Day 2 : LA ROCHE-L'ABEILLE - CHATEAU-DE-LA-COTE (93 on 302 km)
Rocked by the pond lapping you will fall asleep in this former flour mill which has crossed the centuries since 1569.
Through a verdant countryside you will reach the Bonneval castle where an artillery general was born in 1675. He became a close Sultan’s adviser to reorganize the Turkish army.
At Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche, you will discover the last gold mine in the European west and the china clay deposits allowed the making of chinas with exceptional whiteness and purity.
You will travel along in the direction of the Chalard a thousand-year old village which harbours a Roman church, a real fortress built by the English during the One Hundred Year war. You will reach Jumilhac-le-Grand and its Renaissance castle on its rocky spur to admire the scenic setting of rocks and rapids from the gorges of the Isle.
At the heart of Périgord, Thiviers claimed the title of the foie gras capital thanks to its famous poultry market.
Saint-Jean-de-Côle harbours the Marthonie castle (XVth century) and a Roman church remarkable for its sculpted capitals.
You will leave the Côle valley to reach the Trincou one and the Renaissance castle of Puyguilhem.
The rock paintings in the Villars caves and a walk in this enchantment of yellow ochre stalactites worth going out of the way to see them. By the end of the day you will find back thebanks of the Dronne. In Brantôme and in Bourdeilles you will discover castles of Medieval or Renaissance styles, former abbeys or abbey church.
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