That said, the medieval center of Sarlat is, indeed, a tourist town. While prices haven't skyrocketed, in restaurants you'll find english menu translations you'll be able to laugh over for years. Shops selling canned foie gras are everywhere. Foie gras shoppes are the tee shirt shops of Sarlat.
But don't let that deter you. A stay in Sarlat will be rewarded by some great food and evocative views. The Saturday morning market is not to be missed.
Sarlat is 550 km from Paris and has almost 11,000 inhabitants. There are plenty of restaurants--an abundance of them in fact. Sarlat also is on the Paris-Souillac-Sarlat and Toulouse-Souillac-Sarlat train lines.
We stayed at the vine covered house shown in the picture. A week is not long enough to see all you'll want to see in the Perigord Noir.
