With equal
distance of the ocean and the Mediterranean, Cahors
is a stone city on the causses. Veritable capital
of the taste, Cahors offers you many pleasures of mouth
(truffle, liver of goose, rocamadour … ) and famous
pleasures of palate ( wine of Cahors, wines of the slopes
of Quercy … ), which waiting you in particularly
the famous market of the city. After a good tasting of
the local products, leave to discovered Cahors, the ancient
city, the medieval city and visit the Valentré Bridge,
symbol of the city and the most beautiful bridge and
the best preserved of the European medieval bridges.
It is classified with the world heritage of UNESCO.
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To
see : the
Valentré bridge, the medieval city, the
museum of Resistance, the fountain of the Carthusian,
the St Etienne’s cathedral.
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To
taste : the
wine of Cahors, the rocamadour (goat’s cheese),
the croustillot (Lot’s bread), le foie
gras poêlé, the “brouillade” with
truffles.
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To
know : on
this course, there are 14 manual locks, without
lockkeeper.
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Very
Favourite : the
village of St Cirq Lapopie.
Navigation
on the Lot :
Crossing 5 natural areas: Gévaudan,
Rouergue, haute Auvergne, Quercy and the Agenais;
the lot river is
navigable on 70km and offers you peace and dawdling. It
is without any doubt one of the most beautiful navigable
fields of France. You will cross the valley of the Lot
and its vineyards, whose reputation is not any more to
make; you will discover the castles ands the villages you
will discover the castles and the villages while letting
you go to the current.
| From Cahors : |
One
week
- Cahors
- St Cirq Lapopie - Larnagol - Cahors : 47
kms - 25 locks - 20 hours
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Two
weeks
- Cahors
- Luzech - St Cirq Lapopie - Larnagol - Cahors
: 140 kms - 31 locks - 28 hours
|
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France
Passion Plaisance - Cahors Base Information
