Rouffignac Cave

Rouffignac Cave

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The Rouffignac cave, in the French commune of Rouffignac-Saint-Cernin-de-Reilhac in the Dordogne département, contains over 250 engravings …

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Oct 1, 2024
An intriguing cave tour featuring monochrome paintings and cave bear scratches. Although the tour is conducted in French, visitors receive an English script for reference. Initially, I was doubtful a…Full review by TravelSMeri
Sep 13, 2024
Well worth the visit. We bought the tickets and then came back in the afternoon for our time slot. Fascinating to see the paintings and bear nests. It's freezing in the caves though, take a coat!Full review by Tracy G
Aug 6, 2024
Nice tour, good for little ones as all done on train which prevents them being tired Only given in french so you need to just enjoy the ride if you don’t understand Booking system is crummy ie the…Full review by birdygurdy
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Located in the Dordogne commune of the French countryside, the Rouffignac Cave is a popular tourist attraction with over 250 cave p…
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Located:Rouffignac-Saint-Cernin-de-Reilhac, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
Date founded:c. 11,000 BC
Type:Cave paintings

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Kate, Is the ipod English guide available when your buy tickets for the Grotte de Rouffignac?
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Yes, there is an audio guide available when you buy tickets. In fact, if you get there before the tour begins, you can listen ahead of time. It was frustrating to be listening to the guide while …
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Yes, there is an audio guide available when you buy tickets. In fact, if you get there before the tour begins, you can listen ahead of time. It was frustrating to be listening to the guide while riding the train. He was giving lengthy descriptions in French and the audio had much less. Their website says it is only in French. Some of the other reviews said that the guide spoke some English. But that was not the case on our tour. All that being said, it was really cool to see the old cave paintings.
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how do we book tickets in advance?
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Rouffignac is not one of the busiest caves. We arrived around 11:30 and the ticket office was open, but they would not allow us to buy a ticket for the afternoon. The person at the office …
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Rouffignac is not one of the busiest caves. We arrived around 11:30 and the ticket office was open, but they would not allow us to buy a ticket for the afternoon. The person at the office was rather "surly" and not helpful. We returned a little before the office opened after lunch and there were about 10 others waiting. We had no problem getting tickets (in early May), but it might be different in summer. We also visited in Sept in 2017, but again it wasn't the busiest time of yr. Rouffignac is unique in that it has a train to take you inside. We went back in 2019 because we were with a person who had limited mobility. We also enjoyed Padriac Gouffre and Pech Merle and Niaux. In 2019 we saw Lascaux II & IV-I had resisted Lascaux since it wasn't the real thing, but I enjoyed it. I highly recommend seeing more than one cave-each is unique and there are few areas in the world you can see them!
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How are the roads driving from Sarlat to Grotte de Rouffignac? Are there signs? Not sure if we should also visit the Lascaux?
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I would use the GPS. the last part will be country roads and the signage is not great. Definitely visit Lascaux. Although you are only seeing a reproduction the new exhibition which inky …
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I would use the GPS. the last part will be country roads and the signage is not great. Definitely visit Lascaux. Although you are only seeing a reproduction the new exhibition which inky opened in December 2016'is fantastic
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Can I do a self tour rather than paying over $140 for this day trip? How do I get to the caves from Rouffignac-Saint …
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Can I do a self tour rather than paying over $140 for this day trip? How do I get to the caves from Rouffignac-Saint-Cernin-de-Reilhac
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I had a rented car and drove to the Grotte on my own, paid the entrance fee, and enjoyed the railroad tour into the cave.
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Answer by James P · Apr 13, 2017
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