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Saint-Cirq-Lapopie and the Cliff Road

Day two in the Lot: a damp 61 km loop from Cahors, up the Côte d’Arcambal onto the causse to Saint-Cirq-Lapopie, then home along the cliff road of the Lot valley through Bouziès, Saint-Géry and Vers. Read the ride.

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Saint-Cirq-Lapopie and the Cliff Road

View from the viewpoint above Saint-Cirq-Lapopie over the wooded Lot valley and its limestone cliffs

The view above Saint-Cirq-Lapopie

Saint-Cirq-Lapopie

Autumn colour in Saint-Cirq-Lapopie

Le Lot, bien plus qu’une étape

Saint-Cirq-Lapopie village sign beside a quiet valley road, with limestone cliffs behind

Leaving Saint-Cirq-Lapopie

Wet road beside a stone parapet leading to a red suspension bridge over the Lot at Bouziès

The suspension bridge at Bouziès

The Église Saint-Léger in Bouziès, a stone church with a round window and bell tower under a grey sky

Église Saint-Léger, Bouziès

The troglodytic Château des Anglais built into the limestone cliffs at Bouziès, reflected in the still water of the Lot

Château des Anglais mirrored in the Lot

Narrow road squeezed between a stone wall above the Lot and a tall limestone cliff

The cliff road along the Lot

The Pont d’Arcambal, a concrete arch bridge reflected in the still Lot below wooded hills, a crash barrier in the foreground

Pont d’Arcambal over the Lot

Village street of stone houses leading towards the old square stone tower at Bellefont-La Rauze

The tower at Bellefont-La Rauze

Road lined with tall plane trees, fallen leaves along the verge

Plane trees by the river road

Cahors street corner with a zebra crossing and a building painted with a large black-and-white mural

Back in Cahors

Saint-Cirq-Lapopie and the Cliff Road

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