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Lot valley
Inspire you

Cahors and the Valentré bridge

Saint-Cirq Lapopie, Most beautiful village in France

Puy-l'Evêque and the vineyards of the Lot valley

Montcuq and Quercy Blanc

The Causses du Quercy, UNESCO Global Geopark

The Célé valley, a paradise for sports activities

Viewpoint of Mont Saint-Cyr
CAHORS
The Lot Valley cycle route

2CV ride in the heart of the vineyards of Cahors
PUY-L'EVEQUE
The Lot by houseboat

On the road to Santiago de Compostela

Cahors and the Valentré bridge

The most beautiful villages in the Lot Valley

Immerse yourself in prehistory

Sites, monuments and visits

The truffle, the black diamond

All restaurants

The markets

Savor the Lot Valley

Art in the Lot Valley

Entertainment in the Lot Valley

All itineraries on foot, by bike, on horseback

The Causses du Quercy, UNESCO Global Geopark

Enjoy the Lot Valley

The secret gardens of Cahors

Activities and leisure

The Hanging Gardens
PUY-L'EVEQUE
the wines of Cahors and the hills of Quercy
Our vineyards and our wines are the alliance of the environment, the climate, the tradition, the passion, landscapes and built heritage. Discover and drink a Cahors or a wine from the Coteaux du Quercy is to embrace a "terroir", a gastronomy, know-how and specific expertise. and especially passionate women and men.
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The black triangle of Quercy
The night sky of the Causses du Quercy is one of the least affected in France by artificial lights.
Un "black triangle of Quercy" of about thirty km² stands out in the heart of the territory as a privileged place for astronomical observation due to the absence of lights from agglomerations and communication routes.
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not to be missed

triathlon Saint-Cirq Lapopie
Saint-Cirq Lapopie
"Cahors Express, the legend of the devil"
Cahors
Organ Festival
Cahors
Cinédélices Festival 2023
Prayssac
Vineyard Producers Market
Cahors
The 2 days of Montcuq
Montcuq



Cahors
City of art and historyNestled in its meander of the Lot, Cahors is a city ready to surprise you. Its medieval bridge, the Valentré bridge, will impress you. With its cupolas and its Sainte Coiffe, Saint-Etienne Cathedral in Cahors also arouses interest. 900 years old, it also serves as a majestic setting for the traditional market, which brings together all the flavors of Quercy.
Cahors
Puy l'Eveque
city of the vineyardFeet in the water, head in the clouds, Puy-l'Évêque has inscribed its history in its architecture, from the slipway which evokes its activity as a commercial port, where craftsmen lived, to the seigniorial tower at the top of the rocky outcrop. In the heart of the vineyard Cahors, the streets of coopers or boatmen recall the wine and river history of the village.
Puy-l'Eveque
Saint-Cirq Lapopie
An impossible rose in the nightAt a breath of Cahors, Saint-Cirq Lapopie, elected 1st favorite village of the French, offers itself to you, installed on its rock, dominating the Lot at 100 meters above the river. You will dive directly into medieval times, in the streets drawn at random from its history. Village of artists too, today and yesterday, and the most famous of them André Breton, leader of the Surrealists.
Saint-Cirq Lapopie
Pterosaur Beach
an excavation site to visit150 million years ago there was a lagoon, today buried in the limestone of the cliff. This is what made it possible to find the remarkably preserved traces of Émile the pterosaur and his companions the turtles, crocodiles and dinosaurs. You are invited to an imaginary journey through the Jurassic. Between science and passion, games and discoveries, come and share this story with your family.
Pterosaur Beach
Cave of Pech-Merle
cave paintings and engravingsUnavoidable ! The Cave of Pech Merle offers a complete sample of natural geological formations, including prehistoric paintings and engravings over 29 years old. Mammoths, horses, bison, signs, human hands and silhouettes, footprints... More than 000 drawings adorn this cave. These are the original paintings that you will admire, stronger than all the vagaries of time and nature.
Grotte de pech-merle
Luzech
built on the lashLuzech is a peninsula which forms one of the most spectacular sites in the Lot Valley. The rocky outcrop that constitutes its backbone is cut by the narrow isthmus shaped by the river. The village and its central square are located below, on the site of an old canal which had been dug to avoid going all the way around the meander.
The beautiful villages
Limogne
and the Causses of QuercyIn the heart of the Causses du Quercy Regional Natural Park, it has been Limogne that you will be able to find marvels of small hidden heritage: Butterfly washhouses, hall, dolmens, dry stone walls, caselles... The village also has its truffle market, in winter and summer.
Causses of Quercy
Montcuq-en-Quercy White
Let the effect take placeIt's obvious, Montcuq rose to fame with its mere name, but the village deserves your attention for many more reasons. Nino Ferrer, emblematic singer of the 60s, would have sung it to you with poetry, he did it in drawing and painting when he chose to live in Montcuq. It combined talents and we like to think that the village is inspiring, since many artists and craftsmen have settled there.
Montcuq and Quercy Blanc
Lalbenque
and the black truffle of QuercyAround Lalbenque as in Limogne, the small rural heritage is of great wealth and participates directly in the beauty of the landscapes in which it makes sense. The environment and the land are characteristic and conducive to the development of truffles, for which the village has built a strong reputation, in particular thanks to its winter truffle market. A real experience to live!

Cloup d'Aural phosphate pits
in the bowels of the earthA paleontological and geological site unique in the world, which testifies to a rich biodiversity through countless remains in an exceptional state of conservation. Over 600 species, the oldest specimens dating back 52 million years. And when you descend into the heart of this open pit, in an extract of tropical forest, the freshness envelops you at the same time as History.
Cloup d'Aural phosphate pits
Castelnau-Montratier
Genuine 13th century bastideThe South of the Lot is full of bastides, the “new towns” of the XNUMXth and XNUMXth centuries. Among them, Castelnau-Montratier will hold your attention with its central covered square and arcades, its off-center church and its checkered plan, made up of straight and parallel streets with houses and gardens. But it has an extra soul, that of its inhabitants and its artists who dress it with their decorations every summer.
The beautiful villages