See Paintings in the caves of Lascaux The Chateau de Puymartin near Sarlat Taxi: There are several taxi companies operating around Sarlat and the Dordogne valley. The Transperigord links Souillac to Sarlat via the Dordogne valley twice daily and the Sarlat Bus services various areas of Sarlat itself. A number of trains operate from Bordeaux to Sarlat each day, which takes about 3 hours and is a reasonably scenic journey.īus: There is no bus station in Sarlat but some services operate from the railway station. Railway: Trains from Paris to Souillac or Paris to Libourne and then change for Sarlat using the Bergerac line. There isn't much in the way of public transport around the Périgord Noir area of which Sarlat is the main town. They're the Périgord Vert (Green, in the north), the Périgord Blanc (White, in the north-east), Périgord Noir (Black, in the south-east) and the Périgord Pourpre (Purple, in the south-west).īy car to the Dordogne, the A20 and then the A89 to Périgueux. The name is still commonly used by the French, as the Dordogne is divided into four regions, named after the historic province. The Dordogne department roughly follows the shape of the historic Périgord, a former province and one of the primary battlegrounds during the Hundred Years' War. 45.029444 1.128889 3 Château de Losse in 45.022222 1.117222 13 Thonac is an excellent example of a 16th-century French castle, well preserved and with lovely gardens.45.066389 1.161389 1 Montignac - The prehistoric cave paintings of Lascaux.44.866111 1.050833 4 Castels - merged with Bézenac to form Castels et Bézenac.

Map of Dordogne Through the Dordogne flows the river that shares its name The Benedictine Monastery of Brantôme

Dordogne valley map