Les Eyzies, Dordogne - travel guide
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Visit Les Eyzies
Up to a million visitors per year (to this village of 900 inhabitants) ensure that Les Eyzies is often rather busy. Les Eyzies is in the heart of the Vezere Valley and surrounded by many, many caves and prehistoric drawings and remnants - including some of the most beautiful to be seen in Europe - and other prehistoric attractions.
Indeed, the cave-lined Vézère valley has been classified as a heritage site by UNESCO. It was near to Les Eyzies that CroMagnon man was discovered (the three skeletons were discovered at the end of the 19th century, as well as the cave paintings at Fond de Gaume, one of the last prehistoric cave-painting sites that is still open to the public.
Things to do in Les Eyzies
Les Eyzies really is at the centre of a very beautiful area, with the many cliff and rock formations, and surrounded by rivers, hills and tranquil countryside. It is also home to the National Prehistory Museum which houses one of the world’s most complete collections of prehistoric artifacts.
Just a couple of hundred metres from the National Prehistory museum is Abri Pataud, a cro-magnon shelter dating back almost 40,000 years.
Visitors now frequently use the town as a base for exploring the region. The town itself lies mostly along a main street with the cliffs looming up above the village. The houses and shops are a pleasant mix of stone and collombage (half-timber) and have a reasonable number of bars and restaurants for anyone planning to visit or use the town as a base for visiting the area.
There are numerous caves to visit in and around Les Eyzies, plus a number of prehistoric parks (perhaps more for the children...) for a glimpse of what life was really like in the Dordogne 10,000 years ago.
The caves of Font de Gaume, Lascaux and the Grotte du Grand-Roc are amongst the most important of the nearby caves. See Les Eyzies caves for more details of the more important caves and prehistoric settlements.
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Places to visit near Les Eyzies
Beaumont-du-Perigord (24km), Belves (14km), Beynac (12km), Cadouin (10km), Campagne (3km), Chateau de Beynac (13km), Chateau de Castelnaud (13km), Chateau de Commarque (6km), Chateau de Losse (17km), Chateau de Montfort (20km), Chateau des Milandes (15km), Condat-sur-Vezere (30km), Coux et Bigaroque (8km), Domme (19km), Dordogne Castles (22km), Dordogne Caves (22km), Dordogne Gardens (22km), Dordogne Towns (22km), Dordogne Villages (22km), Dordogne Walks (22km), Fanlac (20km), Font de Gaume (4km), Gouffre de Proumeyssac (5km), Grotte de Bara Bahau (7km), Grotte du Grand Roc (4km), La Roque Saint Christophe (11km), La Roque-Gageac (16km), Lascaux caves (21km), Laugerie-Basse (6km), Le Bugue (7km), Le Moustier (11km), Les Eyzies caves (4km), Les Jardins de Marqueyssac (14km), Limeuil (10km), Maison Forte de Reignac (8km), Molieres (18km), Monpazier (26km), Montferrand du Perigord (20km), Montignac (22km), Paunat (12km), Plazac (15km), Saint Amand de Coly (26km), Saint Avit Senieur (21km), Saint Crepin Carlucet (22km), Saint Cyprien (4km), Saint Genies (22km), Saint-Leon-sur-Vezere (14km), Sarlat (16km), Siorac-en-Perigord (9km), Tremolat (14km), Urval (11km) and Villefranche-du-Perigord (30km).
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