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10th March 2010
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Holidays in the Lot, Lot et Garonne and Tarn et GaronneThe Lot and Quercy region in the sunny south of France - the perfect place for a well earned holiday!Beautiful Villages of the Quercy AutoireAuvillar Bruniquel Cardaillac Carennac Lacapelle Marival Lauzerte Loubressac Montflanquin Poujols le Haut St. Cirq Lapopie Rocamadour Cahors WeatherWhat's the Weather Really Like? Which Airport? 
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Situated 30kms East of the region’s main town of Cahors, Cabrerets sits astride the Celé river (which itself joins the river Lot at Conduche) in a quiet valley sided by imposing limestone cliffs. The village itself dates from around the thirteenth century and as a result, has a lot of history to share with any visitor who takes an interest...
The inspiring tale of one woman’s war.
When pianist and jazz-singer Judy Blair saw the plight of the Haiti earthquake victims, her response was immediate: she started organizing a benefit concert. Just as she had for the Katrina disaster. The musicians she contacted, including Gary Brooker (founder of Procul Harum)...
A hot air balloon ride provides a unique way of experiencing the sights and sounds of the region from a new perspective.
NEW for 2010 - A Camping Holiday for those seeking serenity. Château de Lacomté Country Retreat introduces Camping and Holiday Rentals "Just For Adults" in South West France.
The pretty town of Prayssac is located in between two of many large, meandering bends of the river Lot in a beautiful area of France known as the gastronomic heart of the country. Prayssac is a growing, lively area, ideal to spend long awaited, welcomed summer breaks....
What's the connection between Claude Monet and a Lily nursery in the Lot et Garonne? The nursery of Latour-Marliac not only supplied the lilies that became so famous through Monet's paintings, but also provided the inspiration for his garden at Giverny
Want to explore the "Treasures of France" from the comfort of your armchair?
The historic city of Cahors lies on a peninsula surrounded on three sides by the meandering river Lot and tall hills. The peninsula faces approximately North-South and high on the hills to the eastern side is the viewpoint at Mont St-Cyr. It's a winding and hilly drive by car, but well worth it for the view of the whole city...
The Lot and Quercy region contains many underground caves and open caverns - a result of thousands of years of erosion of the limestone by underground streams. Many of these caves are open to the public and contain cave paintings and wonderful displays of stalactites and hidden underground lakes...
Created in 2002, the secret gardens of Cahors amount to 29 in total and are laid out along a waymarked route around the city. The secret gardens include an arab garden, a lavender garden, an apple tree garden, a garden of spices, a monastery garden...
France is spoilt for caves of a world class with most départements containing caves. As far as sumps (flooded cave passages) are concerned then the Lot is in a class of its own with hundreds...
A celebrated son of Figeac, Champollion revolutionised our understanding of ancient scripts by deciphering the hieroglyphics on the famous "Rosetta Stone". First opened in 1986, in the house where he was born, the Champollion museum has remained dedicated mainly to hieroglyphics and Egyptology.
They certainly did in Tournon on Thursday. This ancient and beautiful bastide village was overflowing with flowers and plants of every conceivable variety. The sun shone, heat radiated from the old stones and delicious fragrances permeated the alleyways...
Lot – Travels through a limestone landscape in southwest France. Helen Martin's book is a vast volume of impeccably researched fact and delicious personal preference. She puts meat on the bones of other guidebooks...
For one weekend each year the tiny village of Cajarc in the Lot plays host to a huge African music festival - Africajarc. With so much to see and hear it's a not to be missed event if you are in the region at the end of July...
Canoes and Kayaks can be hired by the hour for exploring the Lot, Dordogne and Célé river at your leisure. Alternatively, you can be transported up river and take your time drifting back downstream with the current. There are many places to hire canoes and all are well signposted in summer
There are many horse riding and pony trekking centres in the Lot and Quercy region, allowing visitors to take full advantage of the enormous number of trails available. Many centres offer beginners classes as well as the possibility to hire a horse for the day and explore at will...
Edith Piaf was one of France's best known and most loved singers. Less well known is that she was a regular visitor to the Lot and Quercy region. Lesser known still is the secret donation she made to save the church at Gluges in the Northern Lot...
Retired librarians, Jill and Ian Maxted have spent the last few years travelling around the whole of Europe, accompanied by Modestine, their faithful camping car. Here they recount one small part of the trip where they spend a memorable few days in a family Château in Villeneuve...
Linda McCabe continues her tale of chasing saints across the Quercy. Having travelled thousands of miles she finally gets close to the elusive tomb of Saint Namphaise in the little village of Caniac-du-Causse...
Our corner of the Quercy region of south-west France is known as Midi-Quercy. It’s a peaceful haven of contrasting scenery, extensive wild life and picturesque mediaeval villages...
After a wet weekend Monday 11 July provided a classic Lot valley dawn. Wreaths of mist rising from the glassy surface of the river and the promise of a warm day to come...
Why black? Principally because it is almost black, just hold a bottle up to the light and you’ll see into its deliciously inky depths. Cahors wines are reputedly the darkest in the world; they are also some of the strongest and richest and will keep for years...
I am now home safe and sound from my trip to France. It was exhausting, but very rewarding. One of the goals I had was to find out what I could about an obscure saint that I had stumbled across while doing research for my novel...
Landmarks denoting the passing centuries are particularly numerous in the Lot. Traces of the art present in our distant ancestors' daily lives, cave paintings, specimens of tools, vestiges of human occupation abound. Living water is omnipresent beneath the causse and has shaped fantastical landscapes under the thick rock vaults...
For one night in August each year, the sleepy town of Puy L'Eveque is taken over by pyrotechnicians for a spectacular display of fireworks. Viewed from across the river Lot, with the ancient stone houses as a backdrop, it makes a magnificent event..
Bob Spinks is a keen fisherman and had heard the rumours about big carp in the river Lot. Last summer, with son Michael, he decided to try it out for himself and found more excitement than either of them had bargained for…
Albas is a charming little village, built entirely of the local stone and wedged precariously into a rocky cleft on the left bank of the river. Today is the day of the annual fête du vin and the whole village bows in worship of the grape and gives itself up to the pleasures of the table...
Puy l'Eveque is a delightful medieval village perched on the right bank of the meandering river Lot. When Artist Sharon Tompkins arrived in Puy l’Eveque in September 2004, little did she realise that this sleepy little town was soon to become the centre of a burgeoning art movement.