I Left My Heart In.... Biron

Front entrance to Le Prieuré of Chateau Biron

At least once in her young life, a girl has imagined herself as a princess in a fairy tale—we have Cinderella to thank for that. But what the bedtime tales of our youth neglected to tell us was just where Cinderella was going in her horse-drawn carriage when she took off with her prince for happily ever after?  It could very well be she was headed to the Dordogne region of southwestern France, also known as the land of 1,000 castles. One of the largest and most imposing is the one that reigns over the miniscule village of Biron (population 150). And just a few cobbled steps from the grand Chateau is Le Prieuré, a chambre d’hotes that will steal your heart.  I know it did mine.


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