Our Adaptable Adventure – Being curious
One of the last villages that we visited was Saint-Léon-sur-Vézère:
Saint-Léon-sur-Vézère belongs to “Les Plus Beaux Villages de France” or in English, The Most Beautiful Villages of France. This association promotes the most picturesque villages of France. According to Wikipedia there are some criteria:
the population of the village must not exceed 2,000 inhabitants, there must be at least 2 protected areas (picturesque or legendary sites, or sites of scientific, artistic or historic interest), and the decision to candidate must be taken by the town council.
Does Saint-Léon-sur-Vézère deserve this title? We were very curious about this and decided to have a look. And we have to admit that it was indeed very charming. There is a beautiful Romanesque church from the 12th century, a castle from the 13th century and the river Vézère that flows through the village. But it is also very crowded. To avoid the crowds it is better to come early in the morning. Which unfortunately we didn’t.
Here are the other pictures!
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Ingrid is a Worldette!
I love those photos that look down allies with old buildings on eithr side. (like your first three) Those are awesome.
Thanks! I had a look at your blog: very impressive!
Where is their McDonald’s??? LOL!
What’s McDonalds???
lovely photos of one of the prettiest area in France. Les plus beaux villages de France is a great initiative here but they are so many hard to make such a list ::)
And then you also have the Villes Fleuries
vrai, and with flowers ranking too; so hard to choose lol!