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OFFICE DE TOURISME DU PAYS DE LALBENQUE | |
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Gastronomic site Every Tuesday from 4th December until March 2008 2 pm truffle market - retail 2 :30pm Truffle market - by the basketful
Office de Tourisme du Pays de Lalbenque
Truffle Day Every Tuesday- 4th December until February on reservation
9 :30 am conference on truffles and their culture, slide-show presented by a truffle-grower 10 :30 am – Visit to a truffle-wood and a demonstration of digging for truffles with a dog (weather permitting)
2pm – At liberty to visit the truffle market.
Price – adult 8€, child 4€ ; possibility of
special tarifs for groups and school groups.
(It may be possible to organise this event at
other dates and times for groups)
The syndicat of
truffle growers
Tuesday 4th December. “Ban de la truffe” – the official opening of the Lalbenque truffle market Sunday 16th December 2007 : A Sunday in truffle country. ( Sales, meal, events ) Sunday 13th January 2008 Mass for St Antoine-le-Grand. Meetings of similar confraternities, and truffle-growers’ meal. Sunday 16th December 2007 : A Sunday in truffle country. ( Sales, meal, events )
Saturday 26th and Sunday 27th January – Fête de la Truffe Saturday 26th – Using the truffle in cooking. Sunday 27 : Concours of the best basket of truffles. Sale of truffles retail, exhibition, sale of locally produced food and local-made products, demonstration of digging for truffles with dog and pig, ( weather permitting ) gastronomic meal ( to reserve contact Tourist Office 05 65 31 50 08 or 05 65 24 75 27)…
Sunday 2nd March 2008. 2pm Truffle-digging competition, with dogs and pigs, of local truffle-growers (weather permitting)
Details : Tourist Office 05 65 31 50 08
Visits with the theme of Truffles A self-indulgent escapade at Lalbenque..... From December to February, 4 days/3 nights, five rooms with character ( classified 4 * ). Tuesday dedicated to the precious tuber, gastronomic meals....Visits : local villages with their historic treasures, Cahors, Limogne, the valley of the Lot, Caussade, the Aveyron gorges. Joëlle & Pierre Baysse « La Vayssade » 46230 Lalbenque Tél. 05 65 24 31 51 / http://www.lavayssade.com
Visits local gastronomy at Montpezat de Quercy From December to February, 4 days /3 nights, Sunday to Wednesday, in 4 **** chambres d’hôtes or in gîte rural. Tasting of local products, visit to a wine-cellar ( wine of the Côteaux du Quercy ), a duck market, the black truffles of Quercy and the famous Lalbenque truffle market. Bernard & Micheline Perrone « Domaine de Lafon » 82270 Montpezat de Quercy Tél. 05 63 02 05 09 / http://www.domainedelafon.com
Where to taste truffles
AUBERGE LOU BOURDIE : à Bach (8 km) (05 65 31 77 46) LE CAFE DU MONDE : gare de Lalbenque (3 km) (05 65 24 20 76) LE CAP 180 : Aérodrome Cahors-Sud (6 km) (05 65 21 78 00) LE LION d’OR : à Lalbenque (05 65 31 60 19) LES MARRONNIERS : à Varaire (15km) (05 65 31 53 85)
TABLES ET CHAMBRES D’HÔTES
L’AQUITAINE : A20 exit n°58 Cahors-Sud (6 km) 44 rooms 05 65 21 00 51 LE LION D’OR : in the centre of the village of Lalbenque 8 rooms 05 65 31 60 19
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