Place du Salin to the Cathedral of St-Etienne	p. 458
Musee des Augustins	p. 459
Toulouse's Left Bank	p. 460
Le Mirail, Toulouse's Shadow Utopia	p. 461
On the Periphery of Toulouse	p. 462
Reference
Glossary	p. 463
Language	p. 465
Index	p. 467
Maps
Dordogne and the Lot
Perigord
Perigord Vert
Northeast Perigord
Perigueux
West of Perigueux
The Vezere Valley
Down the Dordogne I (East Dordogne)
Down the Dordogne II (West Dordogne)
Central Dordogne
Bergerac
West of Bergerac
Bordeaux
Gironde
Southeast of Bordeaux
The Gironde Estuary
The Bassin d'Arcachon
The Lot: Quercy
Between the Dordogne and Lot Rivers
Cahors
Quercy Blanc
La Bouriane
Lot-et-Garonne
Tarn-et-Garonne
Montauban
Moissac Abbey Cloister
Toulouse
Colour Touring Maps and Wine Regions
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Set in a privileged, fertile valley on the river Isle, Perigueux, the capital of the Dordogne département is a cheerful city of 35,000 who produce and market truffles, foie gras and fat strawberries, and print all the postage stamps in France.

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