Our Archaeology Holidays:  Medieval Tours

You’ll see castles, chateaux, bastides, abbeys, churches on your Medieval Tour.  Vikings, monks, Templars, princesses and charlatans all passed this way!  How do you make sense of it?  

Don’t worry - your guide is Steve Burman, a bilingual highly- experienced historian-archaeologist of the Middle Ages. He

is skilled in uncovering the past of this culturally complex region of Occitania/Aquitaine in a lively and thought-provoking way.

 

Here’s just a few of the sites you’ll visit:

 

• Castelnaud-la-Chapelle  castle and museum of

 Medieval Warfare

• Limeuil – one of the most beautiful medieval

villages in France

• Cadouin -  Cistercian abbey and pilgrim centre
• Sarlat – guided tour around the medieval town
• Domme – a royal bastide and Templar prison.
• Commarque – an awe-inspiring castle!
• Roque de St. Christophe - spectacular medieval

cliff town on 3 levels

 

What you get:

 

6 nights accommodation at Les Rosiers

Minimum of 10 site visits

Al fresco Lunches for 5 days

Evening meals at Les Rosiers or local restaurant

Transport to/from sites*

Entrance tickets

 

A Great Holiday with Steve Burman as your bilingual guide!

 

* Save money by using your own transport - ask us!

 

BATTLE OF CASTILLON

 ‘Une Grande Spectacle’ not to be missed!

(various dates mid-July - mid August)

 

Want to know more?  

Look at this example Itinerary

New for 2008!

1 Bedroom, self-catering apartment to rent

with use of pool