Cave Lastournelle — Attraction in Villeneuve-sur-Lot

Highly recommend this to families. The caves are simply magnificent and all the more exciting to do the whole thing by torch light (they do this to preserve the atmosphere inside to stop overgrowth of vegetation which is detrimental to the limestone). The owner Sylvie is so friendly and our tour guide Hugo was outstanding. They were all friendly and so lovely with the children. Note that the caves are not suitable for anyone with mobility needs - we managed to do it with our four year old but I wouldn’t take a child younger than that. Wear trainers not sandals and take a jumper! Thank you for a...

Lovely, small, family business. Very knowledgeable about the caves and helped us with our French, in their very good English. Nice cafe and boutique too, not overpriced or tacky. As it was a very warm day (+30 C) we found the caves pleasantly cool (14 C is British summer temperature!) but it could be chilly. We wore sturdy walking shoes, which were fine, but others in flat soled trainers found it slippery. Great spot for a 45 minute guided tour into the cave and a quick picnic/coffee after. Check opening hours before as they have guided tours only.

10/10 - great...

What an experience, first of all the description from the lady was enough to make my day. Every 6 or 7 meters she would stop and give us a fulfilling description of where everything was. She even showed us the leaning tower of stalagmite. Then the gift shop, my daughters found very nice things for very good prices. But to make it fun for the children there was a very intertaining treasure hunt all around the property,with a very rewarding prize at the end,(no...