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Please tell us about your discoveries. We'd like to include sections on places within 30 miles (50 km), two hours, a day, overnight, theatres, music - whatever interests you. To add your ideas or ask other owners their opinions about places you'd like to visit or activities in the area, e-mail |
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| Airbus & Concorde tours | |
  taxiway.frselect "Visites" (French) |
Have you been on the enormous new Airbus 380? Did you miss your chance to board Concorde? Now you can do both in nearby Toulouse. The guided tour (available in 6 languages) begins in the "telemetry room" with a presentation of the A380 programme. Then, from a observation tower, you will see a view of the entire site including general testing stations and outside testing stations. Finally, as a new feature of this exclusive tour, you will board a full scale model of the A380 and discover the secrets of the interior of the world’s only true double-decker. Tours of Concorde are also available. |
| Brive Rugby | |
 Brive Rugby
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Are you a rugby fan? Or would you just enjoy a great day out doing something different? For seats at any Brive game, e-mail the British liaison for CA Brive. If you prefer to stand on the terrace, order tickets on the website to collect before the the match at the guichet (ticket office). "Great fun." Antony and Elaine Atkinson (July 2009) |
| Fortified Mill at Cougnaguet | |
 Moulin fortifié de Cougnaguet |
This mill, situated in one of the most charming spots of the Lot, used to be a bank, a fortress and a mill at the same time. It took 4 generations to build and it is still in good working order, although nowadays only for tourist purposes. Let friendly guide Hubert take you into the past. Hubert tells you all about it with lots of enthusiasm, and if you’re lucky, you’ll end the visit in front of the fireplace ‘faire le canard’ (drinking eau de vie with a sugar cube) and munching some walnuts. Unforgettable! (Hubert does not speak English, but printed information is available in English.) |
| Gardens at Marqueyssac | |
 Marqueyssac |
The beautiful overhanging gardens at Marqueyssac are open all year round. Click the Marqueyssac logo left for their website.
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| Pech Merle Prehistoric Caves | |
 Pech Merle |
The fascinating caves at Pech Merle are only an hour from the club, off the A20 before you get to Cahors. Unlike the recreated caves at the more famous Lascaux, these are original cave paintings thousands of years old in an amazing grotto.
Tours in French. Free booklet available in English, German, Dutch, Italian, Spanish & Danish. Open April-November. Closed from 12.00-1.30 for lunch. Tickets can be pre-booked on the website (advisable in July/August). |
| Maison de George Sand (& Chopin) | |
 George Sand |
An old manor house in the Berry (Indre), with a nice garden. George Sand was a writer, best known for her preference for wearing men’s clothes and smoking cigars (in the 19th century!). She also collected men, Frederic Chopin amongst them.They spent 7 summers together at Nohant where Sand wrote successful novels, articles and plays and Chopin created a large part of his music.
50-minute guided visits of the house, gardens open to the public. About 2 ½ hours from the Club off the A20 between Chateauroux and Limoges. Quite far, but it makes a nice day trip or stop en route. |
The Dordogne and surrounding region is full of fascinating places to visit. Owners and their guests frequently fill pages in visitor books with exciting excursions or serendipitous finds on the doorstep.
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