Saint-Marcory: Holiday apartments and holiday homes

Trails and landscape

The Boucle de la Forêt is an 18.0 km circular trail. It runs near the field name “Le Mas Haut”; the Occitan element “Mas” means “large farm”. It also runs near the field name “Coudougnol”; the Occitan name “Codonhal” means “place where quince trees grow”. Another nearby field name is “La Mouthe”; the Occitan name “Mota” means “hill or mound of earth”.

The Tertre de Saint-Mercure is a small earth mound in Saint-Marcory. The Tertre de Saint-Marcory, also called “de Saint-Mercure”, may contain a grave.

Culture and history

The Eglise de Saint Marcory is a Romanesque church and is listed in the inventory of historic monuments. It has a semicircular apse and a wall bell tower above a triumphal arch.

Saint-Marcory is documented in a deed from 1372 as “sanctus Marcorus”.

Cuisine

Saint-Marcory is one of the municipalities in the Canton de Monpazier listed within the AOP production area for Noix du Périgord. AOP Noix du Périgord is available in three forms: fresh, dried and as walnut kernels.

Those choosing Saint-Marcory as a travel destination may wish to rent a holiday apartment.

Other places at the same administrative level: Servanches, Valeuil, Saint-André-Et-Appelles, Cubjac, Sarliac-sur-l'Isle, Teillots, Montcaret, Saint-Romain-de-Monpazier.

To the higher-level travel overview: Dordogne.