chateau de beynac

This is one of many castles in the region we are staying in. We decided to visit this one because we went out for a drive in the countryside and we just followed our fancy, which was to see this beautiful fortress on a hill. After we returned home we read about the Beynac Feudal Castle and found out it was the best one to have visited. This is a castle dating back to the 12th century! The kids loved it. We got to walk through the entire structure, see a real drawbridge, the master's chambers, the family's lodging area, the huge dining room, a large room that felt like a ballroom with a fireplace, the area where they kept animals, the section that showed how rain water was gathered for drinking, and the kitchen with huge butcher hooks hanging from the ceiling, large barrels, and fire area. Everything was in stone -- floors, ceilings, walls. And dark inside. And of course, we were intrigued by what we decided was the dungeon.