VESUNNA, Gallo-Roman Museum — Attraction in Périgueux

Amazing piece of architecture covering the impressive villa excavation site offers a brilliant visit to a huge collection of artifacts found in the roman town of Perigeux including columns, jewelry and pottery. Only downsides to the visit were that the villa's layout is not clearly explained and all text in the museum is written in french, though an audio guide was available - but not for all displays. Added bonus of the huge second century roman tower next door, which was apparently centre of a...

Great if you speak French, no translation in English, except for a short movie that is played in the corner of the huge room on the left hand side when you enter the museum (alt. in English and French). I would advise any English speaker to start with the video since it explains the main building stages and the layout of the house. I think the museum should at least prepare a small leaflet in English for...

Very friendly staff! The museum itself is a beautiful building that houses the exhibition nicely. The pieces on exhibition are not too impressive, especially compared to the Sicilian Villa Romana del Casale, which has a similar feel to it. Interesting to find out Vesunna was quite a big settlement in the 2nd century. The audio guide is excellent. If you are in Perigueux worth a visit, wouldn't...