Page 129 - Lonely Planet Europe’s Best Trips (Travel Guide)

Covering 18 sq km, this is
the world’s largest urban
World Heritage Site, with
grand buildings and
architectural treasures
galore.
Top of the heap is the
Cathédrale St-André,
MARCOCIANNAREL / SHUTTERSTOCK ©
known for its stone
carvings and generously
gargoyled belfry, the Tour
Pey-Berland (place Jean
Moulin; adult/child €5.50/
free; h10am-1.15pm & 2-6pm
Jun-Sep, 10am-12.30pm &
2-5.30pm Oct-May). But the FRANCE 8 ESSENTIAL FRANCE
whole old city rewards
wandering, especially
around the Jardin Public
(cours de Verdun), the pretty
squares of esplanade
des Quinconces and
place Gambetta, and the
city’s 4km-long river-
front esplanade, with its
playgrounds, paths and
paddling pools.
54 p130
The Drive » Sarlat-la-Canéda
is a drive of 194km via the A89
motorway, or you can take a
longer but more enjoyable route
via the D936.

TRIP HIGHLIGHT
8 Sarlat-la-Canéda
If you’re looking for
France’s heart and soul,
you’ll find it among the
forests and fields of the
Dordogne. It’s the stuff of
French fantasies: river-
bank châteaux, medieval
villages, wooden-hulled
gabarres (flat-bottomed
barges) and market stalls
groaning with foie gras,
truffles, walnuts and

127