{"id":33492,"date":"2023-07-17T04:50:53","date_gmt":"2023-07-16T18:50:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/?p=33492"},"modified":"2023-10-21T05:50:04","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T18:50:04","slug":"marqueyssac-france-%f0%9f%87%ab%f0%9f%87%b7-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/?p=33492","title":{"rendered":"Marqueyssac, France \ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\uddf7 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Date: 15th July 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Travelled: 25 kms around V\u00e9zac on the scooter  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Visited: La Roque-Gageau and Marqueyssac  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stayed: V\u00e9zac Aire CC, \u20ac13, N44.82450, E01.16950  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Budget: 54 days @ \u20ac85 per day<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It was hot last night but our AC kept the Hymer relatively comfortable until a cool change swept through in the early hours. The forecast today is a much milder 25\u00b0.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As usual Pam\u2019s keen for a walk and La Roque-Gageau is only two kms away, around the next bend in the River Dordogne.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From our guide book the Most Beautiful Villages in France you\u2019ll find La Roque-Gageau on page 236. La Roque-Gageau stands on a narrow strip of land nestled beneath huge limestone cliffs and the River Dordogne. Our guide book tells us La Roque-Gageau was an important river port and trading centre during the 16th century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The walk was a bit up and down and here and there to avoid walking on the road-side<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Having seen the village packed with tourist yesterday, it was all the more lovely without a sole about.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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\u00c9glise Notre-Dame La Roque-Gageau<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The church is relatively small, but charming <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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We walked back from La Roque-Gageau along the Dordogne which was a lot easier than how we got there. A late breakfast and another coffee and we scooter off to explore Marqueyssac. The Chateau and gardens of Marqueyssac are only 5 kms from our aire and we are soon in the top car-park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Marqueyssac<\/a> stands on a long narrow ridge 130 metres above the Dordogne, we pay \u20ac11.90 pp entry to visit the chateau and gardens. Marqueyssac is privately owned, the chateau was originally built in the 17th century, extended in the 19th century when the majority of the boxwoods were planted. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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First up we go off to explore the gardens of Marqueyssac. The handout describes it as a \u2018folly of boxwoods\u2019. The garden has 150,000 boxwoods trimmed in all manner of hedges and shapes. Not the topiary you find in English gardens that were planted and shaped into animal figures. The free flowing areas divided by strict hedging. It\u2019s simply beautiful and unlike anything we\u2019ve experienced before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The family chapel and crypt<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Even more remarkable we sit and watch a documentary on the gardens and how they\u2019re maintained. Remarkably we find that no power tools are used to trim the boxwood, only hand shears.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The garden has a number of paths the longest running for 800 metres to a viewing point overlooking the Dordogne.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Our digs and the Hymers in there<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Eventually we find ourselves back ay the chateau, there are five rooms available for inspection. So we spend some time wandering the house and terraced front garden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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So that was Marqueyssac done. It\u2019s amazing to think most of these shrubs and trees are well over a hundred years old.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We scooter on to the Ch\u00e2teau de Castlenaud another of the villages out of our book. Frankly all we find is cafes and tat, so thirty minutes later where back on the scooter for the aire, Our day of exploring done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Michael + Pam<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Date: 15th July 2023 Travelled: 25 kms around V\u00e9zac on the scooter   Visited: La Roque-Gageau and Marqueyssac   Stayed: V\u00e9zac Aire CC, \u20ac13, N44.82450, E01.16950   Budget: 54 days @ \u20ac85 per day It was hot last night but our AC kept the Hymer relatively comfortable until a cool change swept through in the early hours. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":33523,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[72],"class_list":{"0":"post-33492","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-france","8":"tag-french-villages","9":"czr-hentry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=33492"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33492\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35184,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33492\/revisions\/35184"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/33523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}