Tourtoirac is a charming little village situated on the border of the Auvézère River at 110m high.  You can find a grocery shop, a baker, a restaurant-café, a filling-station and a post-office.

What to see in Tourtoirac : the church of the Royal Abbey of Saint Pierre-ès-Liens of the XXIth century and its beautiful columns, the roman style chapel, the lodge of the XVIIth century, the astonishing caves and the egraveyard of the King of Araucania en Patagonia, Orélie-Antoine de Tounens (1825-1877)

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What to see around :

The Auvezere Valley that furrows along charming villages full of history ...

Hautefort :  the Castle of Hautefort, fief of the troubadour Bertran de Born, the unique Museum of Medecine in the Old Hospice of the XVIIth century

Le Temple Laguyon and its Templar church

Saint-Raphael and the remnants of the old Benedictin Priorship of the Xth century

Sorges and his eco-museum of the Truffle

Payzac and his old forges of Savignac and the Papeteries de Vaux, classified "Monument Historique"

... to quote only few of them.

Numerous visits of churches, monuments and natural sites ...

... and for sportsmen :  Innumerable excursions by feet or with a bicycle and the golf of the Domaine d'Essendieras at 20 kms

In summer :

The Festival d'Ans :  festival of classical music as well as many other festivals such as the Festival of the Vezere ...

Villages nearby :

Tourtoirac ( village ) :  2 kms
Hautefort :  7 kms - Village all commerces (chemist, inter-marché, ...)
Sarlat :  55 kms
Lascaux ( rupestral caves ) in Montignac : 30 kms - "Patrimoine Mondial de l'Humanité"
Les Eyzies de Tayac (discovery of the Man of Cro-Magnon - High place of Prehistoiry, the site of Les Eyzies de Tayac is inhabited since the Paleolitic) :  35 kms - "Patrimoine Mondial de l'Humanité"
Périgueux :  35 kms
Brive la Gaillarde :  35 kms
Bordeaux : 160 kms
Toulouse :  250 kms

Aéroports :

Périgueux - Bassillac :  22 kms
Brive-Laroche :  35 kms
Bergerac-Roumanière :  65 kms