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Chateaux, historic buildings and interesting museums are abundant in the Lot and Dordogne departments, you can lose yourself for a day in the history of the area, around every corner is another century.
www.monuments-nationaux.fr/index1_en.dml - Fantastic French
website, in English, that lists all popular chateaux and historic buildings throughout France, just pick your region.
www.abbaye-nouvelle.fr - Very interesting 13th century gothic abbey
church.
www.pechmerle.com -
This museum shows what
life was like in Quercy during prehistoric times and provides a background to
the visit of the Pech Merle cave.
Museum of The
Resistance in the Lot
Espace Bessières
Place Bessières
B.P. 294
46009 CAHORS
Tel: 05 65 22 14 25
First building : 6 rooms retracing the Resistance movement in
the Lot : the Beginnings, Armed Resistance, Repression, Deportation, from
Brazzaville to Berlin, Liberation. Second building : " the Bessières Memorial ",
the wars in Indochina, the Algerian war, 1914-1918: homage to the Cahors
garrisons
The limestone cliffs and hills are filled with a myriad of fascinating caves, it's an absolute must when visiting the Lot or Dordogne, and a great way to cool off during the hot summer days!
Lot tourism site - list of caves
- a great site with 9 caves listed for the Lot department.
www.pechmerle.com - The world famous caves with prehistoric drawings on the walls.
www.perigord.com/proumeyssac/ - Incredible caves located in the
Dordogne, home of the magnificent crystal hall.
www.lesgrottesdemaxange.com/ - the newly-discovered Maxange
Caves, a masterpiece of Nature, offer the magic of a display of eccentric
concretions (beautiful formations of crystal) which are unique in the world.
Driving through the towns and villages of the Lot is a very relaxing experience, virtually traffic free roads, and if you see something of interest just stop and have a look
www.monolith.tourisme-lot.com/lot/us/circuits.htm
- Once again the Lot tourist
website
comes to the rescue with some great driving circuits around the Lot.
Both natural and man made beauty are to be
seen in the Lot and Dordogne departments, grab your camera and visit one of the
natural parks or have a leisurely day walking around a lovely garden.
www.parcs-naturels-regionaux.fr - Great French website with information
on local natural
parks.
www.lesjardinsdecadiot.com - Very nice gardens near
Sarlat, there are
10 different types of gardens with over 1500 varieties of flowers and plants
www.marqueyssac.com
- One of the best known gardens in the
southwest of
France,
extensive views of the Dordogne
river valley.
Lot department would be complete without a tour of some of the vineyards around Cahors, most of the vineyards are no more than a 30 minute drive from Les Tilleuls, so spend the morning steeped in the rich history of the full bodied reds of the Lot.
www.vindecahors.fr - The definitive website for all things wine around Cahors, you can plan your vineyard itinerary from the information on this site.
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