Lot is part of the region of Midi-Pyrénées and is surrounded by the department of Corrèze, Cantal, Aveyron, Tarn-et-Garonne, Lot-et-Garonne, and Dordogne.

Important Communes:

    * Cahors- a large town known internationally for its production of Cahorswine (...)

Lot is part of the region of Midi-Pyrénées and is surrounded by the department of Corrèze, Cantal, Aveyron, Tarn-et-Garonne, Lot-et-Garonne, and Dordogne.

Important Communes:

    * Cahors- a large town known internationally for its production of Cahorswine
    * Frayssinet-le-Gélat - a small village close to Prayssac
    * Prayssac - a town of approximately 3,000 residents

This part of the South-West of Francewhose light, colour, warmth and local accent all speak of the South - this is the ancient province of Quercy, nowadays the département of the Lot.

Secretive, it hides subterranean stone palaces in which light and shade play hide-and-seek with faery crystal lace, and gaping chasms, like Padirac, opening on to the depths of the earth.

Modest, it is composed of small buildings : a wine-grower's or shepherd's hut, a dovecote , or just the low dry stone walls which criss-cross the wide, gently undulating horizons of the « Causses ».

Impressive, it displays for all to see the skill of builders in mastering the laws of balance and harmony. It takes the shape of castles, mediaeval settlements crowning the heights, like Rocamadouror Saint Cirq Lapopie, towns nestling in a bend of the Lot, the Célé or the Dordogne, like Cahors, Figeacand Souillac, or perched high on a hill, like Gourdon.