Around the Lascaux Cave

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Walk to the top of the hill where the famous Lascaux Cave is located, from the Lascaux IV car park.

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    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 2.99 km
  • ◔
    Average duration: 1h 15 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Easy
  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 126 m
  • ↘
    Descent: - 126 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 211 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 82 m
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On the hill of the Lascaux cave

Description of the walk

Park in the large car park at Lascaux IV.

(S/E) Walk along the main road (Avenue de Lascaux), which gradually climbs up the hillside to a fork in the road on the left.

(1) Leave the road and take the path (GR®® 461) on the left, which cuts through the forest, then cross the road to take the road opposite, which passes in front of Lascaux II. You can see the entrance to the real Lascaux Cave on your right, through the fence. Continue along the road.

(2) Shortly after passing the "Domaine de Lascaux", take a fairly inconspicuous path on the left, marked by a post and a yellow arrow (PR®®). Follow this path, which descends gently until it meets the road below.

(3) Turn left, follow the road to a crossroads and turn left to return to the car park (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 85 m - Lascaux IV car park
  2. 1 : km 0.64 - alt. 121 m - Junction of paths towards the - Grottes de Lascaux (Montignac-Lasacaud)
  3. 2 : km 1.6 - alt. 211 m - Start from a small, inconspicuous path on the left.
  4. 3 : km 2.32 - alt. 99 m - Return to the road
  5. S/E : km 2.99 - alt. 85 m - Lascaux IV car park

Notes

You can do this walk if you have to wait to visit the museum. Allow an hour or more, depending on your fitness level and any breaks you take.
No particular difficulty.

Always be cautious and plan ahead when you're outdoors. Visorando and the author of this route cannot be held responsible for any accidents occurring on this route.

The GR® and PR® markings are the intellectual property of the Fédération Française de Randonnée Pédestre.

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Reviews and comments

4.3 / 5
Based on 2 reviews
Reliability of the description
4.5 / 5
Ease of following the route
4.5 / 5
Route interest
4 / 5
Babs Sirène
Babs Sirène
• Edited:

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Mar 27, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average
Very busy route : No

Apart from discovering the actual location of the entrance to the Lascaux cave, this short route is not particularly interesting.
However, we enjoyed it because it allowed us to walk the dogs after our visit to the Lascaux site.
We didn't meet anyone because Lascaux 2 was closed.

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fremax
fremax
• Edited:

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Jun 21, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A short walk to add to complete the LASCAUX site. Starting on a tarmac road, the rest of the walk is more natural, LASCAUX II (picnic tables) and the passage near the entrance to the real cave makes perfect sense after spending an afternoon at the LASCAUX IV museum. It's a shame I didn't have much time to stop at the LASCAUX II site. I recommend it. There were a few people at the LASCAUX II site, but I didn't meet anyone else during this lovely little walk.

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misha
misha

Not completed due to weather conditions!

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