France, Rocamadour and Dordogne - Most Beautiful Valley and the

09 Aug 2026 Have we found France's most beautiful valley? Come with us on a slow walking tour through three of the loveliest villages of the Dordogne, Rocamadour, La Roque-Gageac and Beaulieu-sur-Dordogne. Three hours of quiet walking, filmed with only the natural sounds of each village, no narration and no music, just the walk itself. We begin at dawn on the cliffs of Rocamadour, a sacred village built in tiers up a sheer rock face above the Alzou canyon, where pilgrims have climbed to the Black Madonna for a thousand years. From there we come down to the water at La Roque-Gageac, where ochre houses grow straight out of the golden limestone and flat-bottomed gabare boats still drift along the Dordogne. Finally we reach Beaulieu-sur-Dordogne, the beautiful place, an archbishop's name from 855 that still fits, where a great abbey stands above timber-framed houses and the river slides quietly past. All three are officially listed among Les Plus Beaux Villages de France. WHAT YOU WILL SEE: • Rocamadour, a sacred village built in tiers up a sheer cliff face • The UNESCO sanctuaries, the Black Madonna and the 216 steps of the penitents • La Roque-Gageac, ochre houses built into golden limestone cliffs • Gabare boats on the Dordogne, once the old trade route to Bordeaux • Beaulieu-sur-Dordogne, its abbey church and carved 12th century tympanum • The medieval waterfront, the weir and the footbridge over the river • Long, sunlit hours beside one of the few UNESCO Biosphere rivers in the world CHAPTERS: 00:00:00 Three of the most beautiful villages of the Dordogne Valley 00:01:10 Rocamadour, the clifftop village above the Alzou canyon 00:04:52 The UNESCO sanctuaries and the Crypt of Saint Amadour 00:20:39 The Black Madonna in the Chapel of Notre-Dame 00:47:15 Descending the 216 steps to the medieval village 01:12:16 The chateau ramparts, 150 metres above the canyon 01:19:08 La Roque-Gageac, ochre houses on the Dordogne river 01:20:56 Gabare boats and the old river route to Bordeaux 01:42:43 The cliffside church of Saint-Donat 02:00:01 Canoes and kayaks on the UNESCO Dordogne 02:12:07 Beaulieu-sur-Dordogne, the beautiful place on the river 02:13:40 The abbey of Saint-Pierre and its carved tympanum 02:28:20 The medieval waterfront and the Chapelle des Pénitents 02:36:25 The footbridge over the weir 02:59:50 Inside the abbey, on the road to Santiago 03:08:20 A last look along the Dordogne Valley #France #Dordogne #Rocamadour #LaRoqueGageac #BeaulieuSurDordogne #PlusBeauxVillages #WalkingTour Video is from "Walking Tours and Road Trips" channel