Office de Tourisme des Bastides Dordogne-Périgord - Bureau d'Information Touristique de Lalinde Meeting Lalinde

Lalinde, the first English bastide in Périgord, was founded in 1267 by Henry III Plantagenet.

The bastide is bordered by the Dordogne and the canal opened to navigation in 1844, where you can stroll on the greenway cycle route (VV91) by bike or on foot. It developed thanks to the Dordogne river. Indeed, many professional fishermen lived in Lalinde and for years a corps of boatmen helped the barges to cross the rapids that made the boats sink. Hence the legend of the "Coulobre".

The city is organized into a network of streets forming a regular grid around the central square hosting the market hall which hosts its traditional market on Thursdays which during the summer period invades the entire center of the bastide. From the time of the consuls, all that remains today is the layout of the streets in the city center and a few old residences: the Bergerac gate, the Governor's house which houses the tourist information office, remains of the southern wall on the river overlooked by the public garden with the Montard house, a Renaissance house which hosts artists' exhibitions during the summer as well as the coat of arms of Lalinde, a royal bastide.

Schedules :

• July-August : Monday to Sunday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.
• February to June and September to October : Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 2 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
• November, December and January : Thursday 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. and 2 p.m.-5:30 p.m.