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    The Dordogne: The French Region That Quietly Beats the Riviera



    3 days in Dordogne

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    3. @valentinedupont4705 on

      I live on the French Riviera and am from north of France and I have to say you’re right about the restaurant and the prices ! If you want to eat very well near French Riviera you have to go to Italy 😂 which a lot of southern French are doing ! I love your videos !

    4. @Aussiesecular on

      Stop sharing all the secrets! The tourists will ruin everything! Can’t Americans just enjoy stuff without making money from it or advertising everything ? Just let ppl discover!

    6. @yogakundalini on

      Thank you so much for putiing Dordogne into the mainstream. First time I went to France, I didn´t do Paris, and instead I went to the Riviera, so beautiful, and to Dordogne and it really surprise me with its quiet, its unbelievable caves, and the beautiful surroundigs. The chateaus and little villages are something that will stay in my mind forever. Blessings!

    7. @theresamoniez174 on

      Thanks for this lovely video on a region I love. Quick fact check, though…you were 9 minutes into the video before you got to Dordogne: Rocamadour and Padirac are in the Lot department, which is Quercy noir and not Périgord noir. Also, Dordogne is the 3rd largest French department in Metropolitan France by area, behind Gironde (Bordeaux) and Landes (Mont-de-Marsan)–all of which are in Aquitane. Overall, French Guyana is actually the largest French department.

    12. @texlad04 on

      Staying in Rocamadour for at least a night feels very special. An evening drink looking over the valley is awesome. I didn't appreciate it enough when I went at age 18. But I did fall in love with rural France so my grandmother did something right.

    14. @pauldiamond9219 on

      We have a holiday home in a small village not far from Sarlat and you really did just scratch the surface of the region! There are sooo many amazing places just within a 20-30 drive of Sarlat that its almost impossible to list them all. We have been visiting there for 15 years and still find amazing places we somehow missed.

    15. @PieceUniek on

      The astuce for the Riviera is to avoid the high season, and pick the smaller cities and villages, including some that are just a few kilometers inland… 👌🧘🏻‍♂️

    16. @veronicafilgate9581 on

      Would love to watch your video, but using my God's Name in vain, literally every five seconds, stopped me in my tracks! You, lady, have to repent, or face Him on judgement day! Praying for you xx

    17. @truebrit3578 on

      I love the Dordogne but I do try to these days to travel in Europe by train. If nothing else parking in places like the Dordogne can be painful. On my last visit to France I tried the Dordogne by train and it was a big fail. Even trying to get a taxi at Sarlat station was difficult and it’s a hike into town. My earlier stay on the Riviera (Cassis) worked much better. I agree that the Dordogne is superior but you will need a car.

    19. @Jbp658 on

      The Dordogne is much more my vibe than the Riviera. My husband and I went a few years ago in October and got to canoe down the river all by ourselves. It was beautiful.

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