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Stroll through the village, starting at the parking lot. Enter the village, passing the
recommended Puycelci Roc Café and make your way through town. At the opposite side
of the village, a rampart walk circles counterclockwise back to the parking lot, where an
orientation table explains what's in the distance. The park-like ramparts come with picnic
benches and grand vistas. It's a good place to listen to the birds and feel the wind.
As you wander, consider the recent history of an ancient town like this. In 1900,
2,000 people lived here with neither running water nor electricity. Then things changed.
Half of all French men lost their lives in World War I; Puycelci didn't escape this fate, as
the monument (by the parking lot) attests. By 1968 the village was down to three famil-
ies. But then running water replaced the venerable cisterns, and things started looking up.
Today, there is still almost no commercial activity, but the town has a stable population of
110, all marveling at how the value of their land has skyrocketed.
Eating and Sleeping in Puycelci:
Puycelci Roc Café,
at the parking lot, has café
fare, a warm interior, and pleasant outdoor tables (daily for dinner in July-Aug, Sat-Wed
