Blog : Tourism news from our region

If you'd like to combine a hike with a visit to an unusual place steeped in history, we recommend a walk not far from Miers, a village located between Rocamadour and the Gouffre de Padirac. It's from Miers that you'll find one of the starting points for a very special hike, the "Dolmens de Miers" trail, which has been given this name quite simply because the region has traces of human occupation dating back to the Palaeolithic period, with a large number of Neolithic tombs and dolmens, making the Lot one of the French departments with the most burial mounds.

Just 20 minutes' drive from the Moulin du Boisset is Saint-Sozy, a pretty village close to the Dordogne. This is the starting point for our new hike. On a loop of just over 8 km, you'll discover a multitude of varied landscapes representative of the Dordogne Valley.

Right from the start, you're surrounded by fields of corn and walnut trees, grown on the fertile banks of the Dordogne. The river flows peacefully nearby, but you can still hear the cries of joy from children bathing in its waters, a group of young people camp on the beach of a small island, a fisherman casts his rod, a canoe goes by, a swan splashes about, there's life.