![]() ![]() When searching OUI.sncf website, if you tick the 'travelling with a velo' box, it will only bring up fast train options (TGVs and Intercites). All the coloured lines below are either local TER trains (which you can walk bikes on to) or Intercites trains (also accept bikes but they need to be booked in advance). Once in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, a regional network of local TER trains is key to combining bike-train travel. Bordeaux and Toulouse are also linked by train, as are Bordeaux-Saint-Emilion-Bergerac-Sarlat and Bordeaux-Perigueux. You can also go Paris-Rennes-Nantes and then cycle down the west coast (or hop down it on local trains). ![]() It is now possible to again reach Bordeaux by TGV fast train with a fully assembled bike from Paris Montparnasse. ![]() La Rochelle and Ile-de-Re to the north of Bordeaux and Biarritz to the far south highlight the scope of the region. It takes in Bordeaux (the capital of the Gironde department) and runs through to the Dordogne's capital of Perigueux (a major administrative centre), as well as to Limoges, Angouleme and Poitiers, all major centres of the old Poitou-Charentes region.įor cyclists, Nouvelle-Aquitaine is a hive of activity, with the EuroVelo 1 and EuroVelo 3 passing through, as well as La Flow Velo, the Canal de Garonne, Velo Francette, and a link between the outskirts of Libourne and Perigueux. It's a vast area with a wide range of cycling options and terrains. Nouvelle-Aquitaine is the region created by combining the old Aquitaine region with the old Poitou-Charentes region. Illustrate the turbulent history of this region.Here's a local train map for the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of France, which includes the Dordogne, Bordeaux's wine region, La Rochelle, Limoges, Perigueux and Biarritz. The troglodyte fortresses of La Roque Saint-Christophe, the Madeleine and Reignac and the remarkable castles such as Hautefort, Beynac, Losse, Castelnaud. You will discover parietal art in the frescoes of the Lascaux cave in Montignac and in the ornate caves and shelters that line the valley to Les Eyzies de Tayac where the National Museum of Prehistory and the International pole of prehistory remind us In particular that this is where the Cro-Magnon man was discovered.Ī country loaded with history from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance where the castles witnessing past conflicts now print a sense of serenity and calm found in the Dordogne Valley. With its 15 sites classified as World Heritage by UNESCO, it is a part of the history of mankind that is available to you. Sacred Temple of Prehistory where already Cro Magnon inspired by the Vézère Valley expressed all his art. The Dordogne Department (here we call it Perigord) is located in the New Aquitaine (but we say South West) bordered by the ramparts of the Massif Central, the Causses of Quercy, the orchards of the Lot et Garonne and the gravel of Gironde, you will cross many landscapes and the most beautiful villages of France. The Périgord Purple, whose valley widens downstream from Bergerac, is a region of orchards and vineyards. It is a country of basins and valleys, of which the greasy meadow invades the gentle slopes. The Périgord vert, the Nontronnais, is covered with trees, heath heaths The Chestnut reigns supreme. The region of Sarladais, is a country of pechs, these round hills capped with thickets of chestnut trees and pine forests Low valleys planted with walnut trees, tobacco fields, orchards. The Middle Valley of the Isle serves as a backbone to a slightly different region south of Périgueux, where the maritime pines are appearing. The Périgord Blanc is composed of limestone plateaus, carved by rivers (Isle, Auvézère, Rent, Dronne), where the valleys widen. The criteria chosen for the name of the departments being geographical or hydrographic, the Périgord thus receives the name of its main river: the Dordogne.Ĭertainly the most beautiful department in France, It contains four major natural regions: in the centre, the Périgord Blanc (Périgueux, Ribérac) In the southeast, the Périgord Noir (Sarladais) The Périgord vert (Nontronnais) at the foot of the Limousin Mountains In the southwest, the Périgord Purple (Bergeracois). During the French Revolution, the National Assembly decided to create the departments in order to simplify the administrative organisation of France. Today the Périgord and the Dordogne department are synomynes and designate the same territory. Is there a difference between Dordogne and Périgord? Calendar of flea markets and garage sales. ![]()
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