![]() We’ll be talking more about that trip in a later show. Sitting in the beautiful Sheraton Hotel on the waterfront with views of the beautiful city. I’m actually recording this sitting at a hotel room in Stockholm, Sweden. We’ll hear more from our sponsor later on. Visit to learn more.Ĭhris: Welcome to the Amateur Traveler. Select Italy can design custom itineraries and book a whole range of product services including state-of-the-art tours, wedding, honeymoon trips, ticketing services for museum and musical events in Italy. Today the Amateur Traveler talks about markets and castles, prehistoric caves, fake prehistoric caves, and Richard the Lionhearted as we go to the Dordogne in France.Ĭhris: Today’s episode is brought to you by Select Italy. Richard the Lion Heart Route – Historic RouteĬhris: Amateur Traveler, Episode 522. Sponsored by Select Italy, experts in travel to Italy. #France dordogne download#Right click here to download (iTunes version with pictures) Walk in the steps of Richard the Lionheart who spent more time here than in his native England. Instead of the popular replica of the Lascaux cave that you can visit (the real cave is closed to tourists), Laurence recommends visiting the lesser-known cave at Villars.īurn off the calories of the well-known duck dishes by canoeing one of the rivers or hiking up to one of the castles that dot the hillsides. He takes us to villages like Brantôme, Saint Jean de Cole, and Nontron (home of the medieval French version of a Swiss Army knife) as well as Chateaus like Castelnaud, Jumilhac, Puyguilhem. He starts us in Périgueux and guides us into the northern and less-visited region rather than Bergerac and the Dordogne valley. Laurence lived in the north of the Dordogne for 3 years running a campsite and his love for the region persists. So if you like pretty pretty castles, medieval villages, cafes to sit outside and drink wine, it’s pretty much got all that kind of stuff.” It often referred to as the land of 1001 castles. I think the main attraction, it’s very pretty. Hear about travel to the Dordogne region of France as the Amateur Traveler talks to Laurence Norah from about this region known for its picturesque villages and castles. ![]()
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