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Dordogne and Vezere Valleys

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Recorded distance
26 km
Riding-time estimate
26 min
Journey
Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis

The recorded total and the leg detail need reconciliation. Inspect the leg notes before using this record for timing or navigation. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.

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Why this ride

A natural corridor of river bends, cliffs and historic settlements. It also links naturally to Prehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the Vezere Valley.

Access context

Check mountain-pass openings, low-emission zones and local restrictions. Specific flag: seasonal traffic.

Seasonal context

Apr-Oct

Waypoint introductions and full write-ups

  1. 1. Sarlat-la-Canéda

    Sarlat is built of honey-coloured limestone, and when the evening sun hits it, the whole medieval town glows as if lit from inside. It lies in the Périgord Noir, a region of walnut groves, oak woods and steep green valleys in the Dordogne, and its centre is one of the best-preserved in France, a maze of lanes, courtyards and stone staircases that escaped the demolition fever of the nineteenth century. Pointed turrets, carved doorways and tall slate roofs crowd every street, and filmmakers have used it so often that locals barely look up when a camera crew appears. The writer Étienne de La Boétie, the close friend of Montaigne, was born here in 1530.

    Read the complete Near Sarlat-la-Canéda write-up.

    Recorded stop-planning note

    May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.

    Planning note

    Sarlat-la-Canéda sits at 0 km, early in the day. Next is Montignac.

  2. 2. Montignac

    Planning note

    Montignac comes up 26 km in.

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