One of the places we were told we had to see was Sarlat-la-Canéda, or simply Sarlat, a medieval town in the Dordogne department in southwestern France that's one of the most appealing in this region.
This is a beautiful time of the year to drive through the quiet roads of this area, and once you get out in the country there are duck and geese farms everywhere.
Sarlat was developed around a large Benedictine abbey of Carolingian origin. The center of the old town, car-free, consists of well preserved and restored stone buildings and is representative of 14th century France.
Besides Main Square, there's Place du Marché aux Trois Oies, a square that's adorned with a sculpture of three geese as a tribute to the region’s culinary heritage. The kids loved posing for photos on them. The square is surrounded by stores that specialize in goose and duck products, of which of course we brought some back home.
We loved walking around this picturesque town, discovering little alleys here and there.The specialties of every restaurant in the region are duck and foie gras, and we ended up having dinner at the Restaurant du Commerce, a busy place where we obviously had the foie gras and even the kids ordered the Confit de Canard.
