As you wander through the woodlands of the Lot département under your feet may be the so called 'black diamonds' of the culinary world - Truffles!
The limestone soils coupled with the hot dry summers are ideal for the truffle, and throughout the Quercy and Périgord region truffles can be found, with the best areas being on the Causse de Quercy where there are important truffle markets in the season.
There are demonstrations and visitors centres dedicated to truffles that Halcyon Leisure guests can enjoy.
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At Gîtes Le Manoir ( Property refs 51-56) the gîtes all carry the names of people connected with local history, and among them are Richard Coeur de Lion and Alienor d'Aquitaine - Names known in their English forms (Richard the Lion Heart and Eleanor of Aquitaine) to even the least studious English pupils. So who were they, and what is the connection?
