Brantôme, the green Venice of Périgord

To see, to do around Brantôme

• A commented cruise to discover from the Dronne the rich architectural heritage of Brantôme: the Coudé bridge (16th century), the medieval and Renaissance style houses, the Abbey, the troglodyte dwellings, the monks' park, the Millers' Ford, the convent mill and the wild islets…
• Saint-Pierre Abbey, a former Benedictine abbey, founded by Charlemagne in 769, houses a cloister gallery, an 11th century Romanesque bell tower built on a rock overhang, a monastic building housing the Fernand Desmoulin Museum (medium works)…
• The old Notre-Dame church (16th and 19th centuries), deconsecrated at the end of the 19th century.
• The Château de la Hierce, a 16th century Renaissance castle built on caves serving as its foundation
• The Château de Puymarteau, with its dovecote (16th and 17th centuries) anchored on a hillside overlooking the Dronne valley, not far from Brantôme.
• The Peyrelevade dolmen erected in the Neolithic era to house a collective burial.
• Le Cluzeau de Chambrebrune, a converted troglodyte complex that served as a refuge from the 10th...
• The Brantôme Carnival every year in March
• Nautical jousting on the Dronne in July-August.
• The Sinfonia Festival dedicated to Baroque music in August.