{"id":30,"date":"2006-11-28T22:27:00","date_gmt":"2006-11-28T12:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/?p=30"},"modified":"2006-11-28T22:27:00","modified_gmt":"2006-11-28T12:27:00","slug":"notes-from-france-sarlat-la-caneda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/france\/notes-from-france-sarlat-la-caneda","title":{"rendered":"Sarlat-la-Caneda &#8211; Country Roads of France"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"float: right\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-1009507070974015\";\r\ngoogle_alternate_ad_url = \"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/google_adsense_script.html\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\ngoogle_ad_format = \"300x250_as\";\r\ngoogle_ad_type = \"text_image\";\r\n\/\/2007-06-30: TSBlog 300x250\r\ngoogle_ad_channel = \"2928184950\";\r\ngoogle_color_border = \"FFFFFF\";\r\ngoogle_color_bg = \"FFFFFF\";\r\ngoogle_color_link = \"FF6600\";\r\ngoogle_color_text = \"000000\";\r\ngoogle_color_url = \"339933\";\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\n  src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>I hadn&#8217;t researched this town prior to our visit and was surprised to learn that Sarlat-la-Caneda has the highest concentration of medieval, Renaissance and 17th century facades of any town in France.\u00a0 Our entry into this town was via the main street, the rue de la Republique, which itself was pretty nondescript.\u00a0 However, once you get away from the main drag, you&#8217;ll be surprised at what lies beyond.<!--more-->\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Just around the corner from the St. Sacerdos Cathedral is the tourist office.\u00a0 Try and get an English version walking guide and that will help you find your way around the interesting archways, alleyways, courtyards and the town ramparts, mostly built from\u00a0the\u00a0renowned\u00a0golden <em>sarlat<\/em> stone.\u00a0 For its loyalty to the French crown during the\u00a0Hundred Years War, Sarlat was\u00a0given a\u00a0privileged status and the town prospered from this.\u00a0 In rue des Consuls, you&#8217;ll find 15th &#8211; 17th century mansions belonging to the town&#8217;s middle class merchants, magistrates and other officials.\u00a0\u00a0<em>Plamon House<\/em> or the Consul&#8217;s House is one of the most remarkable.\u00a0 When you get to rue Jean-Jacques Rousseau, which today seems like a small back alleyway, you&#8217;ll be amazed that this actually was the town&#8217;s main street until rue de la Republique was built in the 19th century.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Perigord region is noted for\u00a0its foie gras, walnuts and truffles\u00a0and Sarlat lies in the heart of this trade.\u00a0 We were unfortunate not to be there on Wednesday, which is their market day, nevertheless, there were plenty of shops\u00a0 filled with cheeses, walnuts, foie gras, pork delicacies and other regional goods.\u00a0 Sarlat is an amazing little town and it would have been nice to have a night&#8217;s stop there.\u00a0 Unfortunately, we had to move on to our next destination.<\/p>\n<p>Helen Page\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I hadn&#8217;t researched this town prior to our visit and was surprised to learn that Sarlat-la-Caneda has the highest concentration of medieval, Renaissance and 17th century facades of any town in France.\u00a0 Our entry into this town was via the main street, the rue de la Republique, which itself was pretty nondescript.\u00a0 However, once you [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[88,2193,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-country-roads-of-france","category-europe-sept-oct-2006","category-france"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - 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