Welcome to
Lot valley

Nestled 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.

Feet 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.

At 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.

150 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.

Unavoidable ! The Grotte du Pech Merle offers a complete sample of natural geological formations, among which there are prehistoric paintings and engravings dating back more than 29 years. 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.

Luzech 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.

In the heart of the Causses du Quercy Regional Natural Park, it is from Limogne that you can find marvels of small hidden heritage: Butterfly washhouses, market hall, dolmens, dry stone walls, caselles... The village also has its market with truffles, in winter and in summer.

It'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.

Around Lalbenque as in Limogne, the small rural heritage is very rich and contributes directly to 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!

A 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.

The 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.