Les Eyzies de Tayac Attractions
Les Eyzies (pop. 900), situated at the junction of the Beune with the Vézère, is a good base from which to visit the prehistoric sites of Périgord. In this area were found the first drawing of a mammoth and the 30,000-year-old skeleton of Cro-Magnon Man, named after the find-spot.
Within easy reach of Les Eyzies are the Grotte du Grand Roc, Cro-Magnon and several other caves and prehistoric sites.
Wonderfully preserved prehistoric drawings of animals (painted and engraved) can be seen in the Grottes des Eyzies, the Grotte des Combarelles, the Grotte de la Mouthe and above all in the Grotte de Font-de-Gaume.
Within easy reach of Les Eyzies are the Grotte du Grand Roc, Cro-Magnon and several other caves and prehistoric sites.
Wonderfully preserved prehistoric drawings of animals (painted and engraved) can be seen in the Grottes des Eyzies, the Grotte des Combarelles, the Grotte de la Mouthe and above all in the Grotte de Font-de-Gaume.
Les Eyzies-de-Tayac National Museum of Prehistory
There are large collections of prehistoric material in the National Museum of Prehistory in Les Eyzies. As well as in the old castle of the Barons of Beynac and the Museum of Speleology in the Rocher de Tayac.
The National Museum of Prehistory features one of the most important stone and bone tools collection in France, and the premier collection of paleolithic engravings and sculpture in the world.
The National Museum of Prehistory features one of the most important stone and bone tools collection in France, and the premier collection of paleolithic engravings and sculpture in the world.
National Museum of Prehistory
Box 7
F-24620 Les Eyzies-de-Tayac
France
Box 7
F-24620 Les Eyzies-de-Tayac
France
Hours
July 1 to August 31
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | 9:30 | 9:30 | 9:30 | 9:30 | 9:30 | 9:30 | 9:30 |
| Close | 18:30 | 18:30 | 18:30 | 18:30 | 18:30 | 18:30 | 18:30 |
September 1 to June 30
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | 9:30 | Closed | 9:30 | 9:30 | 9:30 | 9:30 | 9:30 |
| Close | 12:30 | 12:30 | 12:30 | 12:30 | 12:30 | 12:30 | |
| Open | 14:00 | 14:00 | 14:00 | 14:00 | 14:00 | 14:00 | |
| Close | 17:30 | 17:30 | 17:30 | 17:30 | 17:30 | 17:30 |
Always closed on:
New Year's Day (January 1)
Christmas - Christian (December 25)
Christmas - Christian (December 25)
Combarelles Cave
The Combarelles Cave is made up of a narrow tunnel that runs almost 300 meters long. It was used, along with the rest of the valley, by Cro-Magnon man, between 14,000 and 12,000 years ago. The inner part of the cave includes over 500 engravings, although some were damaged by humidity and wetness in the cave.
Precautions are made to preserve the engravings, including restrictions on the number of daily visitors.
Precautions are made to preserve the engravings, including restrictions on the number of daily visitors.
Les Eyzies-de-Tayac - Abri de Laugerie-Haute
Route de Sarlat
F-24620 Les Eyzies-de-Tayac
France
Route de Sarlat
F-24620 Les Eyzies-de-Tayac
France
Hours
May 15 to September 15
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | 9:30 | 9:30 | 9:30 | 9:30 | 9:30 | Closed | 9:30 |
| Close | 17:30 | 17:30 | 17:30 | 17:30 | 17:30 | 17:30 |
September 16 to May 14
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | 9:30 | 9:30 | 9:30 | 9:30 | 9:30 | Closed | 9:30 |
| Close | 12:00 | 12:00 | 12:00 | 12:00 | 12:00 | 12:00 | |
| Open | 14:00 | 14:00 | 14:00 | 14:00 | 14:00 | 14:00 | |
| Close | 17:30 | 17:30 | 17:30 | 17:30 | 17:30 | 17:30 |
Always closed on:
New Year's Day (January 1)
May Day / Labor Day (May 1)
All Saints' Day - Christian (November 1)
Remembrance Day / 1918 Armistice Day (November 11)
Christmas - Christian (December 25)
May Day / Labor Day (May 1)
All Saints' Day - Christian (November 1)
Remembrance Day / 1918 Armistice Day (November 11)
Christmas - Christian (December 25)
Font de Gaume Cave
Font de Gaume Cave has some of the best Magdalenian period cave paintings in the region. There are polychrome paintings as well as engravings, which show animals such as bison, horses and mammoths.
The cave was used extensively during the 19th century, but its prehistoric significance was not recognized until 1901.
The cave was used extensively during the 19th century, but its prehistoric significance was not recognized until 1901.
Les Eyzies-de-Tayac - Abri de Laugerie-Haute
Route de Sarlat
F-24620 Les Eyzies-de-Tayac
France
Route de Sarlat
F-24620 Les Eyzies-de-Tayac
France
Hours
March 1 to March 31
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | 9:30 | 9:30 | Closed | 9:30 | 9:30 | 9:30 | 9:30 |
| Close | 12:00 | 12:00 | 12:00 | 12:00 | 12:00 | 12:00 | |
| Open | 14:00 | 14:00 | 14:00 | 14:00 | 14:00 | 14:00 | |
| Close | 17:30 | 17:30 | 17:30 | 17:30 | 17:30 | 17:30 |
April 1 to September 30
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | 9:00 | 9:00 | Closed | 9:00 | 9:00 | 9:00 | 9:00 |
| Close | 12:00 | 12:00 | 12:00 | 12:00 | 12:00 | 12:00 | |
| Open | 14:00 | 14:00 | 14:00 | 14:00 | 14:00 | 14:00 | |
| Close | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 |
October 1 to October 31
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | 9:30 | 9:30 | Closed | 9:30 | 9:30 | 9:30 | 9:30 |
| Close | 12:00 | 12:00 | 12:00 | 12:00 | 12:00 | 12:00 | |
| Open | 14:00 | 14:00 | 14:00 | 14:00 | 14:00 | 14:00 | |
| Close | 17:30 | 17:30 | 17:30 | 17:30 | 17:30 | 17:30 |
November 1 to February 28
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | 10:00 | 10:00 | Closed | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 |
| Close | 12:00 | 12:00 | 12:00 | 12:00 | 12:00 | 12:00 | |
| Open | 14:00 | 14:00 | 14:00 | 14:00 | 14:00 | 14:00 | |
| Close | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 |
Always closed on:
New Year's Day (January 1)
May Day / Labor Day (May 1)
All Saints' Day - Christian (November 1)
Remembrance Day / 1918 Armistice Day (November 11)
Christmas - Christian (December 25)
May Day / Labor Day (May 1)
All Saints' Day - Christian (November 1)
Remembrance Day / 1918 Armistice Day (November 11)
Christmas - Christian (December 25)
Grand Roc Cave
Grotte du Grand Roc is a magnificent cave located at the edge of a 600 meter-long cliff overlooking the Vézère River, in the heart of the Perigord region. The cave is known internationally, for the thousands of formations it contains, including numerous helicites, stalactites, stalagmites, hollow crystal pyramids and unique enigmatic triangles.
The cave also shelters a prehistoric site known as the Laugerie Basse Rock Shelter.
The cave also shelters a prehistoric site known as the Laugerie Basse Rock Shelter.
Hours
May 5 to June 30
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 |
| Close | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 |
July 1 to August 31
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | 9:30 | 9:30 | 9:30 | 9:30 | 9:30 | 9:30 | 9:30 |
| Close | 19:00 | 19:00 | 19:00 | 19:00 | 19:00 | 19:00 | 19:00 |
September 1 to November 11
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 |
| Close | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 |
Guides
Guided tour included with admission.
Facilities
Gift shop
Restaurant or food service
Restaurant or food service
La Madeleine
La Madeleine is the site of a troglodyte village where prehistoric people settled 10,000 years ago. A number of tools dated to the Magdalenian period were found here and are now housed in the National Museum of Prehistory.
Les Eyzies-de-Tayac - Gisement de La Micoque
Gisement de La Micoque is significant for what is suggests about the beginning of the Paleolithic. The Micoque provies one of the oldest sites of human occupation in the region.
Montignac - Regourdou Cave
This interesting cave, Grotte de Regourdou, was used in prehistoric times for bear worship. Brown bear bones as well as human skeletal remains of Regourdou man were found in a tomb in the cave. Numerous tools were also found throughout the cave.
The site is located only 500 meters from Lascaux II.
The site is located only 500 meters from Lascaux II.
Hours
June 1 to August 31
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | 9:00 | 9:00 | 9:00 | 9:00 | 9:00 | 9:00 | 9:00 |
| Close | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 |
September 1 to May 31
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | 9:00 | 9:00 | 9:00 | 9:00 | 9:00 | 9:00 | 9:00 |
| Close | 12:00 | 12:00 | 12:00 | 12:00 | 12:00 | 12:00 | 12:00 |
| Open | 14:00 | 14:00 | 14:00 | 14:00 | 14:00 | 14:00 | 14:00 |
| Close | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 |
Rouffignac Cave
Grotte de Rouffignac looks more like an underground maze filled with over 250 prehistoric cave drawings. An electric train has been installed to make visiting the 10km long cave easier. Also worth noting are the various indecipherable signs and several hand prints on the cave walls.
Hours
April 1 to June 30
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 |
| Close | 11:30 | 11:30 | 11:30 | 11:30 | 11:30 | 11:30 | 11:30 |
| Open | 14:00 | 14:00 | 14:00 | 14:00 | 14:00 | 14:00 | 14:00 |
| Close | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 |
July 1 to August 31
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | 9:00 | 9:00 | 9:00 | 9:00 | 9:00 | 9:00 | 9:00 |
| Close | 11:30 | 11:30 | 11:30 | 11:30 | 11:30 | 11:30 | 11:30 |
| Open | 14:00 | 14:00 | 14:00 | 14:00 | 14:00 | 14:00 | 14:00 |
| Close | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 |
September 1 to November 1
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 |
| Close | 11:30 | 11:30 | 11:30 | 11:30 | 11:30 | 11:30 | 11:30 |
| Open | 14:00 | 14:00 | 14:00 | 14:00 | 14:00 | 14:00 | 14:00 |
| Close | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 |
Disabled
Full facilities for persons with disabilities.
Guides
Guided tour included with admission.
Sarlat - Abri du Cap Blanc
Abri du Cap Blanc is located seven kilometers outside Les Eyzies, overlooking the Grande Beune Valley. The site dates back at least 14,000 years to the mid-Magdelenian period. The cave includes an exhibition of various archeological artifacts found on site during excavations in 1909. There is also a 14-meter-long sculpted frieze along the wall and an ancient human burial site.
Abri du Cap Blanc
3 rue Marcel Pagnol
F-24200 Sarlat-la-Canéda
France
3 rue Marcel Pagnol
F-24200 Sarlat-la-Canéda
France
Hours
April 15 to June 30
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 |
| Close | 12:00 | 12:00 | 12:00 | 12:00 | 12:00 | 12:00 | 12:00 |
| Open | 14:00 | 14:00 | 14:00 | 14:00 | 14:00 | 14:00 | 14:00 |
| Close | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 |
July 1 to August 31
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 |
| Close | 19:00 | 19:00 | 19:00 | 19:00 | 19:00 | 19:00 | 19:00 |
September 1 to November 30
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 |
| Close | 12:00 | 12:00 | 12:00 | 12:00 | 12:00 | 12:00 | 12:00 |
| Open | 14:00 | 14:00 | 14:00 | 14:00 | 14:00 | 14:00 | 14:00 |
| Close | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 |
Shelter of Cro-Magnon
This is the site where rail workers first uncovered the five skeletons of Cro-Magnon man in 1868. The rock shelter in which they were found was named after a local hermit who went by the name Magnon.
Shelter of Le Moustier
Within the Le Moustier Shelter is a Neanderthal skeleton, thus ending the skepticism that the Neanderthal was little more than a deformed human rather than a link in the evolutionary chain of humans. The skull, discovered in 1909, is estimated to be less than 45,000 years old.
St Christophe Rock Shelter
La Roque Saint-Christophe consists of hundreds of rock shelters, which housed numerous civilizations, including prehistoric. Several examples of early tools were found at the site.
The natural cavities, along the limestone wall, were occupied by cave dwellers as far back as 55,000 years ago and later they became part of a fortress during the Middle Ages.
The natural cavities, along the limestone wall, were occupied by cave dwellers as far back as 55,000 years ago and later they became part of a fortress during the Middle Ages.
Roque St-Christophe
Peyzac-le-Moustier
F-24260 Les Eyzies-de-Tayac
France
Peyzac-le-Moustier
F-24260 Les Eyzies-de-Tayac
France
Hours
March 1 to June 30
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 |
| Close | 18:30 | 18:30 | 18:30 | 18:30 | 18:30 | 18:30 | 18:30 |
July 1 to August 31
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 |
| Close | 19:00 | 19:00 | 19:00 | 19:00 | 19:00 | 19:00 | 19:00 |
September 1 to October 31
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 |
| Close | 18:30 | 18:30 | 18:30 | 18:30 | 18:30 | 18:30 | 18:30 |
November 1 to February 28
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | 11:00 | 11:00 | 11:00 | 11:00 | 11:00 | 11:00 | 11:00 |
| Close | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 |
Always closed on:
Christmas - Christian (December 25)
Christmas Eve - Christian (December 24)
Day after Christmas, St Stephen's Day, Boxing Day (December 26)
Christmas Eve - Christian (December 24)
Day after Christmas, St Stephen's Day, Boxing Day (December 26)
Guides
Guided tour included with admission.
Facilities
Gift shop
Tursac Prehistoric Park
An open-air museum at Tursac, 6km/4mi from Les Eyzies, gives a vivid impression of the life of prehistoric man and his hunting activities.
Hours
February 15 to June 30
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 |
| Close | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 |
July 1 to August 31
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | 9:30 | 9:30 | 9:30 | 9:30 | 9:30 | 9:30 | 9:30 |
| Close | 19:30 | 19:30 | 19:30 | 19:30 | 19:30 | 19:30 | 19:30 |
September 1 to November 11
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 |
| Close | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 |
Facilities
Gift shop
Restaurant or food service
Restaurant or food service
