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Eating & Sleeping

mix of period plushness – some also have
Sarlat-la-Canéda 1 terraces overlooking the town’s rooftops.
5 Le Petit Manoir Regional Cuisine €€
(%05 53 29 82 14; 13 rue de la République; mains La Roque Gageac 4
€20; h12.40-2pm & 7-9pm Tue-Sun; Wv)
Book ahead for a seat in the ornate 15th-century 5 La Belle Étoile
mansion where the cuisine combines creative Restaurant Traditional French €€
Dordogne specialities with a touch of Asian (www.belleetoile.fr; menus from €32; hnoon-
fusion. The Vietnamese chef creates a menu 1.30pm Tue & Thu-Sun, 7.30-9.30pm Tue-Sun)
that changes with the seasons, and there are This restaurant in a riverside hotel has the best
always vegetarian options (menu €27). position in La Roque, lodged in a solid stone
building with river vistas. It is renowned for its
5 Le Grand Bleu Gastronomy €€€ sophisticated French food, and opens onto a
(%05 53 31 08 48; www.legrandbleu.eu; 43 av vine-shaded terrace with a fabulous view. ATLANTIC COAST 34 GOuRMET DORDOGNE
de la Gare; menus lunch €36, dinner €54-125;
h12.30-2pm Thu-Sun, 7.30-9.30pm Tue-Sat)
This eminent Michelin-starred restaurant run by Bergerac 7
chef Maxime Lebrun is renowned for its creative
cuisine with elaborate menus making maximum 5 Villa Laetitia Regional Cuisine €€
use of luxury produce: truffles, lobster, turbot (%05 53 61 00 12; laetitiajustino@hotmail.com;
and scallops, with a wine list to match. Cooking 21 rue de l’Ancien Port; menus lunch €17-22,
courses (€40) are also available. Located 1.5km dinner €25-38; hnoon-2pm Tue-Sun, 7-9pm
south of the centre. Tue-Sat) Book ahead for a seat with in-the-know
4 La Maison des Peyrat Hotel €€ locals in the soft, cream-stone dining room
where charming waitstaff serve delicious local
(%05 53 59 00 32; www.maisondespeyrat.com; cuisine, made in the open kitchen at the rear.
Le Lac de la Plane; r €70-112) This beautifully Expect farm-fresh ingredients and delicious
renovated 17th-century house, formerly a nuns’ Périgord classics exquisitely presented.
hospital and later an aristocratic hunting lodge,
is set on a hill about 1.5km from Sarlat centre. 4 Château
Eleven generously sized rooms are decorated les Merles Boutique Hotel €€€
in modern farmhouse style; the best have views (%05 53 63 13 42; www.lesmerles.com;
over gardens and the countryside beyond. Good Tuilières, Mouleydier; d €190-210, ste €250,
restaurant, too. apt €350; iWs) Behind its 19th-century
4 Villa des Consuls B&B €€ neoclassical facade, this château 15km east
(%05 53 31 90 05; www.villaconsuls.fr; 3 rue of Bergerac is a study in modish minimalism.
Monochrome colour schemes including black-
Jean-Jacques Rousseau; d €95-110, apt €150- and-white sofas and artfully chosen antiques
190; iW) Despite its Renaissance exterior, run throughout the rooms, most of which would
the enormous rooms here are modern through look more at home in Paris than deep in the
and through, with shiny wood floors and sleek Dordogne. From the nine-hole golf course to
furnishings. Several delightful self-contained the ravishing fusion restaurant (lunch/dinner
apartments dot the town, all offering the same
menus from €20/30), it’s a royal retreat.

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