A few steps from the camp site, the castle of Hautefort rises, an architectural jewel worthy of the most beautiful Loire chateau. In the XIIth century, this castle belonged to the turbulent troubadour Bertran de Born. Today, the castle constitutes a vast harmonious unit where Renaissance and traditional styles are mixed. One can admire both the English style landscaped garden and the French style flowered terraces. Inside the castle, waiting to be discovered, are the principle staircase with its beautiful gallery and basket handle arcades, paintings from the XVIIth century, Flemish tapestries, earthenware, as well as a wealth of furniture. In the south-west tower, note also the splendid chestnut wood framework, work of the Companions of the Tour de France.

The Auvézère Gorge as well as the Dordogne valley swarm in treasures only waiting to be discovered. Go in search of the pearls of medieval and Renaissance tourism with the numerous castles (Beynac, Castelanaud la Chapelle, Milandes, Montfort, Fénelon…), churches and country houses, but also industrial archeology, mainly in the fields of iron and paper, formerly well developed in the area because of the local mineral resources, hydraulics and local forests . The Forge mill of Savignac-Lédrier and the Paper mill of Vaux are particularly worth a visit as are, but of a different kind, the gardens of Eyrignac, Marqueyssac and the Imaginary garden at Terrasson…

A little farther, about 40 minutes away, how not to be tempted by the visit of the world-famous site: the Cave of Lascaux. It is in fact its 3-dimensional reproduction still called ‘ Lascaux 4 ‘, the original being closed to the public since 1963 in order to ensure its preservation. This technological feat makes it possible to restore to mankind a part of this common inheritance of 17 000 years old.