5 top attractions in Sarlat
Sarlat, France is an amazing historical place. What can you see in Sarlat and Dordogne area? Les Jardins d’Eau, Carsac-Aillac : From May to October this 16th-century park eight kilometres from Sarlat is in full bloom. The water gardens are on the bank of the Dordogne, cover three hectares and contain waterfalls, streams and ponds that you can navigate via Chinese-style zigzagging wooden walkways. There’s also a replica of the Japanese ornamental bridge in Monet’s garden. It’s a very meditative place, where you switch off for a few minutes, surrounded by water-lilies and lotus flowers, as well as koi carp, frogs and dragonflies. Plant species come from as far away as Southeast Asia and South America, and there are picnic tables under tall shady trees, so don’t forget to bring lunch!
Another market well worth a visit is the indoor market at Eglise Sainte-Marie. Enter through the gigantic steel doors, and you’ll see stalls piled high with everything from spicy saucisson to local St-Nectaire cheese. Don’t forget to look out for the church’s main attraction; a glass lift that rises up through bell tower to reveal breathtaking views over the rooftops of Sarlat and beyond.
Vintage gas lamps cast a golden glow on the medieval streets of Sarlat-la-Caneda after dark, creating a mellowness that’s absent by day. From the cathedral on place du Peyrou, follow rue de la Liberte to the gracious central square, place de la Liberte, framed with elegant mansions, the town hall and cafe terraces. Sarlat’s gracious central square is framed with elegant mansions, the town hall and cafe terraces. The food market, famously at home in the Gothic church of Sainte Marie, bursts into action every morning at 8.30am on place de la Liberte’s northern end. Ride the lift inside for a round-the-clock panorama of ginger-red rooftops and countryside beyond. It is an extraordinary tale. Teenage boys stumbled upon this monumental work of prehistoric rock art (lascaux.culture.fr), buried in the Vezere Valley, while out with their dog in 1940. Eight years later the cave opened to visitors. By 1960 up to 2,000 people a day were pouring in as the first deadly stains of green algae appeared on its walls. Three years later the original was shut. Lascaux II, the replica, opened in 1983 – and it astonishes me how powerful a copy can be. Visits by guided tour – it’s chilly, bring a jumper – take in the two galleries faithfully mirroring the prehistoric menagerie blazed across the rock by man 17,000 years ago.
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