VÉZÈRE VALLEY
GREETER WALK
COME FOR A GREET WITH A LOCAL
Discover the Vézère Valley with one of its inhabitants
Over fifty kilometres, the Vézère Valley and its basin are full of treasures: a river, unspoiled landscapes, the presence of humanity for more than 400,000 years, a typical rural heritage, gourmet gastronomy, a culture full of relief, ancestral traditions, tales and fantastic legends.
Get off the beaten track. Discover the many facets of our destination. You will discover the Vézère Valley in an innovative way. You will have a human experience, thanks to participatory tourism.
The greeters of the Vézère Valley are ready to welcome you. Book your Greet today.
Who are we?
The Greeters® are locals in love with their territory. Each Greet is free, unique, authentic and friendly! They volunteer to welcome visitors. These locals share the time of a walk, their passions and their favorite places as they would with their friends. Indeed, a Greeter is not a professional guide. It welcomes visitors to its living environment and explains it with passion
The Greeters concept aims to create an exchange between locals and visitors. The inhabitants become welcoming in their own right. Greeters reinvent the sense of hospitality with walks based on encounter and sharing.
This offer is only available on demand and subject to the availability of our volunteers. Please note that a booking request is required, recommended at least one week in advance!
The establishment of our Greeters network® Vézère Valley is recent. Today, it brings together 10 passionate inhabitants who are proud to discover their place of life. The team is being formed, our network can grow and all volunteer residents are welcome. See you soon!
Your contacts to become Greeters
The Greeters Vallée de la Vézère network was launched in 2017 by the Vézère Périgord Noir tourist office and the Lascaux-Dordogne tourist office, Vézère Valley.
Our network is coordinated by two visiting counsellors, don’t hesitate to contact them to find out more!
– Martine: martine@vezere-perigord.fr Tel: 05 53 50 37 56
Françoise: francoise@lascaux-dordogne.com Tel: 05 53 06 97 05
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LARDIN SAINT LAZARE
LES EYZIES
TERRASSON
CAMPAGNE EN PÉRIGORD
LADORNAC LA CASSAGNE
MONTIGNAC AUBAS
LE BUGUE
What do our visitors say after a walk in the Vézère Valley with a greeter
Une visite prévue pour durer deux heures, j’ai eu la chance de pouvoir accompagner Franck sur l’après midi dans son activité de feuillardier, un vrai bonheur. Ils m’ont permis de découvrir deux activités, la permaculture et le feuillard, que je ne connaissais pas. J’y retournerai quand le potager sera en activité.
Christian M.
Eyzies – France 24
Bonjour Véronique, encore un grand merci pour ce moment de partage dans votre petit paradis ! Nous avons été ravie de faire votre rencontre. La Dordogne étant notre lieu de vacances depuis plusieurs années, soyez sure que nous reviendrons vous voir très vite ! Bel automne à vous !
Mary F.
Salome – France 59
We put Stephane at the right place and time, walked around the old town and heard about Annecy’s interesting history and present. The walk was spiced with football and modern scalptuer, and was very enjoyable. Thank you Stephane?
Mr. Efrat.
Givat Ada – Israel
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Each of the “Greeter de France” destinations is led and managed by a local actor: Association, collective of residents or tourist entity (Tourist Offices, Departmental Tourism Committee). These actors are all members of the FFG (France Greeters Federation) and as such respect the same operating rules. They follow the values and ethics defined globally by IGA (International Greeter Association). The management and coordination of the France Greeters Federation ensures the pooling of our processes and tools, our global presence on the Web and social networks as well as the sharing of our communication programs.
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Apart from the presentation of the IGA Greeters, you also have access to 163 destinations worldwide (as of July 1, 2023). You can register directly on the site after choosing your destination.
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PIERRE
Pierre Greeters ® Temple Laguyon welcomes you to the land of Hautefort
“Discover places and their history.” I am a native of a small village in the Périgord. I want you to discover a remarkable landscape by its natural beauty still totally preserved. But also with places full of the whole history of the people who inhabited them. This not to mention their legends, traditions and mysteries.
I’ll show you Temple Laguyon with its 10th century church, its alleys of the ancient Templars. Its forest is home to ancient iron ore extraction wells. We will take the time to stop in front of an old farmhouse that is still authentic. We will take a valley where water is omnipresent, with
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Thierry
Thierry Greeters Campagne in Périgord welcomes you
“Knowing history to better understand things,”, I am a countryman of origin, but also an engineer, a biker and a writer. I am very involved in the life of my village. I like to share the passion and history of the places around me. Walking, meeting, discovering anecdotes and the history of my village, are all subjects that animate me and excite me.
Come and discover with me the village of Countryside. From his first occupation by man, to today his story is surprising and exciting! I will tell you about the occupation of the place by the Neanderthal man through the Romans, the lords of the place and the Marquis. The walk in the Park around the castle classified as “remarkable garden” will immerse you in the world of the most beautiful romantic parks of the 19th century.
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FLORENCE
Florence Greeters Montignac Aubas welcomes you
“I am a pure import product in Périgord.”
100% “ch’tie.” I am passionate about history, nature and travel. Once I retired, I changed regions, life, friends. All this for the love of this wild and steep valley of history where the Vézère flows. I am now a resident of the Vézère Valley. And now, everything the Périgourdins have taught me about their beloved river, I’d like to share it with others including volunteering for the Greeters network…
“Vézère is part of our lives.” This is what the inhabitants of her valley say, whether she is laughing or angry… And this, since the dawn of time. As a volunteer, I’ll take you for a walk. Come and get to know her, whether in Montignac or Aubas. It shows many unexpected aspects!
(Montignac card of the tourist officeFicheAubas Card in tourist office))
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FRANCIS
Francis, Greeters Les Eyzies welcomes you
“Eyzicois of heart forever.” I was born in Bordeaux. So I studied at the agricultural high school in Blanquefort to be an agricultural technician. Finally, my greatest discovery was The Eyzies of Tayac. My great-grandmother was born there. She lived there an authentic house under the cliffs in the village. My grandmother, a native of the Eyzies, used to take me on holiday every year to see her mother. A huge playground opened up for me… Not to mention that my father was also born in the Eyzies in the family home.
As a resident, I suggest you accompany me for a walk. I had a dream: to make my village love by talking about the time spent… We will go to the historic village of Eyzies, to discover the life of yesteryear. As we walk, I will tell you about life in the heart of the village, as it was supposed to be in the 1950s and 1960s. Above all, I don’t like dates, but I like more than any people and especially what they say. I will tell you about the “Grandmas” of the middle ages street, which was the main street of the Eyzies. Then, our walk will end at Félicie, an exceptional site that has retained all its authenticity.
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JOSIANE
Josiane Greeters Ladornac and La Cassagne welcome you
“Fauna, Flora, I’m passionate about it!”
Browsing the campaign, sharing my knowledge and exchanging ideas have always been a great pleasure for me. I am passionate about nature, flora (trees, wild orchids) but also fauna (traces of their presence), butterflies, mushrooms. Everything interests me and in all seasons! All this allows me to satisfy another of my passions, photography.
Want to discover a small village in Dordogne? So follow me… As a volunteer resident, I will tell you the story of Ladornac or La Cassagne. You will discover them through its inhabitants, its architecture, its fauna, its flora and even its truffles! If you are lucky enough to be there from mid-April to mid-June, we can go for a walk to discover the wild orchids and their amazing way of breeding!
(La Cassagne card Ladornac Sheet tourist office)
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FRANÇOIS
François Greeters in Bars welcomes you
“Passionate about ethnobotany” for more than thirty years on this little corner of Périgord. I started first as a market gardener, then as a surveyor. I trained in ethnobotany with François Couplan (specialist and pioneer in Europe of the traditional use of wild edible plants). I lead internships and outings where I introduce common plants from our regions. I also manage the wild herb crunch shelter in Bars.
Come and share my view of the campaign around us. I work professionally on the relationship between men and plants. This relationship has sculpted our landscapes. They are constantly evolving. The Périgord is rich in a wide variety of backgrounds. I invite you to discover those close to my home and of course some plants that make them up.
(Bars Card tourist office)
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FREDÉRIC
Frédéric Greeters the Lardin Saint Lazare welcomes you
“Sporty lover of nature”, I am a true sports enthusiast since always! I spend a lot of my time walking or cycling along the roads. Before becoming a Greeter, I also organized a few hikes. You discover new landscapes and the small heritage of the surrounding area will be a real pleasure for me.
Come and share my view of the campaign around us. I work professionally on the relationship between men and plants. This relationship has sculpted our landscapes. They are constantly evolving. The Périgord is rich in a wide variety of backgrounds. I invite you to discover those close to my home and of course some plants that make them up.
(Lardin Card tourist office)
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PIERRE-LUCIEN
Pierre-Lucien Buguois and perigordin by birth
I was born in Bugue, in my home that I live in and which I have never left like my great-grandparents since the 1870s. I studied at the Lycée La Boetie de Sarlat and continued the family business (bookstore) in 1971. A little less than four years ago, on scouting for the purposes of filming a film that I am making, I made my first archaeological discovery that led to a dozen others on the same sector, which appear to me (after their updates and enhanced for four years) as an important place of occupations and artistic creations of the South of France. Several thousand artifacts, rocks and stones figures, tools, engravings, paintings in caves, on cliffs and surface deposits. In fact, discoveries and updates continue blithely today.
In the state of mind of preservation and awareness, I propose to show you very interesting places around the Bugue and I will share with you recent and unpublished prehistoric and protohistoric discoveries unearthed during my wanderings.
(Le Bugue Card tourist office)
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ALAIN
Alain, small history and local anecdotes
A local journalist for more than 20 years, I am passionate about my city, the living environment between old stones and lots of green, meetings with all the local actors and locals. I am also interested in the surrounding municipalities and everything related to this place.
A simple and passionate visit to Terrasson based on local life today… I suggest you discover the city as I do for friends. Different facets will be discussed between the old and the new city, but I also want to share in this little tour of Terrasson, some exchanges and meetings that my profession in the local press has enriched me over the years. I do not hesitate to quote them sometimes, here and there.
(Terrasson-Lavilledieu Card tourist office)
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JEAN-LUC
Terrasson Lavilledieu
Born in Terrasson, I have a real passion for my city which is becoming more beautiful day by day. I would like to present it to you, starting from the end of the Second World War to the present day. You will discover the anecdotes, the alleys and their stories, the cluzeaux and all the little stories that make our city what it is. I look forward to meeting you.
I have always been passionate about my city, now retired, I wish to share my knowledge with you and make you discover Terrasson Lavilledieu, I love my city and I am sure that after our little walk you will love it too.
(Terrasson-Lavilledieu Card tourist office)
