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9781860118821

Dordogne & the Lot, 4th

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    9781860118821

  • ISBN10:

    1860118828

  • Format: Trade Paper
  • Copyright: 2003-07-01
  • Publisher: Cadogan Guides
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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
Introductionp. 29
Historyp. 33
Topicsp. 45
Food and Drinkp. 59
The Guide
Travelp. 71
Getting Therep. 72
Getting Aroundp. 74
Special Interest Holidaysp. 77
Specialist Tour Operatorsp. 78
Practical A-Zp. 79
The Dordogne: Northern Perigordp. 91
Arriving from the North: Perigord Vertp. 93
Northeast Perigordp. 101
Perigueuxp. 107
West of Perigueuxp. 117
The Foret de la Doublep. 122
The Lower Isle Valleyp. 124
The Dordogne: the Vezere Valleyp. 125
The Northern Vezerep. 127
Down-river from Montignac to Les Eyziesp. 133
Les Eyzies-de-Tayacp. 137
To Le Bugue-sur-Vezerep. 142
Down the Dordogne Ip. 145
The Dordogne Quercynoisp. 148
Padirac and the Gouffre de Padiracp. 154
Carennac to Lacavep. 155
Rocamadourp. 161
Into the Dordognep. 166
Souillac to Sarlatp. 169
Sarlat-la-Canedap. 171
The Plateau of Perigord Noirp. 176
Down the Dordogne IIp. 181
The Central Dordogne: Beynac to Bergeracp. 183
Bergeracp. 195
West of Bergerac to St-Emilionp. 202
The Libournaisp. 212
The Haute Girondep. 216
Bordeauxp. 221
Ste-Croix and St-Michelp. 236
Musee d'Aquitainep. 237
Cathedrale St-Andrep. 239
Musee des Beaux-Artsp. 240
St-Seurinp. 242
Quartier St-Pierrep. 243
The Golden Trianglep. 244
The Esplanade des Quinconcesp. 245
The Chartronsp. 247
Pessacp. 249
Girondep. 251
Southeast of Bordeauxp. 253
North of Bordeaux: the Gironde Estuary and Medocp. 275
The Cote d'Argentp. 284
Arcachon and its Bassinp. 290
The Lot: Quercyp. 301
Between the Dordogne and Lot Rivers: The Causse de Gramatp. 305
Cahorsp. 329
South of the River Lot: Quercy Blancp. 340
Down the Lot: Cahors to Soturacp. 342
North of the Lot: La Bourianep. 349
Lot-et-Garonnep. 357
Bastide Countryp. 362
Down the Lot from Fumel to Villeneuvesur-Lotp. 367
The Prune Kingdom: Villeneuve to Aiguillonp. 371
Agenp. 378
The Neracaisp. 383
Western Lot-et-Garonnep. 390
Tarn-et-Garonnep. 399
Northeast Approaches: Down the Bonnette and Aveyron Valleysp. 402
Montaubanp. 409
Moissacp. 416
The Lomagnep. 424
Toulousep. 431
Place du Capitolep. 448
The Basilica of St-Serninp. 450
Around Place St-Sernin and the Quartier Arnaud-Bernardp. 452
Les Jacobinsp. 453
Pastel Palaces and Violets of Goldp. 455
Along the Garonnep. 456
The Quartier du Jardinp. 457
Place du Salin to the Cathedral of St-Etiennep. 458
Musee des Augustinsp. 459
Toulouse's Left Bankp. 460
Le Mirail, Toulouse's Shadow Utopiap. 461
On the Periphery of Toulousep. 462
Reference
Glossaryp. 463
Languagep. 465
Indexp. 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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Excerpts

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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