Description
(Local Name: Grottes de Cougnac) The Grottes de Cougnac have cave drawings of the Magdalenian period (15,000-17,000 B.C.).

This historic monument includes several galleries. The first gallery is full of stalagmites, while the second has early prehistoric drawings of ibexes, mammoths, deer, hunters and indecipherable signs, as well as numerous fingerprints. There is evidence that the cave has not been used since prehistoric times.
Hobbies & Activities category: Cave;  Prehistoric site or exhibit
Address
Grottes de Cougnac
F-46300 Payrignac
France
Hours
April 10 to June 30
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
Open10:0010:0010:0010:0010:0010:0010:00
Closed11:3011:3011:3011:3011:3011:3011:30
Open14:3014:3014:3014:3014:3014:3014:30
Closed17:0017:0017:0017:0017:0017:0017:00
July 1 to August 31
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
Open10:0010:0010:0010:0010:0010:0010:00
Closed18:0018:0018:0018:0018:0018:0018:00
September 1 to September 30
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
Open10:0010:0010:0010:0010:0010:0010:00
Closed11:3011:3011:3011:3011:3011:3011:30
Open14:3014:3014:3014:3014:3014:3014:30
Closed17:0017:0017:0017:0017:0017:0017:00
October 1 to November 1
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
Open14:0014:0014:0014:0014:0014:00Closed
Closed16:0016:0016:0016:0016:0016:00
Always closed on:
Palm Sunday - Christian
Cost
Adult6.00 Euros
Group of 20 or more4.60 Euros
Child 12 & under4.00 Euros
Typical Visit
1 hour
Attractions Near Cougnac Caves, Payrignac, Gourdon