The Good Life France Magazine




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Spring 2024

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Brimming with fascinating and fabulous features plus fantastic photos, inspiring, informative and entertaining guides, scrumptious recipes from top chefs, history, culture and much, much more. Discover the gorgeous Gulf of St-Tropez, the luminous Opal Coast in the north, pickled-in-the-past Sarlat, Beaujolais, medieval Mirepoix, The Lot, lovely Bergerac, the Oise Valley, the Loire Valley, Champagne, Brittany, Paris & more.... bringing France to you - wherever you are.

Pickled in the past

Pickled in the past CAHORS is full of charm Gillian Thornton visits Cahors in the Lot Valley on her trip through the heart of Occitanie Any walker who follows one of the French pilgrim trails to Santiago de Compostela in Spain is guaranteed a heady mix of natural landscapes and beautiful buildings. But few can compete with the Pont Valentré that spans the river Lot at Cahors. A major landmark on the Via Podensis from Le Puy-en-Velay in Auvergne, this medieval bridge with its three defensive towers is a wow from any angle, but especially when reflected in still blue water. Open to traffic until 1983, Pont Valentré is now purely pedestrian and wherever I stand, I simply can’t resist another photo. North-west of Toulouse in the Occitanie region of South-West France, Cahors is the principal town of the Lot department, surrounded on three sides by steep hills and nestled inside one of the many tight meanders carved out of the landscape over the centuries. The native Gauls worshipped Divona, goddess of underground water, at a gushing spring here beside the Lot – a site now known as the Fontaine des Chartreux – but it was the Romans who founded the town of Divona within the meander where three roads met. Arrive by road today and Cahors is an ideal base for exploring the beautiful Lot Valley. Or take the train from Toulouse in less than 90 minutes, just one of many route options on the Occitanie Rail Tour. Whatever your mode of transport, the family-run Hotel Terminus Oldest house in Cahors, 12th century 90 | The Good Life France The Good Life France | 91