Résidence Port-Lalande

There are some beaut walks and bike rides from the site into the Lot-et-Garonne countryside from the site, or you could just wander along to Castelmoron-sur-Lot to see its Moorish-style town hall, bask on its beach, eat your way around town or sort watery trips by canoe, paddleboard or boat. Castelmoron is 17 kilometres from the ancient bastide town of Villeneuve-sur-Lot and its Sangruère racecourse, and under 20 from the Caves of Fontirou, where you can take a tour of 40 minutes or so among its many stalactites and stalagmites. About an hour's drive away, the decorated caves of the Vézère Valley include 147 prehistoric sites and 25 painted caves between Montignac and Le Bugue. Also worth a look within driving distance are the scenic villages of Pujols (15 kilometres) and Monflanquin (25 kilometres), the bastide town founded in the 13th century. Closer to home, the pools, hundreds of species of water lilies and a spectacularly-set café of the 19th-century gardens of Latour-Marliac are three kilometres away.