A truly memorable experience for all ages
This tour, specially created with short itineraries from 32 to 47 km per day, is ideal for families. Fertile Green valleys, castles and bastides, fortified villages, gently meandering rivers, lush pastures, wines, walnuts, geese for foie gras and the warm southern sun – this is Dordogne!
Cycling along the Dordogne river
Picturesque villages
Caves & Rock painting,
Pilgrimage site Rocamadour
Once at your hotel you can take some time to visit the Benedictine monastery from the 12th century. See the remarkable abbey-church with fine carvings, and a statue of the prophet Isaiah, a masterpiece of the Romanesque art.
Along the river Dordogne, you can admire the castles of la Treyne and Belcastel, visit the famous « grottes de Lacave », and discover charming villages.
This easy trip along the riverside of the Dordogne will lead you up to the brown roofs of Carennac, considered among the most beautiful villages of France.
The valley of the river Dordogne in Quercy shows many different landscapes and richness of patrimony: Castles of Castelnau and Montal, Grottes of Presque considered by Prince Henri d’Orleans as « the jewel in Europe’s crown », and picturesque villages of Autoire and Saint Céré.
After leaving the valley, you can descend into the very heart of the earth: the gouffre de Padirac. The visit is breathtaking. Then you will cycle through the ‘Parc Natural of Causses du Quercy’ towards the marvellous Rocamadour.
Todays trip takes you to the religious city of Rocamadour, the second most visited place in France. From here, you can also discover the Causse Quercynois and its capital Gramat.
You will cycle along the valley of Ouysse and admire the Moulin de Cougnaguet, before arriving in Calès, village offering a beautiful panorama of the Causses. From here, you go back to the valley of Dordogne back up to Souillac.
End of your trip.
4 nights in 3-star-hotels partly with swimming pool
3 nights in 2-star-hotels with swimming pool
4 nights in 3-star-hotels partly with swimming pool
3 nights in 2-star-hotels with swimming pool
Daily breakfast
Welcome talk
Daily luggage transfer
GPS Tracks on demand
Route book, maps and information material
7/7 Service Hotline
City tax is not included and has to be paid on the spot.
Arrival: Daily 30.03. – 26.10.24
Saison A: 01.05.-30.09.
Saison B: 01.04.-30.04. & 01.10.-31.10.
Grade: On side roads, flat up to slightly hilly terrain.
| By plane: direct flight from PARIS ORLY to AERODROME DE BRIVE-LAROCHE (BVE) (21 km away from Souillac). The nearest international airports are BORDEAUX, TOULOUSE, MARSEILLE
By train: Arrival station: SOUILLAC By car: Parking: Our partner hotel offers a secured parking place for your car during the whole travel period. |
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