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More than 400.000 years ago our ancestors settled in the lush green Vezere Valley. Today, Les Eyzies de Tayac and the surrounding area is one of the most interesting, fascinating and beautiful places in the world. We invite you to come and see and experience the area around Les Eyzies de Tayac, only then will [...]
Posted by Duke on Friday, December 26, 2008 at 1:49 pm
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Located in Les Eyzies, on the Sarlat road, Font de Gaume Cave is a showpiece of Magdalenian engravings and paintings from around 14 000 BC. The flints (chisels, scrapers, blades) and other things found in the cave during the excavations testify to a continual occupation since the Mousterian age, or the age of the Neanderthals. [...]
Posted by Duke on Friday, December 26, 2008 at 1:39 pm
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The Vezere and Dordogne Valley is all about history, so your choice of accommodation should be about history. B&B “Ferme de Tayac”, a lovely B&B in a 12th century former Farmhouse / Monastery situated in Tayac, a quaint little village smack bang in the middle of the Vezere valley and only 5 minutes walk from [...]
Posted by Duke on Friday, December 26, 2008 at 1:30 pm
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The Dordogne, also known as the Perigord is without a doubt one of the most interesting and diverse regions in the world. The Vezere Valley in the “Perigord Noir” is with it’s more than 250 UNESCO sites of interest, the undisputed “Prehistoric Capital of the World”. Prehistoric dwellings, caves, rock shelters and lots more, most [...]
Posted by Duke on Friday, December 26, 2008 at 1:20 pm
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Tayac, the tiny but very picturesque village just 10 min. walk from the center of Les Eyzies is often overlooked by the majority of visitors passing through Les Eyzies. Up untill the early 1900′s Les Eyzies de Tayac was simply known as ” Tayac “. Tayac is more than 600 years older than Les Eyzies, [...]
Posted by Duke on Friday, December 26, 2008 at 1:16 pm
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