Lascaux IV sees record visitor numbers despite critics
Significant numbers of visitors have flocked to the new Lascaux cave artwork exhibition, Lascaux IV, despite some criticism of the centre.
The famous attraction, which is in Montignac in the Dordogne (Nouvelle-Aquitaine), opened its new international centre for prehistoric art, Lascaux IV, six months ago, seeing an average of 3 300 visitors per day.
Since December 15 last year, 260 000 people have visited.
However, the visitors鈥� centre has also attracted some criticism, with visitors complaining of too much noise in the cave, due to the number of guided tours inside.
Tours begin once every six minutes, each done in several stages, including 鈥榗ontemplation鈥� of the artwork first, and explanations given afterwards.
One online TripAdvisor review of the visit explains that the number of guided tours caused 鈥渆choing inside the cave, which made some noise鈥�, while others have called the site 鈥渄isappointing鈥�, 鈥渇rustrating鈥�, and a 鈥渢ourist factory鈥�.
An article on the France 3 newspaper 鈥渁 victim of its own success鈥�.
The Lascaux visitors鈥� centre also offers tours of Lascaux II - which includes some of the most impressive prehistoric cave paintings on site - as well as the animal-focused Thot Park, and the 鈥楤ig Rock Cave鈥� (Grotte du Grand Roc) and the Laugerie Basse shelter, which is said to show evidence of human life as far back as 15 000 years BC.
