The world’s biggest strawberry tart – a Dordogne villa holiday treat at the Vergt strawberry festival, last weekend in May.
Vergt is a small village located just to the south east of Perigueux in the heart of the Dordogne strawberry growing region. As the delicious strawberry crop ripens the village celebrates the occasion with the annual Vergt fete des frais.
This is a beautiful area of rolling verdant hills, heavily wooded yet interspersed with strawberry fields which form a large part of the local economy. Indeed the owner of one of our Dordogne holiday villas, the VID24 La Chatronnie (which has its own private tennis court, heated swimming pool and free bicycles) in the Lacropte commune is a key local figure in the marketing of the areas strawberry crop.
The highlight of the Vergt strawberry festival is the mouthwatering 3 metre diameter strawberry tart, some say it’s the largest in the world! The local communes each contribute a segment. There is dancing and music and a pleasant village fete atmosphere for which the Dordogne is well known.
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