The Dordogne, France: Lascaux's Prehistoric Cave Paintings
More info about travel to the Dordogne: From about 18,000 to 10,000 B.C., long before Stonehenge and the pyramids, back when mammoths and saber-toothed cats still roamed the earth, prehistoric people painted deep inside caves in what is today the Dordogne region of France. These cave paintings are huge and sophisticated projects executed by artists and supported by an impressive culture — the Magdalenians.
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France, in Western Europe, encompasses medieval cities, alpine villages and Mediterranean beaches. Paris, its capital, is famed for its fashion houses, classical art museums including the Louvre and monuments like the Eiffel Tower. The country is also renowned for its wines and sophisticated cuisine. Lascaux’s ancient cave drawings, Lyon’s Roman theater and the vast Palace of Versailles attest to its rich history.
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Dordogne Tourist Attractions: 15 Top Places to Visit
Planning to visit Dordogne? Check out our Dordogne Travel Guide video and see top most Tourist Attractions in Dordogne.
Top Places to visit in Dordogne:
Cave of Font-de-Gaume, Vieux Sarlat, The Maison Forte de Reignac, Chateau des Milandes, Vesunna Gallo-Roman Museum, Chateau de Beynac, Saint jean de cole, Chateau de Commarque, Place des Cornieres, Monpazier, Les Jardins de Marqueyssac, Les Jardins du Manoir d’Eyrignac, Le Chateau de Fenelon, Grotte de Rouffignac, Chateau de Castelnaud, Cathedrale St-Fron
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Top 10 Most Amazing Cave Paintings In The World
10. Laas Gaal Cave Paintings: Laas Gaal is a popular archaeological site located in Northwestern Somalia that contains a series of granite caves. The Neolithic paintings within the caves dating back to 8000 – 10000 years. Laas Gall cave paintings were discovered by a French archaeological team in 2002.
9. Serra da Capivara: The cave paintings in world heritages listed Serra DA Capivara national park of Brazil is the oldest known art in South America. Many of prehistoric paintings in the national park date to around 25000 years ago. They represent hunting, dancing and figures of humans and animals.
8. Bhimbetka Rock Shelters: Bhimbetka rock shelters in Madhya Pradesh state of India housed the collection of one of the oldest cave paintings in the world. Bhimbetka contain 700 rock shelters discovered by Indian archaeological scientist V.S Wakandar in 1957. The caves deliver evidence of earliest human activities in Indian sub continent. They also display outstanding rock paintings from the Mesolithic period (10000-5000 B.C). UNESCO also declared the site as a world heritage site in 2003.
7. Cuevas de las Manos: The Cuevas de las Manos cave series in Santa Cruz province of Argentina also known as ‘cave of hands’. The cave named after paintings of hands dates between 9000 and 13000 years ago. The caves also contain paintings of hunting scenes, animals, geometric shapes and zigzag patterns. The site became a UNESCO world heritage site in 1991.
6. Kakadu Rock Art: The Kakadu national park in Darwin in Australia contains thousands of aboriginal sites including rock arts, stone tools and rock shelters. The rock arts in Kakadu national park represent earliest human civilization, back more than 40000 years ago.
5. Magura Cave: The walls of the cave decorated with outstanding paintings date back to Neolithic and early Bronze age period. The paintings depict deities, animals and hunting techniques of ancestors of the site. There is also a solar calendar on the wall of Magura cave that represent 366 days and five different festivals.
4. Chauvet cave: The rock paintings in the site date between 30000 and 32000 B.P, during Aurignacian period. The wall of the cave decorated with more than 1000 images of the ancestors of last stone age (between 50000 and 10000 years ago). The cave has remained hidden from the outer world since 20000 B.P. It was rediscovered by a group of speleologists in 1994.
3. Cave of Altamira: Cave of Altamira in Northern Spain is the first site in the world to feature upper Paleolithic cave paintings. The paintings represent wild mammals and human hands. The rock fall which sealed the cave entrance before 13000 years ago also became a factor for the rock paintings to remain to be in best preserved state.
2. Lascaux, Dordogne: Lascaux contain more than 2000 cave paintings. The Lascaux cave paintings are estimated to be 20000 years old. The paintings depict animals, human figures and abstract signs.
1. Cave of EL Castillo: The cave paintings EI catillo cave in Cantabria of Spain is the oldest known cave art in the world. The prehistoric red dots and hand stencils of EI Castillo are more than 40800 years old. Archaeologists believed that these cave arts were made by Neantherthal. The cave contain 100 different types of images and motifs.
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Lascaux IV, France - old caves and fantastic, modern architecture
Lascaux IV - The International Centre for Cave Art is a must to visit if you are in the Perigord area of France. The mix of fantastic architecture, state of the art interactive exhibitions, the magnificent replica of the original (and protected) cave and how they draw lines from the 20000 year old cave art to contemporary art, is impressive.
This video shows the architecture by Norwegian architects Snøhetta and the impressive content of the center.
Touristic Attractions that Banned Tourism!
We tend to think that it doesn't matter if we're going to visit a monument now or in 10 years, it will still be there. But... it doesn't always apply... Overcrowding can sometimes obligue local authorities to make some changes such as ban visits or limit them. Let's see some examples.
1) The Ise Grand Shrine, Japan
This place is considered the Shintoism's most holy site, and in keeping with Shinto's principles of death, renewal and impermanence, they are rebuilt every 20 years. So, you can only visit the outer shrines, the main shrine buildings are hidden away, and can only be entered by a few select priests and members of the imperial family.
2) Boracay, the Philippines
From the 1980s this island has become a paradise for beaches lovers. But local problems such as, unregulated development and sewage pipes dumping raw effluent into the sea have ended in the island being closed off to tourists for around 6 months.
3) Fox and Franz Josef Glaciers, New Zealand
This was the perfect spot for hikers who love trekking on the ice. However, since the glaciers have been suffering a fast melting, they have banned the visits there, and the only way on to the glacier now is taking a he licopter flight.
4) The Lascaux Caves, France
Since its discovery in 1940 they have only offered wonderful surprises such as 600 wall paintings from 17,000 years ago, bringing huge amounts of visitors. But, of course, with so many people visiting, coughing and sweating, the raise in temperature along with the humidity and carbon dioxide from breathing, and other contaminants, brought in by the crowds meant that the paintings started to go a bit moldy. So, to avoid the visible deterioration the caves were closed to the public in 1963
5) Stonehenge, Britain
If you were imagining yourself walking among the stones and feeling the magic as an outlander character, forget it. Authorities have put ropes around the site. So now, you will only see them from the outside and among the crowd, of course.
6) Maya Beach, Thailand
This wonderful beach on the Thai island of Koh Phi Phi Leh where that Leonardo DiCaprio film, The Beach was recorded underwent a four-month tourist ban to try to protect its reefs and sea life. It has now also been capped at 2000 tourists a day, as well as a ban on boats being able to anchor there.
7) The Trevi Fountain, Rome
This incredible italian fountain has suffered so much abuse from tourist, that the government has been forced to establish restrictive measures. Now, if you simply sit on the edge to eat or drink or, of course, try to swim inside, you will have to pay a fine. Just try to remember that next time you visit.
8) Surtsey, Iceland
This island emerged in 1963 from volcano eruptions. However it has been suffering a lot of erosion since then. That's why it's going to be opened only for scientists with special permits that want to study plant and animal life there.
9) Taj Mahal, India
This is the monument that we all want to see because of its beauty and love symbolism. However, you must know that now they have limited tours of three-hours a time. They've also reduced the selling of tickets from 70,000 to 40,000.
10) Chichen Itza, Mexico
If you were thinking about climbing up the centrepiece El Castillo, forget about it. This pyramid was closed off to trampling visitors after a woman died falling from it in 2006. The access to the throne room is also closed off from tourists.
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Carcassonne, France: Europe's Ultimate Fortress City
More info about travel to Carcassonne: The fortress city of Carcassonne is a 13th-century world of towers, turrets, and cobblestone alleys. This is Europe's ultimate walled fortress city.
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Épernay, France: Top Stop for Champagne Purists
Épernay, in the region called Champagne, is the birthplace of bubbly. Vintners here insist their area is the only place entitled to use the name champagne. Moet and Chandon, one of the grand champagne houses of the region, welcomes visitors here with interesting tours. Subscribe at for weekly updates on more European destinations.
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Nice, France: Beaches, Pasta, and Perfume
More info about travel to Nice: Nice is an enjoyable, big-city highlight of the Riviera. Its traffic-free old city mixes Italian and French flavors to create a spicy Mediterranean dressing.
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Nouvelle Aquitaine Tourist Attractions: 10 Top Places to Visit
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Top Places to visit in Nouvelle-Aquitaine:
Futuroscope, Chateau Cantenac, Oradour-sur-Glane old town, Dune du Pilat, Phare de Cordouan, Place de la Bourse, Vieux Sarlat, La Cote des Basques, Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Church of Notre Dame la Grande
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