Dordogne Retreat - a farmhouse tale

On this trip I had driven down a few days ahead of the family (reduced by one due to no half terms at university) and picked them up from Limoges airport on the saturday morning. Despite having flown in and out of Limoges 20 to 30 times we had never been into the town centre. The outskirts are not enticing and we normally make a quick exit! On this occassion we drove into the centre, parked in another amazingly compact underground car park, and found a lovely town square.

 This small island of 'old town' is such a change from the industrial outskirts.

There are several streets worth exploring and a covered market with the usual impressive selection of fresh vegetables, fish and meat. It wasn't however cheap.

We have been South to Salat on previous visits, but it is only a few kilonetres further to get to the mediaeval city of Domme, perched high on a rocky outcrop with commanding views over the Dordogne Valley.

At the top of the main street is the Church - not particularly big, but with this typical (and I thought splendid) tryptych above the Altar.

 This picture shows the main Street leading up from the first car park up to the square at the top of the hill.  There are a number of restaurants there, with prices that increse as you get nearer the top of the town and the inpressive viewpoints!

And here is one of the most impressive views of all!

 One other attraction is a natural cave formation that contains some spectacular stalactites and stalagmites - unfortunately photography was nt permitted, but for 8 euros, worth a vist!  The cave exit is below thespot where this photo was taken - a lift brings you up to this observation platform from the cave exit.

 There is quite a lot of history associated with Domme, including a Templar Kniights connection (Dan Brown fans take note) although we didn't get into that historical aspect on this visit!

We paid two visits to the market and BBQ at Segur this year and it continues to be a great evening out. For some reason it always threatens to rain when we go but luckily we kept dry on both occasions this year.

 Alex tried the trout this year - 4 euros including a white wine sauce!

Over the last 4 years visitis to Perigueux were made to visit Brico Depot and other stores looking for materials, tools or furniture. We only explored the old town for the first time earlier this year. Well worth visiting.

The work crew and hangers on were allowed a day out! We visited Perigueux and rather than our normal trip to Brico Depot we visited the old town. This was a very enjoyable trip and one that we will make again.

The favourite stop was the ice cream parlour, the choice was impressive and the colours even more so!