Summer 2024
Full of fabulous features, fantastic photos - inspiring, entertaining and informative. Culture and history, destination guides including Paris, Brittany, Toulouse, Troyes, Alsace-Lorraine, Champagne and more. Discover brilliant city, country, seaside and gourmet breaks. Truly scrumptious recipes to make at home. And much, much more. Bringing France to you - wherever you are.
Full of fabulous features, fantastic photos - inspiring, entertaining and informative. Culture and history, destination guides including Paris, Brittany, Toulouse, Troyes, Alsace-Lorraine, Champagne and more. Discover brilliant city, country, seaside and gourmet breaks. Truly scrumptious recipes to make at home. And much, much more. Bringing France to you - wherever you are.
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Rocamadour<br />
Discover the LOT<br />
The Lot department in the<br />
Occitanie region (formerly<br />
Languedoc-Roussillon) is<br />
home to some of France’s most<br />
enchanting and picturesque<br />
villages set amidst rolling hills,<br />
meandering rivers and lush<br />
countryside.<br />
The Lot is a land of tranquil valleys, soaring<br />
cliffs and gentle rivers. It’s authentic and<br />
unspoiled and has excellent train services, plus<br />
great road links to Paris, Toulouse and Spain<br />
(via the A20). It’s also got plenty of sunshine,<br />
with summer months averaging around 30°C.<br />
Peppered with historic towns, and sleepy<br />
villages, it’s the sort of place you fall head<br />
over heels for, as did Deirdre McGlone and<br />
husband Marc Gysling from Ireland, now<br />
owners of Le Moulin-sur-Célé, a gorgeous<br />
gite in the rather secret Célé Valley, near<br />
Saint-Cirq-Lapopie, east of Cahors. “There<br />
is something special about this area” says<br />
Deirdre, “wherever you go, you keep finding<br />
more beautiful villages, vineyards, festivals,<br />
welcoming restaurants, prehistoric caves,<br />
wildlife. It’s great for walkers, cyclists, history<br />
lovers, nature lovers, artists and foodies… well<br />
everyone really. It’s that special.”<br />
Six of the 160 or so villages classified most<br />
Le Moulin-sur-Cele<br />
beautiful in France (Plus Beaux Villages de<br />
France) are in the Lot. Magnificent castles,<br />
old stone houses, historic monuments,<br />
ancient wonders and gastronomic delights<br />
are among the many charms of this beautiful<br />
part of France.<br />
The prettiest villages<br />
in the Lot<br />
Loubressac<br />
Loubressac is famous for its dazzling<br />
panoramic views over the Dordogne, Cère<br />
and Bave valleys. Its narrow, cobbled streets<br />
with hilly staircases, wind past ancient<br />
ochre-coloured stone houses festooned with<br />
colourful flowers and ivy-covered facades.<br />
French photographer Robert Doisneau said<br />
that Loubressac has “the most beautiful light<br />
in the world” – it’s easy to see what inspired<br />
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