{"id":1027,"date":"2025-04-14T16:32:50","date_gmt":"2025-04-14T14:32:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maisondubarry-cabrerets.com\/?p=1027"},"modified":"2025-06-23T23:05:13","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T21:05:13","slug":"pech-merle-prehistoric-cave-in-orne-not-to-be-missed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maisondubarry-cabrerets.com\/en\/pech-merle-grotte-prehistorique-ornee-a-ne-pas-manquer\/","title":{"rendered":"Pech Merle, a prehistoric cave not to be missed."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Are you ready for an adventure full of prehistoric mysteries and works of art as old as time? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Come on, follow us, we're off to discover the <em>Pech Merle cave,<\/em>this jewel hidden in the bowels of the causse above <a href=\"https:\/\/maisondubarry-cabrerets.com\/en\/cabrerets-guide-to-the-village-and-its-treasures\/\" title=\"Cabrerets : Guide to the village and its treasures\">Cabrerets,<\/a>. And believe us, it's not \"just another cave\": it's a real leap back in time, a natural museum, a gallery of cave art.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In order to get there, all you have to do is walk 30 minutes from your <a href=\"https:\/\/maisondubarry-cabrerets.com\/en\/our-rooms\/\" title=\"Our rooms\">bed and breakfast in Cabrerets<\/a> (or take the car, for a 5-minute journey).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">at Pech Merle, travel 29,000 years back in time<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Just imagine <em>spotted horses<\/em>and <em>mammoths<\/em>and <em>bison<\/em>and <em>aurochs<\/em>and even <em>human hands<\/em> represented on the walls. The <strong>work of our ancestors, over 29,000 years ago!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And the craziest thing? <strong>These representations are authentic:<\/strong> they are not copies. You are literally following in the footsteps of those who created them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Pech Merle cave in Cabrerets\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/m8VV6YdYdQM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A cave sculpted by Mother Nature<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>But Pech Merle is more than just cave art. It's also a geological wonder. From <strong><em>stalactites<\/em><\/strong>and <strong><em>stalagmites<\/em><\/strong>and <strong><em>columns<\/em><\/strong>and <strong>draperies<\/strong>...<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And then there are those famous <strong><em>spinning tops<\/em><\/strong> and <strong><em>cave pearls<\/em><\/strong>. These rare natural formations are sure to impress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Am\u00e9d\u00e9e Lemozi Museum: a cultural bonus<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Right next to the cave, you'll find the <strong>Quercy Prehistory Museum<\/strong>also known as <em>Am\u00e9d\u00e9e Lemozi museum<\/em>. Here, 350,000 years of human history await you, from the Neanderthals to the Gauls. You can see :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>From <strong>prehistoric artefacts<\/strong> found in Quercy.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>An exhibition and documentary film on the<strong><em>cave art<\/em><\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>And the icing on the cake: <strong>admission to the museum is free<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Practical information<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The cave is <strong>generally open from April to early November<\/strong> (see website).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>La <strong>reservation is compulsory<\/strong> for the visit to the cave: please note that the number of places is limited in order to preserve the cave.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>La <strong>indoor temperature<\/strong> is <strong>12\u00b0C<\/strong> all year round, so don't forget to pack a jumper!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The museum is <strong>accessible to people with reduced mobility<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Don't forget to book your visit on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pechmerle.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"\">pechmerle.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"680\" src=\"https:\/\/maisondubarry-cabrerets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/exposition-art-parietal-musee-pechmerle-quercy-1-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"Pech Merle Prehistoric Museum, Cabrerets\" class=\"wp-image-1082\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maisondubarry-cabrerets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/exposition-art-parietal-musee-pechmerle-quercy-1-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/maisondubarry-cabrerets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/exposition-art-parietal-musee-pechmerle-quercy-1-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/maisondubarry-cabrerets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/exposition-art-parietal-musee-pechmerle-quercy-1-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/maisondubarry-cabrerets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/exposition-art-parietal-musee-pechmerle-quercy-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Pech Merle Prehistoric Museum, Cabrerets<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pr\u00eats pour une aventure pleine de myst\u00e8res pr\u00e9historiques et d&rsquo;\u0153uvres d\u2019art vieilles comme le monde ? Allez, suivez-nous, on part [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1073,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[9],"class_list":["post-1027","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cabrerets","tag-pech-merle"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maisondubarry-cabrerets.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1027","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maisondubarry-cabrerets.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maisondubarry-cabrerets.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maisondubarry-cabrerets.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maisondubarry-cabrerets.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1027"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/maisondubarry-cabrerets.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1027\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1195,"href":"https:\/\/maisondubarry-cabrerets.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1027\/revisions\/1195"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maisondubarry-cabrerets.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1073"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maisondubarry-cabrerets.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maisondubarry-cabrerets.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maisondubarry-cabrerets.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}