Dordogne Reviews

The Dordogne is a beautiful department in southwest France which is a perfect holiday destination. It is named after the river Dordogne which is a clear river that is popular for watersports like kayaking and white water rafting. It is far enough South to be guaranteed a warm summer holiday, but not so far South that the journey becomes a ...  Read the complete review

The Dordogne is a picturesque region of France located in the south-west of the country. It is particularly famous for its foir-gras and duck. It is not one of the better wine growing regions. The easiest way to get to the Dordogne is via Bergerac airport. This is a very small airport serviced by the low cost airlines only. If you drive ...  Read the complete review

Picture this; the year is circa 1980, 2 families, each with 2 children under 5, and one aunt, roped in to being a nanny, get into an old school minibus and make there first foray into France. They struggle with the children all the way down through France and eventually tell them that the French Police (Gendarmes) come to arrest little girls who ...  Read the complete review

Picture a balmy summer lunchtime one mid-June. My mother, my teenage son and myself piled into the car and headed south from Norwich to the chunnel. The journey went well, we even survived the M25, which my mum is terrified of. After a little delay we boarded and soon we were back on French soil. I have to say that after my initial resistance to ...  Read the complete review

We didn't expect to find, in the middle of the Dordogne, near the ancient town of Domme, a French version of 'Fawlty Towers', complete with a Manuel clone and a French Sybil who would have made the original Sybil Fawlty seem cute and cuddly. Lady Luck sent us there. I am unable to say whether she was on our side, for giving us ...  Read the complete review

My Grandparents moved to the Dordogne, or Perigord, when I was just a wee nipper, back in the late eighties. Since then I’ve been back time after time, and last visited during August and September last year. The house is just outside the tiny village of St Martial De Viveyrol, about 12 miles south of Riberac, and is surrounded by nothing ...  Read the complete review