Bergerac Attractions
In the nearby town of Sigoulès the "foire aux vins" festival normally takes place on the third weekend in July. In Cénac (a village south of Sarlat-la-Canéda) a fair takes place during the second weekend in August.
Other places of interest in the surrounding area include:
St-Michel-de-Montaigne. The essayist Montaigne was born at the Château Michel de Montaigne in 1533. The library where he wrote is still intact.
Malfourat. South of Bergerac, this is the highest point in the district and offers spectacular views of the countryside.
Lanquais. The Château de Lanquais was built between the 14th and 16th centuries.
The busy little town of Bergerac (pop. 27,201), chief town of southern Périgord, lies on the Dordogne southwest of Périgueux and is a tobacco-manufacturing town. Its most interesting features are the Musée du Tabac (Tobacco Museum) in the Maison Peyrarède in the Cloître des Récollets (Cloister of Recollect Friars), but the old part of the town and the harbor quarter are also worth seeing.
South of Bergerac is the 16th century Château of Monbazillac containing a small museum.
Other places of interest in the surrounding area include:
St-Michel-de-Montaigne. The essayist Montaigne was born at the Château Michel de Montaigne in 1533. The library where he wrote is still intact.
Malfourat. South of Bergerac, this is the highest point in the district and offers spectacular views of the countryside.
Lanquais. The Château de Lanquais was built between the 14th and 16th centuries.
The busy little town of Bergerac (pop. 27,201), chief town of southern Périgord, lies on the Dordogne southwest of Périgueux and is a tobacco-manufacturing town. Its most interesting features are the Musée du Tabac (Tobacco Museum) in the Maison Peyrarède in the Cloître des Récollets (Cloister of Recollect Friars), but the old part of the town and the harbor quarter are also worth seeing.
South of Bergerac is the 16th century Château of Monbazillac containing a small museum.
