Must-see attractions in Sarlat-la-Canéda

  • Weekly Markets

    Sarlat-la-Canéda

    For an introductory French market experience, visit Sarlat’s heavily touristed Saturday market, which takes over the streets around Cathédrale St-Sacerdos…

  • Place du Marché aux Oies

    Sarlat-la-Canéda

    A life-size statue of three bronze geese stands in the centre of beautiful place du Marché aux Oies (Goose Market Sq), where live geese are still sold…

  • L’Elevage du Bouyssou

    Sarlat-la-Canéda

    The Dordogne is famous for its foie gras. You’ll see duck and goose farms dotted throughout the countryside, many of which offer guided tours and…

  • Moulin de la Tour

    Sarlat-la-Canéda

    The humble noix (walnut) has been a prized product of the Dordogne for centuries, and is still used in many local recipes – cakes, puddings, pancakes and…

  • Église Ste-Marie

    Sarlat-la-Canéda

    Église Ste-Marie was ingeniously converted by acclaimed architect Jean Nouvel, whose parents still live in Sarlat, into the town’s touristy Marché Couvert…

  • Cathédrale St-Sacerdos

    Sarlat-la-Canéda

    Once part of Sarlat’s Cluniac abbey, the original abbey church was built in the 1100s, redeveloped in the early 1500s, and remodelled again in the 1700s,…

  • Jardin des Enfeus

    Sarlat-la-Canéda

    Behind the cathedral, the Jardin des Enfeus was Sarlat’s first cemetery. The rocket-shaped Lanterne des Morts may have been built to honour a visit by St…

  • Château de Puymartin

    Sarlat-la-Canéda

    This impressive turreted château, 8km northwest of Sarlat, was first built in 1270, destroyed in 1358 during the Hundred Years War, and rebuilt around…

  • Manoir de Gisson

    Sarlat-la-Canéda

    Tour this mansion, dating from the 13th century, in the heart of Sarlat to get a taste of how the bourgeoisie lived. There's a cabinet of curiosities in…

  • Lanterne des Morts

    Sarlat-la-Canéda

    The Lanterne des Morts is a dramatic monument – it's shaped like a giant rocket – that was built to honour a visit by St Bernard, one of the founders of…

  • Cour des Chanoines

    Sarlat-la-Canéda

    This attractive medieval courtyard can be reached via an alleyway off rue Tourny or from the Jardin des Enfeus. The passage from Cour des Chanoines leads…

  • Cour des Fontaines

    Sarlat-la-Canéda

    Appropriate to its name this picturesque medieval courtyard contains a bubbling fountain. You can find it down an alleyway off rue Tourny or reach it from…

  • Maison de la Boétie

    Sarlat-la-Canéda

    This striking 16th-century Italian Renaissance–style house opposite Cathédrale St-Sacerdos is the birthplace of writer Étienne de la Boétie (1530–63).

  • Marché aux Truffes

    Sarlat-la-Canéda

    Get truffe noir (black truffle) at the winter-morning Marché aux Truffes.

  • Les Jardins du Manoir d’Eyrignac

    Sarlat-la-Canéda

    While it's not quite the work of Edward Scissorhands, these topiary gardens are nonetheless a labour of love, with everything clipped by hand. A…

  • Chapelle St-Benoît

    Sarlat-la-Canéda

    A passage from Cour des Chanoines leads to the Chapelle St-Benoît, aka Chapelle des Pénitents Bleus, a 12th-century Romanesque chapel and the oldest…