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SALES MANUAL
2022
LASCAUX
DORDOGNE
PÉRIGORD
3
THE
DORDOGNE
AND
PÉRIGORD
CONTENTS
The Dordogne and Périgord 3
5 reasons to book with us 4
How to get here 5
Lascaux IV 6-7
Prestige Visit 8-9
Lascaux and proposed visits 10-11
Tour trail 12-13
Discover other exceptional sites 14
Disabled facilities 15
SEMITOUR PÉRIGORD
A BRAND PROMOTING EXCEPTIONAL
CULTURAL HERITAGE
The Dordogne Périgord region is one of the Aquitaine’s
crowning glories with natural and cultural heritage paired with
amazing food and drink.
When you think of the Périgord you think of Who are we?
stunning scenery and the good life. It’s the
perfect destination for group excursions: rolling Semitour Périgord is the top Dordogne travel
landscapes, vast green areas, sunshine, water and company and manages the destination’s iconic
shade... And there are no bounds to how much cultural sites to fuel the region’s economic growth.
there is to see and do together.
Semitour has set the benchmark for travel
The Périgord is packed with prehistoric sites, innovation and is duty-bound to pass on, protect
châteaux, cloisters and caves classified as and promote the cultural and heritage sites it runs
UNESCO World Heritage, with historical for the long-term so everyone can get the most
monuments or important places of interest in from them.
Aquitaine, making up their showpieces.
Please contact us so we can create your ideal break.
We’ll send you proposals to suit your group and its
requirements.
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DO YOU WANT TO HOW TO
EXPERIENCE THE BEST
OF THE PÉRIGORD?
GET HERE
Our sales teams are here to provide services
designed especially for you! PARIS
LIMOGES
ANGOULÊME
5 REASONS TO BOOK WITH US 8
SPECIAL DEALS
Access 2 freebies: 1 driver + 1 guide for PÉRIGUEUX
BRIVE
1 Free bus parking near each site. Walking
distances from the bus to the entrance of the
groups with at least 20 people.
2 1 CLERMONT FERRAND
sites can be found on page 15. Contact the sales team to amend 3 LYON
your booking up to 7 days before BORDEAUX
Service your trip. 4
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A professional team to help you plan your
trip and share their knowledge of the area. Interested in several trips? You can
A dedicated sales team available Monday to put any of these trips together and SARLAT
BERGERAC 6
Friday 9am-5.30pm on +33 (0)5 53 05 65 60. we can provide you with packages.
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Flexibility Free coffee for the bus driver on
3 Our opening times and site opening periods
from February to December.
arrival at ‘Café Lascaux’ at Lascaux IV.
The «Café Lascaux» is a brasserie
TOULOUSE
Offers open 7 days a week.
4 Discounted rates exclusively for tour
operators. Please consult us.
Expertise 1
BY PLANE Lascaux IV
5 We’re delighted to bring you bespoke days
and short stays on the theme of prehistory,
Bordeaux Airport: 2 Lascaux II
historical heritage or exploring the Vallée
1h45 mins from London
de l’Homme’s treasures... as well as outdoor 3 Parc du Thot
activities.
Bergerac Airport:
1h40 mins from Exeter 4 Grotte du Grand Roc
We have a travel agency licence travel agency 1h45 mins from Liverpool
1h35 mins from London Southend 5 Abris Préhistoriques de Laugerie Basse
licence: Atout France number IMO24130002 and a
dedicated service for tour operators 1h40 mins from London Stansted
1h40 mins from Southampton 6 Cloître de Cadouin
7 Château de Biron
8 Château de Bourdeilles
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LASCAUX IV
International Centre of Cave Art
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1 RECEPTION
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2 LIFT
7 3 VIEWPOINT
4 THE SHELTER
EXIT
5 PATH OF DISCOVERY
1 6 THE CAVE
ENTRANCE
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7 THE PATIO
8 THE WORKSHOP OF LASCAUX
9 THE THEATRE OF CAVE ART
10 THE 3D CINEMA
11 GALLERY OF IMAGINATION
12 TEMPORARY EXHIBITION
13 GIFTSHOP
14 “CAFÉ LASCAUX” RESTAURANT
FREE
PARKING
Illustration : Catherine Gout
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PRE STIGE
A ne w E VE NINGS
exp e r i e n c e Cave Art & Gastronomy
Evening
Prestige visit followed by the
Cave Art & Gastronomy meal
The mediator will accompany you throughout the
evening and will offer you texts, anecdotes and
moments of sharing around the known habits of the
man from Lascaux - a truly exceptional evening!
A menu proposed by our chef
(wine and drinks included)
Semi-cooked Foie Gras with Juniper
Charcoal-marinated Vézère trout fillet
Grilled black pig by the fire, smoked roots
Local berries and elderflower
Wines, water and coffee included
Prestige Visit Cro-Magnon Evening
Prestige visit followed by the
Discover Lascaux by torchlight - Cro-Magnon meal
just as it was 20,000 years ago!
Wild nettle vichyssoise with summer truffle
Or
For nearly two hours, and guided by a
Semi-Cooked Foie Gras with Juniper
mediator, the visit can be extended with a
dinner proposed by the chef of Café Lascaux! Trout from Vézère, Pick of the moment with Mint
Or
Grilled black pig by the fire and smoked roots
Walnuts from Périgord
Or
Local berries, Elderflower
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VISITS FOR Bespoke package
you
choose!
A tablet (or tour companion) will
EVERYONE
guide you through all the areas you
This is your ideal package and we’re here to create it
with you. Get in touch with our sales team who will can visit at your leisure, including
listen to your plans and put together a package that our workshop.
suits your requirements perfectly.
Lascaux, now visible in its entirety, has a variety of tour packages to
choose from. We do our utmost to provide your groups with optimum
tour conditions with trips to fit into the time you have or provide You will have a unique experience
completely bespoke options. with our teams’ support!
Essential Lascaux 1h15 Premium 1 hour
‘Cave Exploration’ tour
Your guide will take you to the heart of this Have the cave all to yourself! Your clients will feel like
masterpiece of Humanity! Your tour includes: Lascaux’s VIPs!
• A walk on the discovery trail in the footsteps of This tour is designed for groups who want to get up
Lascaux’s discoverers. close and personal with Lascaux. Join our specialist
guides as they give you an in-depth experience where
A NEW
• 40 minute immersive guided tour of the cave. you’ll hear about every single panel, painting or
engraving. The tour ends in the Lascaux workshop.
• Visit to the hidden part of the cave’s workshop
including the ‘well’ and ‘wounded man’. Available on certain dates.
IMMERSIVE
SPACE!
Travel 20,000 years back in time! The cave, held 1h30
within contemporary
architecture Lascaux IV is continuing to develop in
2022, offering a new, particularly immersive
The trip will focus on the building in its entirety. experience at the end of the tour route to
Learn about the stunning architecture whose primary follow on from the temporary exhibitions.
function is to fit into the protected landscape that is
Lascaux Hill. A fault in the rock, a symbol of the cave’s
In-depth Lascaux 2 / 2h30 entrance, you’ll walk from outside to the top of the A beautiful way of rounding off the discovery
This immersive room will offer an experience
building without forgetting the cave of course. and encouraging our visitors to broaden their to spark the imagination with a spectacular
minds and question what they’ve seen… contemplation of Palaeolithic works, seeking to
Discover everything there is to know about Lascaux! An exciting and original package that will show you bring out their magical dimension along with their
Your tour includes: how we can now envisage safeguarding our heritage. powerful influence on modern and contemporary
art: the play on hands, Round of Venus, fantastic
Guided tour of Lascaux (75 mins) Available on certain dates. This new device will be ready for public viewing in late
human figuration, gestures, our animal cousins,
+ self-guided tour with interactive tablet: April-early May and will consist of 3 shows scripted
the Lascaux farandole... A vast array of exciting
by Jean-Paul Jouary, each lasting 8 minutes. This
themes!
• Get up close to paintings in the Lascaux workshop. philosopher, who’s passionate about the link between
parietal and contemporary art, also designed Lascaux
Another specificity of this room is its modular
• Continue the experience in the cave art theatre IV’s “Gallery of the Imagination”.
nature, meaning that it can be used for private
and 3D cinema.
hire, to host exceptional evenings, seminars and
The technical production will be entrusted to Atelier 144
other events…
• Wander deep into a modern cave in the imaginary – La Fabrique d’Arts Numériques, which has a wealth of
gallery. relevant references: temporary exhibitions at the Musée
The full project will be unveiled in April, and we’ll
du Quai Branly – Volcano Show in Vulcania – Musée des
warmly invite you to come and discover it then!
Confluences in Lyon, etc.
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Tour trail
Travel back in time and take a tour through 6 different areas:
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3D Cinema
Belvedere and Shelter Pop your 3D glasses on and watch a
Visit the belvedere overlooking the Cave Cave Art Theatre multi-screen tour of Lascaux Cave.
Vézère Valley. The replica reflects the entirety of the original cave You are invited to step into a modern theatre
open to the public, reconstructed using techniques or rather a series of small rooms that are
and art from the Atelier des Fac-Similés du staged as three acts.
Périgord and Atelier Artistique du Béton.
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Imagination Gallery
Learn about the links between different artworks from
Lascaux Workshop cave art to contemporary art in this room. This unique
Four museum layouts available: Lascaux exhibition surrounds you with a wall of 90 screens
objects, model, art experience and fragile featuring images and artworks by famous artists such
balance. as Miro, Tapies and Picasso.
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DISCOVER OTHER
EXCEPTIONAL SITES
Disabled facilities
Abris de
Laugerie Basse
Parc du Thot
Disabled Visual Hearing Learning
access impairment* impairment disabilities
Lascaux IV 100% Provision of a FSL digital Custom
braille paper tablet digital tablet
booklet
Lascaux II
Cloître Parc du Thot Museum only +
some workshops
de Cadouin Welcome + FSL
Château de Bourdeilles Excluding Welcome +
guided tour
dungeon tour custom tour
Château de Biron FSL audioguide
Cloître de Cadouin 100% FSL audioguide
Grotte du Grand Roc
Abris Préhistoriques de
Laugerie Basse
Château de
Biron
Custom Welcome device Not
welcome device and partial tour suitable
*Each visually impaired visitor in the group must be accompanied by an extra visitor.
Access to sites from car parks
Lascaux IV: Free bus parking 100m from the entrance + drop-off
Château
Lascaux II: Free bus parking 50m from the entrance
Parc du Thot: Free bus parking in front of the entrance
Grotte du de Bourdeilles Château de Bourdeilles: Free bus parking 100m from the entrance
Grand Roc
CONTACT : Avenue de Lascaux 24290 Montignac +33 (0)5 53 05 65 60 pro@semitour.com www.semitour.com/en www.lascaux.fr
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