![]() I'd recommend water shoes or old trainers on your feet. We had one person get out and help the others over the weirs. The town itself is beautiful, and gets quite busy, you'll likely have a small crowd watching you trying to navigate the town weir and the small chute over the second weir. The 8km is an easy paddle too - we took longer than 2 hours - mainly as we let the kids go together and they spent their time zig-zagging down the river. The river is never very deep, and at places is very very shallow. My only word of warning is that you are likely to get wet - possibly slightly damp, potentially soaked through. Then drive to La Roque Gageac and enjoy a peaceful cruise on the the Dordogne River on board an authentic Gabarre to admire mighty castles that line the river. It is an unaccompanied trip - so you just get slid into the water and get paddling. Basically paddle toward Brantome - where there are two weirs to slide down. The give some fairly basic instructions in English - but it's not very complicated. It was quite busy, so we waited until last for our group of 12 - which meant for almost the entire trip we had the river to ourselves. You pay your 15 Euros each and are issued with a paddle and buoyancy aid, you then jump on the bus which takes you to the launch. It's a fairly basic operation - we went for the 8km/2hour journey. We're very glad we spent a couple hours in La Roque-Gageac.Having been to come through Brantome and seen what a beautiful place it was and the canoes/kayaks trying to get over the weirs and chute - we booked with Allo Canoes for a couple of days later. About half-way along is an very old and fairly uninteresting church that is fronted by a courtyard with splendid views. La Roque is a micro-climate and we saw palms, bamboo, passion flowers, agave, and all kinds of other semi-tropical plants growing all along the path. Beautifully brick-built, Albi nestles serenely on the banks of the majestic River Tarn and was home to Toulouse- Lautrec, one of the worlds great artists and. What's enjoyable about this route (in addition to getting away from the crowds and trinkets), is the incredibly lush vegetation. Alternatively, you can pick up the street about two-thirds of the way through town headed west. building at the east end of a large patch of bamboo. It's behind the under-construction new T.I. This is a narrow street that, on the parking lots (east) end of town, begins on the north side of the parking lot that is on the north side of the highway. per adult (price varies by group size) Private Guided Tour in Beynac Castle and La Roque Gageac. Half-day private tour in the Dordogne Valley by EXPLOREO. But there is a great alternative, at least in one direction or the other. Top ways to experience Dordogne River and nearby attractions. We must have missed them because it was tourist trinkets all the way. The main drag of the ancient town probably has some nice shops and galleries. The second tip has to do with the town and it will not endear me to the Chamber of Commerce. We learned a great deal in a very enjoyable manner. And it is extremely informative and entertaining about La Roque, river commerce, wars, plagues and the history of nearby places. The commentary is GPS'ed into the program, so it starts and stops depending upon where you are on the trip. The live (and lively) commentary is in French but, if you are not a Francophone, you are given headphones and a little player. Beynac Castle: a medieval fortress, walk down through the village. ![]() La Roque Gageac: walking visit through the village with its tropical gardens. ![]() Bastide of Domme: walking visit through the bastide village - the ramparts, the gates, Domme Vieille, the Barre (panorama of the river valley). The ride down the river almost to Castelnaud and back takes 50 minutes. The Dordogne Valley and the 100 Years War. One company or the other departs (at the same price and on very similar replica boats) every half hour. I doubt if there's too much difference between the two companies but we had a wonderful time on Les Gabarres Caminade. ![]() First, either rent a canoe or kayak or take a ride of a gabarre. However, by its nature it is narrow and crowded and I have two tips for enjoying the town. This excursion by traditional, flat-bottomed boat provide a unique opportunity to explore the Dordogne valley by retracing the lives of local gabariers. Anyone anywhere near La Roque-Gageac must see the town, however briefly.
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