Harrison Barker was an English traveller who wrote books about his experiences in the south of France. "Two Summers in Guyenne, chronicle of the wayside and waterside" recounts his travels in the Dordogne
At the start of this fifth stage, you will admire the abbey of Cadouin which, like all Cistercian abbeys, was built in a thick forest that is still omnipresent today. The abbey was founded by Geraud de Salles who lived as a hermit for a few years, before being affiliated to the Cistercian order in 1119
Then go to Le Buisson de Cadouin and its Romanesque church in the hamlet of Cabans
Finally, at the end of this stage and of the itinerary, you will go to the Buisson de Cadouin station, opened in August 1863 on the Niversac-Agen line.
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Balisage jacquaire
Walking trail
Compostela