The best MTB trails around Loubejac

The Voie verte et véloroute de la Vallée du Lot (V86) is a major, safe cycling route stretching for approximately 430 to 480 km, connecting La Canourgue in Lozère to Aiguillon in Lot-et-Garonne. The route follows the meanders of the Lot river through varied landscapes of limestone cliffs, vineyards, orchards, and causses.

The Voie verte et véloroute de la Vallée du Lot (V86) is a large, safe cycling route that stretches for about 430 to 480 km, connecting La Canourgue in Lozère to Aiguillon in Lot-et-Garonne. The route follows the meanders of the Lot river through varied landscapes of limestone cliffs, vineyards, orchards, and causses.

The Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens church of Cavagnac is a parish church of Romanesque origin located in the locality of Cavagnac in the commune of Soturac. Less known than the Saint-Pierre church in the main town of Soturac, it is listed in the General Inventory of the heritage of the Occitanie region for its preserved architecture and its unique sculptures. (Mid-12th century): The majority of the current structure (the choir and the apse) dates back to the Romanesque period. Works (1777): It is at this date that the single nave is fitted with its current groin vaults, while the south portal is remodeled. Enlargement and Fire (1789–1792): Two side chapels (north and south) are added and blessed in February 1789, just before the building suffered a fire in 1792 during the Revolution, forcing the reconstruction of the vault at a lower level. The church is distinguished by a plan typical of small rural sanctuaries in Quercy: A massive bell tower rising 18 meters high. A choir composed of a straight bay under a barrel vault and terminated by a semi-circular cul-de-four apse. Remarkable sculpted capitals located at the entrance to the choir (on the double arch)

The Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens church of Cavagnac is a parish church of Romanesque origin located in the locality of Cavagnac in the commune of Soturac. Less well-known than the Saint-Pierre church in the main village of Soturac, it is listed in the General Inventory of the Heritage of the Occitanie region for its preserved architecture and its unique sculptures. (Mid-12th century): The majority of the current structure (the choir and the apse) dates back to the Romanesque period. Works (1777): It was at this date that the single nave was fitted with its current groin vaults, while the south portal was remodeled. Enlargement and Fire (1789–1792): Two side chapels (north and south) were added and consecrated in February 1789, just before the building suffered a fire in 1792 during the Revolution, forcing the reconstruction of the vault at a lower level. The church is distinguished by a plan typical of the small rural sanctuaries of Quercy: A massive bell tower rising 18 meters high. A choir composed of a straight bay under a barrel vault and terminated by a semi-circular cul-de-four apse. Remarkable sculpted capitals located at the entrance to the choir (on the double arch).

The greatest paradox of Bonaguil is that it appeared totally obsolete as soon as it was completed (at a time when kings were building the peaceful châteaux of the Loire). Situated away from the main strategic routes, it was never attacked or besieged, which explains why it has come down to us almost intact. A war machine... that never served!

Bonaguil's greatest paradox is that it appeared totally obsolete as soon as it was completed (at a time when kings were building the peaceful Loire castles). Located away from major strategic routes, it was never attacked or besieged, which explains why it has come down to us almost intact. A war machine... that never served!

The church mixes Romanesque (12th century) and Gothic (15th and 16th centuries) styles. It rests on the site of a primitive wooden church dating from the 4th-6th centuries. It has a barrel-vaulted nave, a Romanesque choir and a Limousin-style bell tower built in 1905. A crypt was also discovered during work in the 1980s.

The Château de Bonaguil is one of the most impressive castles in France. Perched on a rocky spur on the border of Lot-et-Garonne and Quercy, it was entirely modernized at the end of the Middle Ages to withstand early artillery. With its drawbridges, towers, moats, and immense keep, this 7,500-square-meter fortress is considered one of the last great masterpieces of medieval military architecture... and remarkably, it has never been taken by storm.