CAHORS , on the River Lot, was the capital of the old province of Quercy. In its time, it has been a Gallic settlement; a Roman town; a briefly held Moorish possession; a town under English rule; a bastion of Catholicism in the Wars of Religion,...
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JEREZ DE LA FRONTERA , inland towards Sevilla, is the home and heartland of sherry (itself an English corruption of the town's Moorish name - Xerez ) and also, less known but equally important, of Spanish brandy. An elegant and prosperous...
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Two hours' drive west of Bajo Caracoles, the seldom-visited area around turquoise Lago Posadas and lapis-blue Lago PueyrredÛn is well worth the detour, but most places of interest around the lakes are accessible only to those with...
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