Most folks visiting the Dordogne area whiz by Bergerac on the way east to Sarlat and small villages by the river near Sarlat. After long flights from Miami-Chicago-Paris-Bordeaux my wife and I picked up our rental car in Bordeaux and stayed two nights in Bergerac which we used as a base for the Cadouin Abbey, the Bastide town of Monpazier,... more








