![]() ![]() ![]() Turn off the main road to ponder the crenulated towers and fairytale turrets of Château de Puymartin(24200 Sarlat-la-Canéda 00 33 5 53 59 29 97), supposedly haunted by the White Lady (alias the 16th-century soul of Thérèse de Saint-Clar, locked in a tower to die after her cuckolded husband found her with her lover). Start by heading north out of Sarlat-la-Canéda on the D704 and pick up the D47 towards Les Eyzies-de-Tayac. ![]() Find all the tariffs of the french motorways and practical information: tolls charge. But gravitate away from the crowded national monument and a rash of subterranean caverns and rock shelters unfolds – etched with evocative bestial art evoking Cro-Magnon activity in the region around 15,000BC to 10,000BC. The Association of French Motorway Companies (ASFA) helps you to plan your motorway travel in France: motorways network map, traffic news, route and journey, webcam. Lascaux’s prehistoric cave paintings are Europe’s most spectacular. Driving the prehistoric Vézère Valley (52 miles) Along the way, the mighty Dordogne River is a constant tease, playing peekaboo as it ducks in and out of sight, taunting motorists to stop and admire more fully its romantic stone bridges, sweep of green river banks and chalky cliffs, the solitary fisherman thigh-high in waders waiting for a bite … Beautiful landscapes aside, these two drives take you on the slow road to some of the Dordogne’s famous prehistoric sites and fortified bastide towns. Hundreds of miles of quiet country roads ribbon through rolling hills and oak forests stitched from a thousand legends and lore. This deeply rural part of southwest France region was clearly created with world-class scenic motoring in mind. ![]()
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