Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
(
www.musee-prehistoire-eyzies.fr
,
in French; 1 rue du Musée adult/child €5/free, 1st
Sun of month free; 9.30am-6pm Wed-Mon)
Housing the most comprehensive col-
lection of prehistoric finds in France, highlights include a huge gallery of Stone Age
tools, weapons and jewellery, and skeletons of some of the animals that once
roamed the Vézère (including bison, woolly rhinoceros, giant deer and cave bears),
as well as a collection of carved reliefs on the 1st floor - look out for an amazing
frieze of horses and a bison licking its flank.
Musée National de Préhistoire
SALLY DILLON
GROTTE DE FONT DE GAUME
( 05 53 06 86 00;
http://eyzies.monuments-nationaux.fr
; adult/child €7/free;
9.30am-12.30 & 2-5.30pm Sun-Fri)
An astounding testament to the breadth and com-
plexity of prehistoric art, this extraordinary cave 1km northeast of Les Eyzies on the
D47 contains the only original 'polychrome' (as opposed to single-colour) paintings
Prehistoric Site
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