Grotte du Grand Roc

The Dordogne


Around 3km northwest of Les Eyzies along the D47, this cave contains an array of glittering stalactites and stalagmites. A joint ticket (adult/child €11/6) includes adjacent Abri de Laugerie Basse, a rock shelter originally occupied by Cro-Magnon people and still used until recent times.


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1. Abri Cro-Magnon

0.75 MILES

Interactive displays trace the history and stories of Cro-Magnon people; there is a small rock shelter accessible above the site.

2. Abri Pataud

1.14 MILES

About 250m north of the Musée National de Préhistoire, this Cro-Magnon abri (shelter) was inhabited over a period of 15,000 years starting some 37,000…

3. Musée National de Préhistoire

1.2 MILES

Inside a marvellous modern building alongside the cliffs, this museum provides a fine prehistory primer, with the most comprehensive collection of…

4. Grotte de Font de Gaume

1.64 MILES

This extraordinary cave contains the only original polychrome (as opposed to single-colour) paintings still open to the public. About 14,000 years ago,…

5. Grotte des Combarelles

2.22 MILES

This narrow, very long cave 1.5km east of Font de Gaume was the first rediscovered in the valley, in 1901, and is renowned for its animal engravings. Look…

6. Le Village Troglodytique de la Madeleine

2.23 MILES

Many of the Vézère’s caves were used for storage, defence or protection as recently as the Middle Ages. This cave village 8km northeast of Les Eyzies was…

7. Grotte du Sorcier

2.36 MILES

About 8km west of Les Eyzies, near the hamlet of St-Cirq, this privately owned cave features several animal engravings dating from around 15,000 BC to 17…

8. Maison Forte de Reignac

3.41 MILES

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