Clairacのおすすめツーリングルート

It's possible. However, planning your own route is sometimes advantageous, as cycle paths are not necessarily the shortest or flattest routes.

A possible swimming spot.

Bucolic setting and cycle markings

Perched more than 150 meters above the Lot Valley, the fortified town of Laparade offers a spectacular view from its belvedere and public garden. Founded in 1265 by Alphonse de Poitiers, it preserves traces of its defensive past: ramparts, moats, and ancient fortified gates.

Isolated in the middle of a meadow, the Tombeboeuf oak has watched over the landscapes of the eponymous town for nearly 300 years. Standing 25 meters tall and with its wide corolla-like branches, it impresses with its stature and beauty. Classified as a Remarkable Tree since 2003 and voted Tree of the Year in 2019, it is visible from the road. A must-see for lovers of nature and living heritage.

Although there were many at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century, there are only 5 suspension bridges still in operation between Lot and Garonne. Among them, a few are remarkable. Like the Roussannes bridge, over the Lot, between Granges-sur-Lot and Lafitte-sur-Lot. The work dates from 1841 and was restored by the Lot-et-Garonne departmental council in 2009.

The history of Clairac is inseparable from that of its Benedictine abbey, which was internationally renowned in the Middle Ages. The abbey, as well as the town which was formed around its walls, reached their peak in the 12th and 13th centuries. There were then 120 monks who worked both in the fields and as copyists of manuscripts. The abbot of Clairac was also the lord of the village and commanded two bastides, five priories and around fifty parishes. The monks also owned two mills on the Lot. The income generated by the abbey was then considerable. But the most important heritage is unexpected: the plum tree of Damascus, brought back from the crusades, was in fact "enté", that is to say grafted, by them for the 1st time. They also discovered the sun-drying process, inventing the Ente plum and the Agen prune in one fell swoop!

The Lot Valley Véloroute connects Cahors (Lot) to Aiguillon (Lot-et-Garonne), following the Lot river through vineyards, orchards and preserved landscapes.