The caves system of the Gouffre de Padirac, between Gramat
and St Céré,
are 103 metres underground.
Fear not... to get that deep a series of lifts whisk you effortlessly
underground.
Which is cool. Particularly in summer... an even 13° down there,
so take a cardie.
The guided tour starts with a boat trip along some 500 metres of
underground river, before you disembark for a walk, to view the
vast and extraordinary galleries formed out of the living rock.
The 94m high Grand Dôme, is the greatest of them all and worth
the effort alone.
Open pretty much every day... check out the official
website, or if your French is up to it, you can telephone them
on: 00 33 (0)5 65 33 64 56
or you can e-mail them on: gouffre.padirac@wanadoo.fr
