The first destination today was Collonges la Rouge. Collonges-la-Rouge is entirely built with red sandstone, is a member of the Les Plus Beaux Villages de France (The Most Beautiful Villages of France) association and is one of the most visited villages. The monks of Charroux Abbey founded a priory here in the 8th century. Good coffee in great surroundings.
While were there, we heard about another of the “Les Plus Beaux Villages” near by, so……, yes we had to visit Turenne. While often the villages are more of the same, they are all different and we love visiting them. There goes another unplanned stop.
We left Turenne and dutifully followed “her” instructions. The narrow winding roads were attractive, but slow, but that’s what’s interesting about travelling through unknown places.
Our plotted route took us through Saint Cere, another attractive village. Don’t know how to put accents on letters, so there are none here.
We will be crossing our route south west in a couple of weeks, travelling through Figeac both ways. We had a short time today to stop and have a bit of a look, but will have another look at different parts of town when we pass through next. There is a lot to see, another very attractive town with old buildings. Very touristy, as is justified. Wish they’d all leave us to look on our own.
We’re now in the Hotel Balladins, which just happens to be beside a big Carrefour supermarket. We’ve discovered the fantastic salad meals that the supermarkets have and have bought a couple here, so we will eat in again. It is a nice relief to get away from the fried and/or fatty food that many of the restaurants on the outskirts of towns, close to the cheaper hotels, serve. We tend to look for hotels just out of town as they usually have parking available and we usually don’t want to visit the big towns.
Very attractive villages, particularly Collonges la Rouge.
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