Cantou: A House to Rent in the Dordogne Valley
Activities
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There are lots of places to visit and things to do.

"Cantou" is in the Lot département
Lot link
Lot web site
Bretenoux is the nearest town
Bretenoux link
Bretenoux link
Click below to visit nearby St. Céré
St. Céré link
St. Céré

Click below to visit Figeac
Figeac link
Figeac

Rocamadour natural site and pilgrimage
Rocamadour link
Rocamadour

Cahors is the capital of the Lot
Cahors link
Cahors

What about a medieval golf course?

Golf
Golf course
Montal castle golf course

The Grande Randonnée national hiking trail runs right in front of Cantou.

La Teulière road
The main drag

There are plenty of spectacular sites for boating.

Célé river skiff
Boat in the Célé River

"Cantou" is at the left.
La Teulière village
La Teulière village with Cantou

La Treyne castle is on the Dordogne River just downstream, and has a wonderful restaurant.

La Treyne
La Treyne
Turenne is a fortified hilltop town that was a separate country until the 1730s.
Turenne
Turenne
The animal park is 100 acres of exotic and less exotic creatures.

Zoo
Parc Animalier de Gramat link
Animal park link

Park animal
Guanaco
A curious guanaco

Here's a simple but satisfying alternative.

Patio
Cantou yard
Relax

A 4-course lunch is €13, with wine, dessert and coffee.
Lunch
Hôtel du Quercy lunch
Hôtel du Quercy

Ventadorn Castle is where Eleanor of Aquitaine hung out with her husband Guillaume, and listened to Bernart, the great troubadour.

Castle ruins to visit
Ventadorn
Ventadorn

Sarlat is a restored late-medieval city for your day trip.

Sarlat town square
Sarlat town square

Take a boat ride on the Lot River

Lot boat link
Lot boat link

Don't see what you would like to do? Let me know and I will tell you about whether it's available near Cantou.

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A cozy getaway you will always remember