Halfway between Eyzies and Montignac-Lascaux, in the Vézère Valley, stands the tall cliff of Roque St Christophe.
This immense wall of limestone one kilometre long and 80 metres high, is dotted with a hundred caves and long lofty terraces.

These natural caves were occupied by man in prehistoric times then modified to become a fortress and a city in the Middle Ages.
The tour of Roque St Christophe gives you an accurate idea of the lifestyle of our troglodyte ancestors throughout the millennia.

A jewel of troglodyte architecture
Here is where history takes root, in the heart of the rock reflected in the waters of the Vézère before reaching to the sky, where the human adventure began in Périgord 55,000 years ago. The many archeological remains found in these places testify to a massive occupation, from the mid-Paleolithic, through the Neolothic, the bronze age, iron age, Gallo-Roman times, the Middle Ages, right up to the start of the Renaissance.