Lacave, France
Romantic 17th-century castle rising from a limestone bluff above the Dordogne River, surrounded by almost 300 acres of formal gardens and forests.
Trémolat, France
Idyllic sanctuary in a stream-laced garden near a loop of the Dordogne River, half an hour east of Bergerac.
Mercuès, France
Turreted 13th-century fairy-tale castle crowning a hilltop with panoramic views of the Lot River, not far from the city of Cahors.