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Dordogne caves map4/11/2024 ![]() ![]() You can climb fairly high up the cliff face to the balconies and what have been the look-out areas above. The stairways within the house itself are narrow and lead to various rooms both within the built structure and deeper into the cavernous areas of the fort. This is a very typical Perigord-style of flooring. The floors here are particularly interesting as they are made up of small stones set out in geometric patterns. From her, you continue your tour through the house, where there are examples of furniture from the most recent residents in the middle ages. The display here includes weapons, toys, kitchen implements and jewellery, as well as some replicas of human skulls all the way from 'Lucy' ( Australopithecus afarensis from 3.2 million years ago ) through to the modern man. ![]() You pass through the kitchen with the fire glowing (even in summer!), but as you pass through into the back of the house the cave reveals itself and you find yourself standing in a museum of prehistoric instruments that has been carved out of the rock. I also spotted a sign that read 'Our cats live peacefully in La Maison Forte de Reignac, thank you to respect it.' - this felt like a little bit of a treasure hunt to me.Īs you enter the house through the remarkably normal front door, it all seems rather homely. Luckily the handy notes that they gave you for the visit had all the information in English. Make sure you ask for the guidebook in your own language as signs inside are only in French. The ticket office has signs in English, Spanish and French so you should be able to work out what is going on before you reach the desk. It is a busy road and drivers will have had no warning that there are pedestrians crossing. Be warned - you need to cross the main road to reach the fort from the car park. There is, however, a more gentle path that winds its way from the car park. As with many places in the Dordogne, you inevitably have some stairs to climb.not much fun in the blistering heat. As I pulled into the car park I was surprised by the size of this random structure the house part of it appeared flat against the rock face, but above that you could see people exploring the cave-like areas above. ![]()
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