Conservation area, the romantic and picturesque gardens of Marqueyssac offer around a castle covered with lauzes of the beginning of the XIXth century, more than 6 kilometres of shady walks, lined with 150 000 hundred-year-old boxwoods cut in the hand, and decorated with belvederes, rocks, waterfalls(stunts) and open-air theatres...
In Marqueyssac, the boxwood is emphasised with a whim full of movement everything in roundness and cuts it moutonnante.
These are gardens most visited of Périgord today.
Done up on a rocky spur, the 22 hectare park dominates the valley of its high cliffs. Of the Belvedere of the Dordogne, in 130 metres above the river, spreads(displays) the most beautiful panorama of Périgord, witness(baton) of rich historic past and the grandiose natural heritage. This exceptional point of view kisses(embraces) the whole valley, its castles and its most beautiful villages of France: Beynac, Fayrac, Castelnaud, Roque-Gageac and Domme...
Marqueyssac is so the starting point of any visit of Périgord.
Throughout walks, a very complete signposting emphasises panorama and underlines the beauty of the valley of the Dordogne, its geography, its history(story) and the life of his inhabitants. In a parallel to(At the same time as) it, information develops around the discovery of nature. The nicely illustrated messages give information in a concise way about main met animal and plant sorts(species).
Activities for the children...
The birdhouse and the peacocks in freedom, the wildlife of Périgord presented in the Detached house(Flag) of Nature, playgrounds and huts, sinuous plan of the park and of the maze for great(tremendous) games of hide-and-seek supplement visit for the children.
A photographic exhibition(exposure) of Pierre-Louis Ferrer, "Landscapes (on) natures", presents, of the Belvedere in the asylum of the poet, a new vision of world which surrounds us, original and imaginary. Images obtained with the aid of specific equipments reveal invisible infrared influence(radiation) to the naked eye.
Animations are proposed without valuable supplement to the children in season. These are the workshops(studios) of «Curious about Nature» who allow them to realise any kind of thing from natural elements. It is also in summer the escalation(climbing) proposed on the cliffs of the site dominating the Dordogne especially done up for an introduction in complete safety.
and in season for all family
Free and facultative guided tours give keys for a better approach of the site. A craftsman-turner works under the eyes of the visitors the boxwood cut during works of restoration(catering).
"Via Ferrata", an acrobatic route(course) on 200 metre rock equipped with an uninterrupted lifeline allows a discovery of the valley full of sensations in complete safety. You will be where only the birds could go!
By arriving in the high part(party) of gardens, a stone's throw away from Belvedere, a play route(course) winds above ground level between trees on more than a hundred of metres. Inaugurated in 2017, the journey is to carry out(achieve) in a half tunnel of net, as high as the squirrels.
[STOP_TRANSLATION]Des manifestations sont organisées chaque année sur le site : « Grande chasse aux œufs de Pâques» les après-midi des dimanche et lundi de Pâques, « Fête des jardins » chaque premier dimanche de juin. Ce sont également les « Soirées aux chandelles » tous les jeudis soir de juillet et août. Les jardins s’illuminent de 2000 bougies. Des animations rythment lapromenade : pianiste, quatuor de saxophones, formation de jazz,déambulation sur échasses, duo guitare voix et atelier decréation de bougies pour les enfants.
Les visiteurs trouveront également sur le site boutique, librairie. Un restaurant - salon de thé situé dans l’aile du château et sur la terrasse panoramique, propose en saison restauration légère et rafraîchissements.