SURROUNDING VISITS
château de Châlus-Chabrol
château de Jumilhac
Grottes de Villars - superbe
jardin de liliane
Espace hermeline - accrobranche - tyrolienne
Brantôme
saint jean de cole
Atelier chercheurs d'or à Jumilhac
saut-du-chalar
grotte villars
Visits around Firbeix
The town of Firbeix is located in the department of Dordogne (24) and it is located in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region.
Below we will present several places to discover in our beautiful region :
Châlus:
https://www.tourisme-hautevienne.com/ The quiet little town of Châlus is located in the southwest of the Haute-Vienne department in Limousin. It has a preserved traditional town center and the remains of two medieval castles and is part of the "Monts du Châlus" region.
"The village went down in the history books in 1199 when Richard the Lionheart was fatally wounded in a battle here during the second Châlus Chabrol war "".
Jumilhac-le-Grand:
https://www.jumilhac-le-grand.fr/ Jumilhac castle , 20 km north-east of Thiviers and north of the Dordogne department. This very high castle is located above the wooded valley of the Isle river.
The chateau is best known for its intricate, 'fairytale' style roofs and ornate turrets, with one of the most impressive 'skylines' of any chateau in France .
BRANTÔME (The Venice of Périgord):
https://www.ville-brantome.fr/In the middle of the luxuriant Dronne and its bucolic landscape, nestles the village of Brantôme, built around its Abbey, a high monument of French architectural and religious heritage. Surrounded by its stream, in the shade of a cliff, the village is a stone island in the heart of a green landscape.
Saint Jean De Côle:
https://www.les-plus-beaux-villages-de-france.orgClose to the castle, you will come across another must-see in Saint-Jean-de-Côle, theSaint-Jean-Baptiste church , in Romano-Byzantine style. A unique design in Dordogne Périgord! It is also worth the detour for the scenic set-up, an original play of light!
Take the opportunity to continue your walk around Place Saint Jean , stroll through the authentic alleys and admire the beautiful stone houses. Then, you will reach the river and its famous Gothic bridge which spans the Côle . A stone bridge, paved with pebbles, full of charm dating from the Middle Ages. It is an ideal green place to admire the village from the river and put your feet in the water to cool off!
CAVE OF VILLARS:
http://grotte-villars.com/The only cave in Périgord to present original prehistoric paintings and natural concretions.
The Grotte de Villars is one of the largest underground networks in Périgord, nearly 13 km have been explored to date. The underground river has hollowed out immense rooms linked together by galleries. The infiltration waters have created a fantastic natural setting . During the guided tour, you can admire impressive calcite flows, fine stalactites, gours, translucent draperies and countless stalagmites .
Liliane's Garden:
https://jardindeliliane.com/Nestled at the bottom of a valley dominated by the Château des Bermondet , the Jardin de Liliane stretches gently in the Périgord-Limousin Regional Natural Park, about fifteen kilometers from the Dordogne, Charente Limousine and 30 km from Limoges .
The Jardin de Liliane is classified as a Remarkable Garden . A garden ? Moreover ! A jungle, a paradise, a fairy garden, a symphony of colors and scents . There, a green flow is surrounded by an impressive collection of shrubs, perennials, roses, grasses, all harmoniously staged.Fragrant blooms all year round, fruiting bodies, bark, foliage colors delight us throughout the seasons.
HERMELINE AREA (BUSSIERE GALANT):
https://espace-hermeline.com/This tourist site offers activities such as adventure trails in the forest, vélorail , mega zipline , mini-golf, the little train, tennis, orienteering courses and fishing.
Some of the proposed activities are accessible from the age of 3 and also to people with reduced mobility (with a disability or handicap).
Oradour sur Glane:
https://www.oradour.org/
The very moving ruins of the village of Oradour sur Glane, che village is known around the world for bearing the traces of the massacre of its population by a unit of the Waffen SS on June 10, 1944.
Since its opening in 1999, the memory center has been the new access to the ruins of the martyr village. It offers visitors a documented route to explain and understand, through the analysis of history, the unfolding of the massacre of June 10, 1944, to understand the context and the rise of the implacable logic of annihilation having leads to its implementation.
You will also find a multitude of marked trails for all hikers.
Of course, it is a true natural paradise that is offered to you, thanks to the Périgord Limousin Regional Natural Park . More than 1800km2 of forests, rivers, wet meadows, pastures ... There is even an application to download on your smartphone to easily find yourself among the 2000km of marked trails: The Mon Parc Périgord-Limousin application . From Nontron , Brantôme , or Jumilhac , the Périgord Vert is an ideal location between heritage and nature.