Lot going for it in France

The Brits flock to the Dordogne but just to the south is the river Lot - a holiday on the Lot sounds idyllic!

"This is London" article extract gives you a flavour ....

We were on the River Lot, not one of the best-known French waterways, but that suited us fine. The navigable part of the river runs parallel with the Dordogne, but around 50km to the south, which means that the Dordogne soaks up all the Brits, leaving the Lot in peace.

Photo by PhillipC

Accordingly the river valley has all of the physical attributes — the fortified villages on steep escarpments, the caves, the vineyards, and the pretty towns on bends in the river — that make the Dordogne a tourism honeypot, but it has none of the latter's crowds.

Our daily routine was hardly arduous, starting with breakfast on deck once somebody had managed to find the nearest boulangerie. Then an upriver saunter towards a lunch spot, admiring the vineyards and the pocket-sized riverside châteaux, and tackling a couple of locks en route.

Reference: Lot Properties

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