4th June - 11th June, we stayed in a beautiful village on the banks of the Dordogne river. We woke up each morning to this view of the Chateau. The whole village is built on the cliff and it was a long climb to the top where the chateau stood giving amazing views of the river and valley. The chateau was built in the 12th century.
We went to the market in the next village. There are markets in every village and it is very exciting to just walk about looking at all the stalls and tasting the produce!!
The river Vezere is also surrounded by very high cliffs. The imposing Roque Saint-Christophe cliff, towers some 300 feet above the river and stretches more than half a mile. It is made up of 5 terraces which were hollowed out 60 million years ago by erosion. People as long ago as prehistoric times have made their homes in these terraces. It became a fortress where people were safe from their ememies.
We took a trip down the Dordogne in a traditional Gabarres. This is the view from the boat of Beynac. We did want to go on canoes but there had been so much rain the week before, and the river was too high
fast following. We will try to do this later.
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