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TRIP HIGHLIGHT
Cave Art of the
35 Vézère Valley 1 Les-Eyzies-de-
Tayac
This small one-street
tourist town is right in
the middle of the Vézère
This trip feels like opening a time capsule Valley, 20km northwest
into the prehistoric past. Hidden deep of Sarlat-la-Canéda. Most
of the area’s major caves
underground in the murky caves of the Vézère are within half-an-hour’s
and Lot Valleys, a spectacular legacy of ancient drive, so it makes a use-
ful base for exploring,
artworks, ranging from rock sculptures to and for a quick primer
multicoloured murals, was left behind by Cro- on prehistoric art there’s
Magnon people – and this is one of the few nowhere better than
the Musée National de
places in the world where it’s possible to see Préhistoire (%05 53 06 45
their work up close. 65; www.musee-prehistoire-

/ · Rouffignac-
D6
# \ Montignac
St-Cermin- # \ #m K
de-Reihac / · 0 ¸ # 7
D706
D6
# \ Le Thot
6
#
Plazac # Grotte de
# \ Lascaux
/ ·
D45
/ · Grotte de 0 ¸
D704
D32
# Rouffignac # \ St-Léon-
#
5
sur-Vézère
/ · DORDOGNE # \ Le Moustier # \ St-Geniès
D47
Savognac- # \
de-Miremont # \ Tursac / ·
D60
# \
Manaurie Grotte des
Combarelles
#
3
Les-Eyzies- # # Abri du # \ Marquay
#
4
# \ l L
de-Tayac# # Cap Blanc
#
# 1
2
D6
St-Cirq Grotte / ·
#
# \ de Font H
Le Burgue
de Gaume p379 / · Ste-Nathalène
D47
# \
# \ Meyrais Alias # \
/ · Sarlat-
Vézère
D35
la-Canéda # \
St-Cyprien # \
Mouzens Dordogne Beynac-et-
/ · # \ Cazenac
D25
# \ Mamac # \ Dordogne
F G Vitrac # \ Carsac- # \
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0 ¸ Aillac
D710
# e 0 0 5 miles 10 km 90km to F G ‚ # \ Domme
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