![]() ![]() You should bear in mind that you will probably be using the main toll roads as you drive through France and this may take much longer if you chose to travel on a busy Saturday during the summer. Being able to drive yourself around the area is far more comfortable and convenient, allowing you to take day trips, visit other resorts, towns and villages. The main advantage to having a car is flexibility and driving in France can be a pleasure. Some of the luxury hotels offer an airport pick-up service so it is best to enquire about this directly before you book a car. As a popular destination throughout the year, you will find that most routes are available all year round, although the number of weekly flights may be reduced in autumn and spring with particular airlines.įor onward travel from the airport, transfers or shuttle services are convenient and car hire is a widely available, allowing you to drive directly to your accommodation. As always, prices will be at a premium during the school holidays and at weekends. Have a look at our Flight Finder to help your planning. ![]() This wide choice of airlines means that prices are often competitive. It allows good access to both the city of Bordeaux and the Gironde as well as the Dordogne region and is serviced by a number of the major airlines. ![]() īordeaux-Mérignac Airport is situated on the west side of Bordeaux city and therefore to the west of the Dordogne region. This airport offers good access to the east of Dordogne and the Vereze valley and the popular towns of Beaulieu-sur-Dordogne, Rocamadour, Martel and the infamous Lascaux caves in Montignac. It has less frequent flights but is well connected with Paris throughout the week and throughout the year. This is the best airport to fly into if you want to enjoy the wine regions of western Dordogne, including Saint Emilion, Bergerac and Monbazillac.īrive Airport in the north east of the region is a relatively new and modern small airport, serviced by just two airlines. ![]() It offers travellers good connections with the UK as well as regular flights from Nice, Brussels and Amsterdam. Situated in the west of the Dordogne region, just over 100km from Bordeaux. The best-known airport for Dordogne is Bergerac Dordogne Perigord Airport. Sarlat-la-Caneda (Popular town in the Perigord Noir) Briveīergerac (Largest town on the Dordogne river) Bergerac The following drive times from the airports to the main tourist hubs are approximate and can be affected by heavy traffic during peak holiday times: Périgueux (Capital of the Dordogne region) Bergerac Or, if you had been on our recent France Today Travels Périgord Discovery Tour, you would have been one of very few lucky people permitted to see the original polychromic cave art in the spectacular Font-de-Gaume.There are three airports suitable for flying to Dordogne, Bergerac, Brive and Bordeaux-Merignac. The jewel in the crown is at Montignac, where the world-famous Lascaux cave paintings were discovered and where today you can visit the excellent new Lascaux 4 centre. Soaring over the Vézère valley with its dramatic cliffs and ancient cave dwellings aboard my own chopper, I am reminded why it is called the “valley of prehistory” – there are no fewer than 14 UNESCO World Heritage Sites to visit. A trip with Héliclub du Périgord or Montgolfiers du Périgord is a memorable way to reveal the grandeur of the landscape and to peek at some of the lovingly maintained private manoirs and châteaux hidden away in the forests. Photo credit: Chanet/ CRTAįor a bird’s-eye view of the “valley of a thousand châteaux” you need to take to the air, by balloon or helicopter. Lascaux IV, or the Centre International de l’Art Pariétal. Hood down for maximum fresh air (no air con here), you get used to the roaring of the little engine, the surprisingly comfy ride and the yacht-like heeling over on bends, and soon enough there’s a big smile on your face as the signposts guide you towards what is one of France’s most visited historical sites, Rocamadour. Starting upstream near the city of Brive-la-Gaillarde (handy to fly into from Paris or London), I have a few miles of rolling roads through the upland plateaux of the Causses, with their distinctive stone walls and stone shepherd huts, to get used to the sensation of driving the iconic 2CV. 24), that is only one part of the story of a river whose source is high up in the volcanic hills of the Auvergne and which weaves its way along the limestone canyons of Corrèze and the Lot, before meandering through the Dordogne Valley, where it enters the famous wine-growing estuary near Bordeaux. Photo credit: FotoliaĪlthough there is a département called Dordogne, (No. ![]()
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