La Roque Gageac
(pronounced: La Roke Gay-Jzak)
This town is touted as one of the most beautiful
villages in France. It's not difficult to see why. It's main
road is extremely narrow and hugs the cliff. The ochre limestone of
the buildings blends almost seamlessly with the rock face behind
them.
 
The best way to experience La Roque Gageac is by
gabarre...a river boat built in the fashion of the old flat-bottom cargo
boats that plied the Dordogne River in years gone by. By the way,
these gabarres can navigate their way in extraordinarily shallow
water...it looked no more that 18 inches in some places.
We found two establishments that offered Gabarre rides in La Roque Gageac:
Gabares NORBERT (http://www.norbert.fr,
e-mail gabares-norbert@norbert.fr
OR tel: +33-05-53-29-40-44)
AND
Gabarres CAMINADE (tel: +33--05-53-29-40-95)
 
 
 
Another great way to experience the Dordogne Valley is by Mongolfiere
- hot air balloon!
(Maybe next time...)
Mongolfière du Périgord (Hot-air
balloons)
Tel. +33.05.53.28.18.58
Fax: +33.05.53.28.89.34
All
year round, on reservation.
Take-off from La Roque-Gageac.
1-hour flights,
with balloons carrying from one to six passengers.
3 rates, depending on
choice of flight: 180 €, 200 € or 230 €
Castlenaud Castle, shown in the three images
below, was built in the 12th century the Cazenac family...the name means
"new castle". Unfortunately, all that remains are its
ruins.
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Click 'a' to zoom in, 'z' to zoom out.
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