Périgord châteaux in 3 days
3 days · 9 châteaux · 154 km
From Périgueux to the Dordogne valley, nine châteaux and the miles between them.
Périgord lines its châteaux along a single valley, which makes it one of the rare routes where the drive is as good as the stops. The difficulty is not finding things to visit but resisting visiting everything: three a day is the point beyond which you stop looking.
Day 1
38 km on the road
château de Commarque (Commarque Castle)
Les Eyzies · Dordogne
6 km from the previous stop90 min12e siècle
The rest of the route
The stops on the following days. The full plan, with distances, goes out by email.
Day 2
The order of stops is chained nearest-first from the starting town, and distances are as the crow flies: allow a third more by road. Only châteaux whose opening to the public we know are included.