A kilometer or so away is the village of Nonards with shops, a bar, a gas station and tennis courts. Most guests will prefer to consider Beaulieu-sur-Dordogne their hometown, taking advantage of its considerable charm and amenities and location, less than 10 kilometers away. This wonderful town contains a notable Romanesque abbey, old narrow streets and half-timbered houses. Technically, although the town and your accommodation are by the Dordogne River, you are not in "the Dordogne" as it is traditionally thought of. French regions are a bit complicated. Here you are in the region officially known as Le Correz, which is in the valley of the Dordogne. This region is also historically called Quercy and bureaucratically is in the official region of Berry. Suffice it to say, you are in a region that is not what many people know as "the" Dordogne, but is rather its cousin to the west, with slightly wilder scenery and beautiful villages such as Autoire.

While it is close enough for day trips to many of Dordogne's golden villages (Rocamadour and Brive La Gaillard], some of Dordogne's most well-known towns (Sarlat, Domme and Monpazier) are accessible only by a longer day-trip. Pick this region if you relish its wilder scenery and off-the-beaten-track charm rather than for its moderately good access to "classic" Dordogne sights.