The tourist office is on Les Eyzies' one street (April & May Mon–Sat 9am–noon & 2–6pm, Sun 10am–noon & 2–5pm; June & Sept Mon–Sat 9am–7pm, Sun 9am–noon & 2–5pm; July & Aug Mon–Sat 9am–8pm, Sun 10am–noon & 2–6pm; Oct–March Mon–Sat 9am–noon & 2–6pm; tel 05.53.06.97.05, www.leseyzies.com). In addition to bicycle rental, they also give out information on local chambres d'hôte and gîtes d'étape. Hotels are pricey and may require demi-pension (half-board) in high season. The cheapest is Les Falaises, in the main street (tel 05.53.06.97.35; €30–40), but a nicer choice is the slightly more expensive La Rivière, about 1km away on the Périgueux road (tel 05.53.06.97.14, [email protected]; €30–40; closed Nov–March; simple meals from €10.80). Moving up a notch, the ivy-covered Hostellerie du Passeur, by the tourist office (tel 05.53.06.97.13, fax 05.53.06.91.63; €55–70; closed Nov–Feb; restaurant €22–45, closed lunchtime Mon & Tues), has small but very comfortable rooms, while just east of the centre, in a lovely spot by a millrace, Le Moulin de la Beune (tel 05.53.06.94.33, [email protected]; €40–55; closed Nov–March) has well-priced rooms and an excellent restaurant (closed lunchtime Tues, Wed & Sat; menus from €22). Alternatively, you could stay in Campagne, a pretty village 6km downstream, where you'll find big, bright rooms and regional menus at the Hôtel du Château (tel 05.53.07.23.50, fax 05.53.03.93.69; €40–55; closed mid-Oct to Easter; restaurant from €18). The closest campsite to Les Eyzies is the well-tended La Rivière under the same management as the hotel (closed Oct to March).When it comes to eating, La Grignotière, near the tourist office, serves no-nonsense brasserie-style food (around €5 a dish). Otherwise, try Le Chateaubriant (tel 05.53.35.06.11; closed Jan & for dinner Wed & Sun), a bit further north along the main street, with a nice terrace and lunch menus from €11, or one of the hotels mentioned above.
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