Two-day itinerary in Quercy during the black truffle season, between the markets of Lalbenque and Limogne-en-Quercy and five castles of the causse
Black truffle of Quercy: two days of castles between Cahors, Lalbenque and Limogne
Lalbenque’s black truffle market reopens on 1st December 2026. Two days on the Quercy causse, from Lagrézette to Cénevières, to align the black gold calendar with five castles born of the Hundred Years’ War and the Renaissance.
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Saison de la truffe
On Tuesday 1st December 2026, in Lalbenque, the town hall’s covered market regains its baskets: the black truffle season in Quercy begins, and will continue until early March. Three days later, Limogne-en-Quercy opens its own market on Friday mornings. Between the two villages stretches a causse of low oaks and dry-stone walls that also conceals a series of castles rarely mentioned in guidebooks: the home of a Cahors archdeacon, a fortress rebuilt after the Hundred Years’ War, two of the finest Renaissance façades in the Lot, and a manor perched on a cliff above the river. Here’s a two-day itinerary to align the market calendar with that of the stones.
The truffle calendar for winter 2026–2027
Château Lagrézette
Château de Cénevières
The route on the map
The truffle itinerary on the map
From Caillac, in the Lot Valley, to the Lalbenque and Limogne causses, then back to the river at Cénevières.
Markers follow the suggested visiting order. Select a castle to open its page.
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Day by day
The itinerary
Day 1 – From the Lot Valley to the Lalbenque market
Lagrézette in the morning at Caillac, Labastide-Marnhac late morning, the black truffle market at Lalbenque in the afternoon (on Tuesdays), then Cieurac before nightfall.
Day 2 – The Limogne causse and the Lot Valley
Couanac, at Varaire, near the market in Limogne-en-Quercy (on Friday mornings), then Cénevières above the Lot Valley.