Cities

 

 

Walk down the shopping streets....

have a drink on a terrace, visit a museum. It's all possible! Cahors and Villeneuve-sur-Lot are both on a 30 minutes drive from Les Escaliers de La Combe. Agen, the capital of Lot-et-Garonne is on a 45 minutes drive. And for those of you who like a metropole with the atmosphere of Paris, you really should go to Toulouse, at 1,5 hours from Saint Matré.

Cahors

Capital of the Lot department. This town has only 20.000 inhabitants, but is has the style of a big city with the impressing Avenue Gambetta and the cathedral. A visit to the market on Wednesday or Saturday is recommended. The best known tourist attraction of Cahors is the Pont Valentré. For more information: www.tourisme-cahors.com

Villeneuve-sur-Lot

A pleasant town on the boards of the river Lot. With a gorgeous market square and nice shopping streets. On your way back from Villeneuve, you can visit Penne d’Agenais, a small picturesque village. Look at www.tourisme-villeneuvois.fr and www.penne-tourisme.com.

Toulouse

After Paris, Lyon and Marseille, Toulouse is the 4th city of France. If you like the French capital, you will like Toulouse as well. Toulouse hosts many students. This gives the city its special atmosphere. Activities are all around. Culture can be found in every single street. Toulouse is known for its countless big and small squares with numerous surprising terraces. Here you will find the big French department stores, beautiful parks and impressive boulevards. More information you can find at www.ot-toulouse.fr.

Agen

Agen offers the rumour and liveliness of a big town. Busy shopping streets, a museum , restaurants and terraces: all of these can be found here. For more information: www.ot-agen.org. Close to Agen you will find Walibi Aquitaine attraction park. A must for the kids! More information on www.walibi-aquitaine.fr.