Date: 20th September 2023
Travelled: 70 kms from Montauban to Cahors ย
Visited: Cahors ย
Stayed: Cahors Parking, free, N44.43880, E01.43970ย ย
Budget: 121 days @ โฌ95 per day
Having enjoyed buzzing around Montauban in the scooter for a couple of days and the Hymer full of fresh smelling laundry itโs time to move on. Time, tide and our 90 days in the EU roll on and we must as well.
We escape via the EโLeclec supermarket which I hate as they are laid out like a made womanโs breakfast and everything is difficult to find, but they do have much more variety than the Lidl and ice as well. I must admit weโve gotten soft in our old age, โฌ2 a day for ice so our beer and wine is just how we enjoy it, seems worthwhile.
We soon find ourselves on the autoroute with a toll of โฌ6.80 as we take the exit for Cahors.
Cahors, Lot, Occitania, Metropolitan France, 46000, France
Cahors stands on a tight bend on the River Lot. It has been a Gallic settlement, a Roman town, a Moorish possession, even the Vikings had a lash before it come under English rule for a time. It was a catholic stronghold during the wars of religion. From our guide book we get the feeling every one with a sword has parked himself here at one time of another.
Itโs the provincial capital of the Lot, which is part of the Occitanie Region of France.
There is an aire with 3 parking spots which are all full when we arrive and a huge camper-car friendly carpark 100 metres away, so we join the 20+ motorhomes already there.
Picture below, walking Cahorโs famous Pont Valentrรฉ, circa 1378.
Pictured below the Cathedral of Saint-Etienne, circa 1119. A little lego bricks from the front but the twin domes are quite spectacular, the cloisters were a surprise.
We spend half an hour wandering the streets and laneways of the old town. Best find was the city market, very top shelf and unexpected in Cahors (Moussaka for dinner tonight).
We make our way back to the Hymer following the Lot to the Pont Louis-Philippe, circa 1868 and crossing to our car-park on the campercar side of town.
That was our day in Cahorsโฆ
Michael + Pam
