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Sarlat & the Dordogne, France

Things to do in Sarlat & the Dordogne

Everything in the Atlas for Sarlat & the Dordogne: places to see and things to do, in one list.

Lascaux IV

An exact facsimile of a cave closed since 1963 because human breath was destroying the paintings.

Museum · 2 hours

Château de Beynac

A cliff-top fortress facing its enemy across the river, essentially unchanged since the 1300s.

Castle · 90 minutes

The painted caves, original and copy

Font-de-Gaume still admits a few dozen people a day to originals; Lascaux is a facsimile because breath destroyed the real one within fifteen years of opening.

Museum or collection · moderate

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