Colonge La Rouge is one of the super-cute villages within easy driving distance (~ 45 minutes) of Puymule. Part of the church dates to the 7th century. The town is built entirely of a distinctive reddish stone.

The area around the Dordogne is famous for goose liver pate. Actually most of the pate now comes from duck livers, but this is a real goose.

At Colonge la Rouge you can get close to a flock of geese. The farmer will sell you a bag of feed and the geese will gladly eat it.

Carennac is another cute village a short drive or a long walk from Puymule. This is the facade of Carennac's ancient priory church of St. Pierre.

Loubresac is directly across the valley from the Puymule ridge. Early one morning I walked the ridge from Puymule towards Castelnau. Somewhere around St. Michel Loubejou the sun came up and the fog cleared so that I could see Loubressac to the southwest across the valley of the Bave.

Rocamadour, the famous medieval pilgrimage town, is about 20 miles from Puymule.

The cliff side town of Rocamadour has been a popular pilgrimage site since the 12th century. The tourist office claims that it is the second most visited religious site in France, after Mont St. Michel. I think that they have ignored Lourdes and Chartres.

The main street of Rocamadour is about halfway up the cliff.