Your campsite near the Vézère Valley
The Vézère Valleyis known for its many prehistoric sites, which give us a better understanding of the environment and way of life of human communities that settled in the region and elsewhere in Europe during the Paleolithic era. What's more, the many rivers allow you to see the Dordogne from a different perspective when you stay at our campground near the Vézère Valley.
The area is also ideal for many leisure activities, especially those involving the great outdoors.
Activities such as walking, Nordic walking, horse riding, and canoeing are very popular.
It is also a valley of culinary delights, where towns such as Montignac and Les Eyzies showcase local gastronomy with refined dishes that are a must-try during your vacation in the Dordogne.
Visit from your Vézère Valley Campground
The Vézère Valley is located in the Dordogne department, in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in southwestern France.
The region is home to numerous prehistoric sites, particularly in Les Eyzies and Montignac-Lascaux. Visitors flock here to see cave paintings and engravings dating back thousands of years. Outdoor activities such as hiking and canoeing also allow visitors to enjoy the region's diverse green landscapes.
The Vézère River
The Vézère River originates on the Millevaches plateau at an altitude of 887 meters, in the commune of Meymac, in the Massif Central, in Corrèze. After flowing for more than 210 km, it joins the Dordogne River at Limeuil, a medieval town listed as one of the "most beautiful villages in France."
The river is ideal for many family activities, including canoeing and stand-up paddleboarding. Navigating along its course is an original way—and one that is very popular with vacationers—to discover a succession of green landscapes dotted with various exceptional sites.
Starting from Montignac, the route takes you to the Château de Losse, a Renaissance gem. It also takes you to Saint-Léon-sur-Vézère, one of the most beautiful villages in France, the troglodyte villages of La Roque Saint-Christophe and La Madeleine, the medieval villages of Les Eyzies, Le Bugue, and Limeuil, not to mention the Grand Roc caves.
These discoveries can also be made by boat. Vacationers embark at Les Eyzies for an hour-long cruise during which they travel back in time with an audio commentary.
The Vézère is also a paradise for fishermen. This Class 2 river is home to a multitude of species, including salmon, sea trout, shad, lamprey, pike, perch, roach, carp, and bleak.
Vézère Valley: valley of prehistory
Our campsite near the Vézère Valley offers visitors the chance to discover a concentration of prehistoric sites and caves that give us an insight into the way of life of some of the first human communities to settle in Europe. Researchers and visitors alike can learn more about these communities through the various images that adorn the cave walls.
The Font-de-Gaume cave is one of the must-see sites in the Vézère Valley. An iconic landmark in Les Eyzies, the cave has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1979. Considered one of the most beautiful Paleolithic sanctuaries in the world, the site contains more than two hundred painted or engraved figures, often polychrome, mainly representing animals (bison, horses, mammoths, reindeer, etc.).
The International Center for Cave Art (Lascaux IV), located in Montignac, offers a facsimile and life-size reproduction of the cave art found in the Lascaux cave, which has been closed to the public since the 1960s. Visitors can trace more than 17,000 years of history during an interactive, digital tour. The digital theater allows them to relive the interpretation of cave art through the ages, while the 3D cinema offers an immersion into other prehistoric caves elsewhere in the world. The public also has the opportunity to discover the greatest works of contemporary art in a separate exhibition hall.
The castles around our Vézère Valley Campground
These buildings take you back in time, recounting some of the most important chapters in the region's history.
The Château de Losse, with its gardens, is one of the valley's must-see sites. Located in Thonac, not far from Montignac-Lascaux, this 16th-century building is listed as a historic monument. Here, the medieval fortress, solidly protected by walls lined with deep moats, gave way in 1576 to a magnificent pleasure palace.
In Tursac, visitors have the opportunity to discover the fortified house of Reignac, whose façade is embedded in the cliff.
The building is best known for its impressive underground and aerial chambers.
Commarque Castle also attracts many visitors. Built in the 12th century on an ancient prehistoric site mixed with more recent troglodytic dwellings, the building was intended to protect the Benedictine abbey of Sarlat-la-Canéda.
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