pedelon travels by eBike QUERC Y AND LIMOUS IN +++ fl y to , cycle to the most beautiful villages of by eBike +++ scarce country with black gold, the truffl es of Lal- benque +++ and Cabecou, wine and cheese as in the Elysée +++ Cahors, pampered by the Pope, betrayed by the King +++ saffron, not only for Zeus +++ a special goose, or why the French love this region +++ cave Picassos and miracle healers +++ my name is Rot +++ likeable hotels with friendly people +++ an eBike travel into a part of France that is still original and authentic +++

Our tour through the and in 7 days, up to 14 persons, with one triple night and one double overnight stay Collonges-La-Rouge Hotellerie ***** 550 km Gastronomie **** Kultur ***** Martel Natur ***** !

ne g Travel dates 2019 Do rdo Gouffre de FQL1: Saturday, 15-jun-2019 to Saturday, 22-jun-2019 Rocama- FQL2: Saturday, 29-jun-2019 to Saturday, 6-jul-2019 dour FQL3: Saturday, 24-aug-2019 to Saturday, 31-aug-2019 by eBike FQL4: Saturday, 7-sep-2019 to Saturday, 14-sep-2019 Parc Naturel Régional FQL5: Saturday, 14-sep-2019 to Saturday, 21-sep-2019 by bus des du Quercy Traveling price Caniac lé Cé Price per person in the DR for 7 nights with half-board, eBike, entrance free, transfers, guided tours, shuttle service from/to Puy- l‘Evèque Toulouse Airport: € 1870 Single-room surcharge: € 380 St Cirq-La-Popie Does not include lunch, drinks and your personal expenses Cahors as well as travelling there and back. Toulouse 90 km 10 km

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Flight Booked by you or by pedelon at your request. Flight to/from Toulouse. Airport shuttle to Cahors at 6 PM, 1 hour’s drive to our starting hotel Hotel Divona. Target airport Toulouse from/to Munich (as available): 390 € Surcharge for other German airports: 90 € Flights from airports in other countries on request. From Toulouse, the pedelon airport shuttle will take you in an hour to Cahors.

Train The destination station of Cahors can be reached in just over a day’s journey by changing trains in Paris. From there it is only 400 m to the start hotel.

Car Best motorway connection to Cahors, the starting point of the journey. The car can be parked in the hotel garage (80 €/week). At the end of the journey, we bring you back to your car free of charge.

Participation conditions The arrangement includes the above services. Our terms and conditions apply.

With your booking confirmation, you will receive the “pedelon travel information”, which contains useful notes on traveling to Cahors and other advice around your trip.

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QUERCY AND LIMOUSIN To picturesque villages and towns rich in architectural monuments and history. By eBike across archaic landscapes, to cave paintings and best French country cuisine. Cahors and Cabecou, or why you must love this region so much. A wonderful journey by eBike on forgotten paths through the still-traditional South-West of France.

In Cahors the rooms are available from 2 pm in the Hotel “Divo- the Alststadt leads to the former episcopal see of Pope John na”. The overnight stay and breakfast Saturday to Sunday and the XXII. Cahors is replete with historic buildings that still recall the fi rst dinner together are included in the travel price. If you arrive heyday of the city in the 13th and 14th centuries. The cathedral early, you can walk to the Pont Valenté and enjoy the beautiful old St. Etienne with its two powerful domes and the expressive Ro- town. At 8 PM, you will meet for an excellent dinner in a very good manesque North Portal is particularly worth seeing. After a long Auberge, located near the hotel. coffee break, the path will take you from the Lot valley towards . When switching from the river valley to the lime pla- teau of the „Causse de Limogne“, the landscape changes. The fertile river wetlands are replaced by scarce karst landscapes. Instead of vibrant villages, the cyclists will fi nd picturesque, nearly abandoned small settlements. In Lalbenque, the secret capital of truffl es, everything focuses on the black gold of the Quercy blanc. As soon as you have left the busy little town, you will cycle along lonesome paths towards St Cirq-La-Popie, which you will reach late in the afternoon. One of the most beautiful villages of France, it is a tourism magnet for visitors to the region. You will stay in the

Um 20 Uhr Treffen zum ersten gemeinsamen Abendessen in einer landestypischen Auberge unweit des Hotels.

1st day, Sunday: Cahors – St Cirq-La-Popie, 62 km After breakfast, overlooking the Pont Valentré, the adjusting of the bikes takes place in front of the start hotel. After a fi rst de- hotel of the same name, a comfortable place in a calm area with tailed explanation about the eBike, the morning bike ride through two pretty swimming pools. Dinner will take place in an outstan-

Quercy and Limousin 2019 pedelon. travels by eBike +49 (0)89 61466980 www.pedelon.com 3 pedelon travels by eBike ding restaurant in St Cirq-La-Popie. Before dinner, you can walk Martel in the late afternoon. The „Relais Ste Anne“ belongs to through the alleys of this town from the 12th century. The best the top houses of the region. Madame Rimet-Mignon is leading moment of the day is likely the chance to experience this jewel of your hotel with great commitment and her son takes care of the medieval architecture. excellent cuisine. The former monastery has a beautiful swim-

2nd day, Monday: St Cirq – Caniac-sur-Causse – St Cirq, 68 km After breakfast, you can view the grotto de Peche Merle with its cave paintings after only a brief distance by bike. It was created approx. 25000 years before our era. Thanks to the micro climate in the cave, the prehistoric pieces of art are wonderfully preser- ved. ming pool and a wonderful park. Three luxury rooms are located in a neighboring city palace. It is always a very special experience to live here.

4th day, Wednesday: Martel – Gouffre de Padirac – Martel, 56 km In the morning, we will visit one of the biggest drip caves in Euro- pe, the „Gouffre de Padirac“. With the elevator you go down into the 75-meter-deep and 33-meter-wide, almost circular hole. The

After visiting the grotto, the lonely bicycle path will take you th- rough the Célé valley towards the „Causse de “. The road, continually rising slightly, is easy to handle for pedelon eBikes and offers a wonderful riding experience to the cyclist. In the middle of the „parc naturel régional du Causse de Quercy“, your afternoon‘s legendary river cave has been known for many centuries and was leg will be interrupted in Caniac-Sur-Causse. The visit to the won- held in the Middle Ages for the entrance to hell. After the detailed derful crypt from the early 12th century is extremely interesting. It visit, the bike route leads over the karst Causse de is said to have special healing powers to this day. On silent paths, to . The picturesque village nests in an impressive valley mostly downhill, the route returns to the Célé valley. After a stay hollow, framed by high limestone rocks. Manor houses with to- in the picturesque village of Marcilhac-sur-Célé with its ruined wers, a wonderful village fountain surrounded by typical houses monastery and its picturesque ensemble of houses, the hotel “St and the crystal clear river below complete the particular charm Cirq” will be reached again in the late afternoon. Very good dinner of the place. After the lunch break we continue cycling in the will be served in a small village near the hotel. vicinity of the crossing light woods and over succulent meadows to Carennac, many beautiful old stone houses and a 3rd day, Tuesday: St Cirq-La-Popie – Martel, 72 km historical monastery complex with a lot of patina invite to a longer stay. The remaining kilometers back to Martel lead first through In the morning, the cycling tour takes you along the Causse de the fertile Dordogne valley and just before the day‘s destination a Gramat to Lunegarde. In the pretty village on the Causse we find bit longer uphill to the hotel, with our eBikes a pure pleasure. For the small church Saint Julien with frescoes from the 15th century dinner, you will meet in one of the best restaurant Martels, known particularly worth seeing. Along secluded streets, you will pass th- for excellent traditional dishes. rough small oak forests with juniper and broom bushes to Roca- madour, one of the most important places of pilgrimage on the way to Santiago di Compostela. The church district with its seven 5th day, Thursday: Martel – Collonge-La-Rouge – Martel, chapels is visited annually by many thousands of pilgrims. Before 52 km we continue to cycle you have enough time to stroll through the Before cycling on to Southern Limousin, you will explore the pret- only alley of the secular district. Crossing a side valley of the river tiest alleys of Martel on a small round tour. If you are interested, Dordogne, through walnut plantations and fertile fields, we reach

Quercy and Limousin 2019 pedelon. travels by eBike +49 (0)89 61466980 www.pedelon.com 4 pedelon travels by eBike a local will tell you about the restoration of natural stone houses For the last dinner together, we meet in the hotel restaurant “Le entertainingly. After a brief cycling time through the lush landsca- Vinois” by Jean Claude Voisin, who enjoys an excellent reputation pe with large deciduous forests and richly decorated valleys, you as a chef. will reach Turenne. The Carolingian country is mentioned for the first time in the early 9th century. The castle, however, has existed since the 8th century. The Duke of was besieged by 7th day, Saturday: Caillac – Toulouse Pippin the Short here in 767. On a route with wonderful views, Before the bus takes you back to the airport to Toulouse or the you will continue to Collonge-La-Rouge. The old relay station on guests to their car to Cahors, you can walk from the hotel to the Château Lagrezette and taste the excellent wine in the castle, or you can enjoy the beautiful hotel pool before going back to Toulouse airport.

the Way of St. James was a bailiwick of the Vicomtes of Turenne. The architecture of the houses in Collonges-La-Rouge reflects the rural construction of the 16th and 17th centuries nearly perfectly. The Bourgeois houses, church and the town‘s abbey were built If you would like to stay longer in the region, we will be happy to of red sandstone. This is reflected in the name „La-Rouge“. Silent give you tips on design and accommodation in the “pedelon travel paths will take you back to Martel. information”. The region is so abundant in culture and nature that At the end of the rich in impressions day, we will meet in an excel- an additional stay is always worthwhile. lent restaurant near the hotel.

6th day, Friday: Martel – Puy-L’Évêque – Caillac, 48 km After breakfast and a final walk through the medieval streets of Martel, a one-hour transfer will take cyclists to Puy-L’Évêque. The former summer residence of the Bishops of Cahors was in English hands and heavily fortified during the Hundred Years War. The picturesque village was able to withstand the turmoil of these uncertain times and even the religious wars without harm. The last stage of the journey leads through the famous vineyards of Cahors. The French President George Pompidou made the “black wine”, which must consist of at least 70% Malbec vine, famous far beyond the borders of France. Many picturesque wine villages line the way to Caillac, which invites everyone to a wine tasting. In Albas, in the Chateau Eugénie, the Vinzer awaits the cyclists

to present one of the best wines of the Cahors. Shortly before the day’s destination Caillac, the winery “Château Caix”, which belongs to the Danish royal family, ends the bicycling through the contemplative wine region of the Lot.

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