Friday, September 7, 2012

Painting the town red - or i should say building!

We had a day off yesterday so decided to have a trip out and explore a village brought to our attention by a couple of our guests Lynn & Jack from Yorkshire in England a couple of weeks ago.
To the east of Brive in the Correze region is the village of Collonges-la-Rouge, all of its buildings are built of red sandstone which makes it a very different sight compared to the yellow sandstone of the Dordogne region.
A village has been here since the 6th century, most of its buildings though date from 16th, 17th and 18th century.
It was well worth the visit, a major tourist attraction as it's a member of Les Plus Beaux Villages de France, 'The most beautiful villages of France' and is actually where the association was founded, with so many cafes and shops we have ever seen before compacted into such a small village.


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