The route starts following the Dordogne valley eastwards, sometimes beside the water, sometimes along the edge of the scarp with dramatic views of the river undulating lazily below. It leaves the river and turns south to investigate the famous shrine of Rocamadour, a resting-place on the fabled pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela, and where you stay for 2 nights. The return north is via the enchanting caves of Padirac across a plateau with prehistoric megaliths and dolmen, to a scarp-edge village at Loubressac; from here you descend via the waterfall and elegant manorial houses or “gentilhommières” of Autoire, to the pretty market town of St. Céré your ultimate destination on the banks of the quiet river Cère.