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37 The Lot Valley 1 Figeac
Riverside Figeac has a
lived-in charm that is
unlike many of the Lot’s
prettified towns. Traffic
For river scenery, the Lot is right up there buzzes along the river
alongside the Loire and the Seine. Over boulevards and the old
town has an appealing
countless millennia, it’s carved its way through atmosphere, where shady
the area’s soft lemon-yellow limestone, creating streets are lined with
ramshackle medieval
a landscape of canyons, ravines and cliffs, and Renaissance houses,
best seen on the zigzagging 80km-odd section many with open-air gal-
leries on the top floors
between Figeac and Cahors. It’s a journey to (once used for drying
savour: take your time, pack a picnic and soak leather). Founded by Ben-
edictine monks, the town
up the vistas. was later an important
Creysse

# \ Domme
0 ¸ Payrac # \
D704
A20
Belvès # \ / ·
St-Martial-
# \ de-Nabirat
0 ¸ St-Pompont # \ # \ Gourdon
D660
/ · Monpazier / ·
N20
D14
# \
Besse # \
0 ¸ # \ Lacapelle- # \ # \
D25
Villeréal Biron / · # \ Concorès
# \
D272
Biron Villefranche
F G Château du Perigord # \ Uzech
# \
#
36
de Biron 0 ¸ St-Martin- #\
D673
#
H Bonaguil 0 ¸ de-Vers
D660
p398 # \ # St-Martin-
# \ # 7 # \le-Redon
Monflanquin Puy-l'Évêque / ·
A20
#
6
# \
D811
Fumel # \ 0 ¸ # # \ Castelfranc # \ Mercuès
/ · Lot # Luzech Vers # \
N21
# \ #
5
0 ¸ Douelle # \ / ·
D8
D911
# \ #
4
Villeneuve- Cahors # Arcambal
# \
sur-Lot Lot # \
m K 0 ¸ F G St-Cirice
#
#
8
# \
D656
LOT-ET- 0 ¸ 30 / ·
N20
D653
GARONNE
/ ·
A20
# e 0 0 15 miles 30 km