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La Vallée de la Dordogne |
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Promenade en gabarre |
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Activités en pleine nature |
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The river Dordogne (Dordonha in the Occitan language) is sometimes classified as a French river of the Massif Central and the Aquitanian Basin.
The Dordogne valley is listed as a region of art and history.
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The Dordogne is traditionally taught in French primary schools as being an affluent to the Garonne river. However, it is directly connected to the sea via the Gironde estuary (which it shares with the Garonne river).
The vast majority of institutional bodies currently doing research on the Dordogne watershed regard the Dordogne as a river.
The Dordogne offers a wide array of tourist activites during your holidays and stays: Canoeing, Whitewater rafting, hydrospeeding, sport or leisure fishing, bathing, sailing, rowing, motorboating, waterskiing and, typically, river boating with the Gabares.
The gabare or gabarre is a flat-bottom, shallow-draught boat traditionally used on the Dordogne, the Garonne and by the Loire navy. The gabare was used for the transport of goods. This vessel is clinker built, that is, the boards forming the hull are laid on top of each other and held in place by wooden pieces. The goods transported comprised ores and various agricultural products, but mostly wood for the barrel-making industry (wood from Auvergne for the Bordeaux barrel-makers along the Dordogne on the trip downriver, Atlantic salt for the North of Quercy and the Auvergne on the return trip). Nowadays, a number of gabares have been reconstructed for sightseeing purposes.
The Dordogne valley with its fabulous landscapes and a few tourist sites have been able to preserve the valley's historic past.
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• Le Château de Castelnaud
• Les Jardins de Marqueyssac |
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