2021-03-26T15:00:21+01:00Tags: Lalbenque, truffle, truffle market, truffles|
Located just minutes away from Cahors in the Lot, discover Lalbenque, an atypical village known worldwide, especially by the greatest chefs and gourmets from the four corners of the world, for its invaluable treasure: the black truffle. It is impossible to talk about Lalbenque without mentioning its famous truffle market. It is a seasonal [...]
Many people have heard of Santiago de Compostela as a major place of pilgrimage for Catholics. For the history, the Camino de Santiago, also called Way of St. James, was initiated in the early ninth century after the discovery of St. James tomb in Galicia, Spain, specifically in the crypt of the Cathedral of [...]
Crossed by the Lot River, the Lot valley has lots of surprises for visitors eager for interesting and unusual discoveries, new sensations and all kinds of tourist pleasures. Tourists will have the opportunity to enjoy a journey strewn with wonders through a landscape of water and greenery. To discover absolutely beautiful natural sites Through [...]
Cahors Blues Festival and “Lot Of Saveurs” Festival in July Cahors, a town of art and history of the Lot department, is famous for its medieval heritage but also for its vibrant cultural life. In a town famous for its wine, foie gras and truffles, it is quite normal to have a Gastronomy festival: the [...]
Cénevières Castle is one of the most beautiful Renaissance monuments in Quercy, in the Lot department. Overlooking the Lot valley, this splendid 13th century building is a major tourist attraction in the town of Cénevières. Today belonging to the De Braquilanges family, the site is open to the public and allows visitors to discover keep, [...]
Having a rich cultural, architectural, industrial and natural heritage, Figeac is among many other French cities classified as “Town of Art and History”. This charming town of the Lot department, in Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées region, currently has over 1,000 inhabitants. The population of Figeac is focused on the developing the city’s rich heritage. Although it is [...]
Lot is a freshwater river bordered by an exceptional nature landscape running through beautiful medieval towns located in the south of France. It begins its course at Mont-Lozère and flows into the Garonne at Aiguillon. The waterway is located between the towns of Luzech and Larnagol and measures 75 km. A cruise on the [...]
Located in Southwest France, south of Lot, the Lot Valley has always been famous for its vineyards. 80% of the prestigious AOC Cahors vineyards are particularly rooted in this fertile valley, crossed by the river Lot. Nature hiking, wine domains tour, wine tasting and discovery of historical monuments will be on the menu! [...]
Cahors is a beautiful medieval town surrounded by green hills, nestled in a loop of the river Lot. Located in Midi-Pyrénées, the city features a mild climate with an annual average sunshine of more than 2,050 hours. Each season, the city reveals a different face and new colors. You can choose the time that [...]
Cahors has a host of surprises for its visitors. It is a real heaven for tourists looking for authenticity. Apart from the different sites and monuments that are symbolic of this medieval town, Cahors is also the birthplace of a unique farmers market which has been recorded among France Exception Markets according to a [...]
The Quercy Causses Regional Natural Park covers 185,500 ha from the north to the south of the Lot department in south-western France. It is a set of unique natural sites characterized by plateaus (significantly eroded karst plateau), valleys and canyons, crossed by rivers, strewn with medieval villages, decorated caves, dolmens, oppida, Gallo-Roman ways, etc. [...]
Rocamadour is a medieval village in the Dordogne valley, in south-western France. It is the fifth most visited site in France after the Versailles Castle, the Eiffel Tower, the city of Carcassonne and Mont Saint-Michel. Houses and chapels clinging to a cliff at the foot of which a river flows, a castle dominating the [...]
Lot provides its visitors with exceptional tourist attractions. Besides the medieval treasures of Cahors, which is the capital of this department of the Languedoc-Roussillon, Midi-Pyrénées region, Lot is also home to an atypical and charming village, that of Saint-Cirq-Lapopie. Set in the Causses Nature Park, 30 km from Cahors, and like the latter, Saint-Cirq-Lapopie is [...]
The Gulf of Padirac is a geological curiosity located in the Lot department, in the town of Padirac. It is the largest chasm in Europe, with an entry of 35 meters in diameter and a depth of 103 meters. Visitors are rowing in an underground river with clear water, through cavities with unreal shapes which [...]
Although Cahors is the capital of the Lot department, visitors of the old town of Cahors have the impression of leaping forward several centuries to find themselves in a medieval village that remained faithful to its time and culture. During the visit of Cahors Old Town, it is hard to believe that the place belongs [...]
The Valentré Bridge, a majestic medieval bridge built in the 14th century (from 1308 to 1378), is one of the most remarkable bridges in southern France, either in terms of architecture or construction. It constitutes one of the major attractions and iconic monuments of Cahors, an atypical area from the south-west of France. Nestled [...]
Although this capital of Lot seems to belong to a distant past, its inhabitants and visitors never tire of the wonders it contains. In Cahors, it is hard to get bored, especially when one appreciate tranquility, nature, culture, history and mostly new discoveries. There is much to discover in Cahors, but some monuments, the [...]
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