Cahors is almost certainly destined to have every story about it headed by its very famous bridge, the UNESCO World Heritage Site that stands as the town’s symbol. That’s not a bad thing, actually, but if it’s all you see you’ll miss out on a city with a rich medieval history – and a great base for exploring the region of the Occitan and the département of the Lot. It was a relief to arrive in Cahors after 10 straight days of brutal 95-degree heat. Here the sky was heavy and gray, the temperatures had dropped, and there was even a hint of moisture in the air. I checked into my hotel, the Divona Best Western on the bank […]
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Searching for Salmon in the Deep Heart of France
The ocean is 450 miles away (by river) from Brioude. The mighty Loire River, known to every tourist who ever took a daytrip out from Paris to see the fabled chateaux of the Loire valley, begins as a trickle in the Allier River up in the mountains just 60 miles away. Odd, then, to find a monument to the salmon, one of the world’s most popular ocean-going fish, in this town in the Haut-Allier, part of the larger region of the Auvergne in the deep heart of France.But the Atlantic salmon has a long and distinguished history in this part of the country, and that’s why it’s worth a visit to the Maison de Saumon (“the house of salmon”) in […]
