Montfort
Montfort village is a small village that is dominated by the chateau at the highest point in the village - the river at this point follows a large sweep as the cingle de Montfort.
Curiously the chateau is named after Simon de Montfort, who burned the castle to the ground as part of his crusade in the region. Perhaps rebuilt more than any other castle in the region, chateau de Montfort has been knocked down and reconstructed four time during the intervening centuries.
The village itself is small and attractive, with medieval buildings in the traditional yellow stone gleaming below the chateau.
At this point I must apologise - I took the photo below from directly below the castle, and only as we drove off did I realise that much the best view is from slightly outside the village, by which time it was too late to stop again! It really is one of the most scenic castles in the Dordogne Valley.
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