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The hotel La Roseraie is a beautiful 19th century bourgeois house, nestled in the heart of the medieval village of Montignac on the banks of the Vézère River.
A delightful garden with a centuries-old rose collection and landscaped pool area invite you to relax.
The personalised rooms are very comfortable and offer all the mod cons.
In one of the lovely dining rooms, enjoy traditional cuisine prepared by our talented chef Hugo Longis using delicious local produce. Hospitality and your well-being are our priorities in this peaceful haven.
In a room of around 1000m², Antipode is an urban leisure space, for learning and practicing bouldering, meeting and discussing sports, cultural and discovery activities, which also offers activities at any time of the day. beer, organic coffee, organic tea, organic hot chocolate and organic juices. ANTIPODE Climbing is a climbing area of 500 m², 150 boulders spread over 7 levels of difficulty with a monthly renewal of the passages. The climbing area is fully equipped with a thick landing mat for maximum safety. But it is also :
An entertainment area frequented by professionals, such as beginners
Air-conditioned space
Discovery blocks
Blocks for "little ones" from 4 years old
A beer, tea and coffee bar area
50 parking spaces
Direct access to the green lane
The Périgueux climbing room :)
Just 700 m from the international centre of Lascaux IV, add a touch of colour to your trip.
The hotel has 10 rooms including 7 family rooms that can accommodate up to 4 people. A travel cot is available on request. Enjoy exceptional comfort: Queen size beds, high definition TV with multiple channels, whirlpool showers, Wi-Fi, tea making facilities.
A special welcome is reserved for children with a wide range of entertainment: board games, magazines, outdoor games.
To get the day off to a good start, we offer a buffet breakfast or breakfast in your room. In the evening you can enjoy a traditional and varied cuisine. Free private parking is available.
La Parenthèse is located in Montignac, close to the famous Lascaux cave, offering quality meals in a warm atmosphere & a lounge style setting. A la carte or fixed menu, our cuisine is homemade using fresh produce sourced mainly from local producers.
Welcoming you all year round & offering regular entertainment and themed evenings.
Our restaurant offers different areas; in summer, enjoy our garden, ideal for cocktails and aperitifs, and in all seasons, our dining room, where you can savour our dishes, pizzas and grills. Also enjoy our space dedicated to board games. Accessible to people with reduced mobility.
50% discovering, 50% adventure and 100% leisure!
With your family or with your friends take advantage of 2h of riding on rail bikes on an old train track. It's an 11km track full of charm with bridges, a viaduct or a tunnel following the path and stations inbetween valleys and water currents. On the way there it goes uphill and on the way back downhill! If you can't or cannot do any effort, rail bike with electrical assistance are at disposal. Half-way you can get refreshements and amenities. The start is at fixe hours, you must reserve your ticket (2 others tracks 14km long available depending on the season).
Located in the heart of the Périgord Noir, 25 kilometres from Sarlat, this residence is ideal for family holidays.
The apartments, 2-room apartments for up to 4 people or 3-room duplex cabins for 6/8 people, are fully equipped.
The Hameau du Moulin offers your children a wide range of activities with special entertainment. It has an outdoor heated swimming pool for the whole family from the beginning of April to the end of September. All you need to enjoy a holiday full of discovery and relaxation.
Children's activities from 4 to 11 years old July/August, 5 half days per week.
Teenagers from 12 to 15 years old July / August, in the afternoon only.
The residence is made up of 118 small houses divided into 7 bastides built around a large park area, 1.5 km from the centre and the shops. The Lascaux caves are less than 5 minutes away (by car). The houses, for 4 to 8 people, are fully equipped with kitchenette and furnished terrace. Heated semi-covered swimming pool open all year round and fitness room TV, bed linen and towels included. Sauna and hammam, hotel services and wifi in the accommodation (extra charge).
Lascaux Cave in the Périgord Noir is a masterpiece of prehistoric art with frescoes showing around 600 animals (horses, bulls, deer, felines, etc.) and enigmatic signs. Today, the site can be rediscovered at the International Centre for Cave Art, a complex of more than 8,000 m² at the foot of Lascaux hill.
This exceptional place includes a complete and unprecedented replica of the cave and 6 exhibition halls retracing the discovery of Lascaux, its place in world cave art and contemporary creativity. This is an immersive experience at the heart of prehistory, thanks in particular to the technological prowess of both the building and visitor aids (augmented reality, 3D screen, etc). A moving and sensory experience guaranteed!
Bonus: a rich and original cultural programme and a new exhibition.
The Grotte du Grand Roc stands halfway up a cliffside overlooking the Vézère Valley in Les Eyzies. This enchanted mineral forest features an incredible variety of crystallisations: stalactites, stalagmites, eccentrics and draperies, to name but a few. 40min guided tour.Combined ticket available with the Abris de Laugerie Basse.Located only a few dozen metres away, these rock shelters are a reference for prehistoric scientists the world over. The numerous archaeological vestiges discovered on site give witness to a rich cultural activity unlike any other in the region. For school groups, the educational workshop ‘Sur les traces des animaux’ (‘Tracking animals’) is available upon reservation.
Snail Farm. Sale of snails and ready-made meal with snails. Visit : from the egg to the plate.
July and August : Monday-Wednesday 11h and 18h / Thursday and Friday:11h.
Off season : on appointment. Evening visit Thursday by reservation...
Adult and child : free.
Degustation : 3,50€
Groups : by reservation
Experience or relive an unusual adventure of almost 2 hours, with family or friends, on an old railway line full of charm with its bridges, viaducts, tunnels and ancient stations.
Combine the outdoors, a bit of sport, a lot of thrills and a dash of adrenaline. Several "challenging" routes are available, from 11 km to 28 km round trip.
Electrically assisted bikes are available: €10 extra depending on the route chosen to help you tackle the hills!
This electric assistance is included on certain routes.
Refreshments, ice creams and toilets at the end station of the Corgnac-Les Chatignoles route.
The first facsimile of Lascaux is located in Montignac on the Unesco protected hill, a few metres from the original cave. It is an exact replica of the Hall of the Bulls and the Axial Diverticulum, which represents 90% of the paintings in the famous cave. As you leave the light of day for the world of darkness, you will have the sensation of walking through the original cave. Throughout the visit, the guide will try to recreate the emotion of the discovery and will introduce you to the intimate and universal art of Lascaux.
Duration: 1 hour - Booking recommended
5 Km from Montignac Lascaux on D 706. The Medieval stronghold towers above the river Vézère. Within its curtain walls and deep moat a Renaissance hall was built in 1576. It is accessed by a monumental gatehouse where an inscription proclaims, in the line of 16th century thought, « Man does as he may, Fate as she wills ».
Inside the Renaissance hall a fine decor and exceptional period furniture bear witness to the grand lifestyle of Jean II de Losse, soldier and courtier of all the sons of Catherine de Medicis, the last Valois kings. The gardens within the walls or terraced over the river with plantations following the 16th century lay out, offer an inspired and charming wandering with unspoiled views over the virgilian coutryside. (« A » listed building, site and gardens.)
English tours available for groups on request.
5km from Montignac and a stone’s throw from Thot – Espace Cro-magnon, The gardens of Losse Castle overlook the Vézère. Built on a terrace and labelled “Remarkable Gardens”, they provide a beautiful setting, surrounding the Renaissance château since the 16th century. You are completely at leisure to stroll around the gardens and park and enjoy the exhibitions organised in the towers.
Your stroll will lead you to the “green rooms”, created on terraces with a view over the Vézère. Follow the wisteria arbour to re-join the walkway lined with boxwoods and decorated with roses. In the garden below, rosemary sits alongside lavender while a little stream runs through the topiaries with a variety of aromas. Re-join the park by crossing the dry moat; your children can play in the mini-maze of the bamboo garden. In the stables, a video tells you more about Losse château and its gardens.
The "city" of Clairvivre was designed and built to treat people suffering from lung disease after the First World War, without separating them from their families. This unusual place is a real utopian city in the countryside, where one finds beside small white pavilions, shops, restaurants, hiking trails and an equestrian centre. Classified as part of France’s 20th century Heritage.
A gourmet cuisine combining local and foreign flavours awaits you in our shady garden around the swimming pool or in one of our two air-conditioned dining rooms. Group meals. Private receptions. Restaurant ideally located in Thonac, only a few kilometres from the famous Lascaux cave, La Roque Saint-Christophe and Le Château de Losse. Guide du Routard / Petit Futé. Maître Restaurateur since 2010.
Located 3 km from Perigueux, in a renovated farmhouse, come and discover a traditional and creative cooking from the Chef Gilles Gourvat.