Saturday 13 November 2021

On Saturday 13th November, the Gouffre de Padirac and Maxime Sorel will be supporting the association Vaincre la Mucoviscidose

Saturday 19 October 2019

A family outing during october/november school holidays

Before winter closure, the Gouffre de Padirac, celebrating in 2019 the 130th anniversary of its discover, offers a final opportunity to come and enjoy a wonderful visit during these school holidays and the exceptional exhibition «Robert Doisneau at the Gouffre de Padirac» ending with the 2019 season, until November, 3 incl.

Saturday 01 June 2019

“Explorer” Tours

Over an evening, experience the unbelievable underground adventure of the Gouffre de Padirac just as Édouard-Alfred Martel did in 1889. With lamps to light your way you will you will get the fullest sense of the Gouffre, in the silence, the dark, and the cool...
Explorers Tours dates: June 1st, 20th and 27th July, 24th August and 26th October 2019.

Sunday 21 April 2019

The only Easter Egg Hunt at the centre of the earth!

Dedicated to budding explorers and to little gourmets aged 4 to 12, the Easter egg hunt 103 metres underground is not to be missed! Several hundred eggs are just waiting to be found and tasted during the visit...

Saturday 30 March 2019

Robert Doisneau at the Gouffre de Padirac

This exhibition, with its original scenography, was designed to highlight Robert Doisneau's photographs and preserve the naturalness of the site. It brings together fifty pictures and is based on two themes: the visit to the Gouffre de Padirac, and the Dordogne Valley region, in the summer of 1954. Exhibition to be explored throughout the 2019 season.

Saturday 30 March 2019

Reopening of the Gouffre de Padirac

After four months of winter closure, the Gouffre de Padirac will welcome the first visitors of the 2019 season from Saturday 30 March until Sunday 3 November.

Sunday 21 October 2018

A family outing

Come and enjoy a wonderful guided tour and learn about this remarkable geological phenomenon before the Gouffre de Padirac closes for the winter on 4 November.

Saturday 15 September 2018

2018 European Heritage Days

The next european heritage day will be held on september 15-16, 2018 within the framework of the european year of cultural heritage.

Thursday 21 June 2018

A music festival that is out of the ordinary!

As part of the seasonal rendezvous of the 13th edition of the Rocamadour Festival, the Gouffre de Padirac welcomes the Mikrokosmos choir on the occasion of a very special music festival! An unusual rendezvous for members of the public who wish to experience the Gouffre filled with heavenly voices and with percussion with age-old sounds… an experience that is out of the ordinary.

Saturday 28 April 2018

“Explorer” Tours

Over an evening, experience the unbelievable underground adventure of the Gouffre de Padirac just as Édouard-Alfred Martel did in 1889. With lamps to light your way you will you will get the fullest sense of the Gouffre, in the silence, the dark, and the cool…

Sunday 01 April 2018

The only Easter Egg Hunt at the centre of the earth!

Dedicated to budding explorers and to little gourmets aged 4 to 12, the Easter egg hunt 103 metres underground is not to be missed! Several hundred eggs are just waiting to be found and tasted during the visit…

Saturday 24 March 2018

Reopening of the Gouffre de Padirac

After four months of winter closure, the Gouffre de Padirac will welcome the first visitors of the 2018 season from Saturday 24 March until Sunday 4 November.

Saturday 16 September 2017

Weekend of solidarity with the "Partage-Handicaps" association - 16 and 17 september 2017

For the second collaboration with the "Partage-Handicaps" Association, based in Ariège Department, the Gouffre de Padirac offers 15 disabled people the chance to experience a unique journey to the centre of the Earth.

Friday 01 September 2017

All Souls' holiday break - Educational workshops

During the All Souls' holiday break, from 21 October to 5 November, the Gouffre de Padirac offers visitors facilitation and mediation workshops to add to their exploration of Europe's first underground heritage site.

Wednesday 30 August 2017

A promising 2017 season

New collaborations, encouraging visitor figures, teams strengthened, and projects in the development stage.

Thursday 01 June 2017

New for summer 2017: discovery workshops on geology and speleology for all age groups

This summer, the Gouffre de Padirac offers visitors facilitation and mediation workshops to add to their exploration of Europe's first natural underground heritage site.

Monday 17 August 2020

Holiday guide - Le Gouffre de Padirac

Wednesday 12 August 2020

8 unusual places to escape the heatwave

Monday 27 July 2020

Twelve underground places to visit to escape the heatwave

Thursday 09 July 2020

An original photo exhibition at the Gouffre de Padirac

Thursday 09 July 2020

A treasure huddled under "le causse"

Saturday 04 July 2020

Beginning of the "Explorer" tours at the Gouffre de Padirac

Saturday 27 June 2020

20 Minutes - « With three months of delay, the Gouffre de Padirac regains its visitors »

Friday 19 June 2020

Figaro Magazine - « From Rocamadour to Padirac, the Lot in freedom »

Thursday 11 June 2020

La Vie Quercynoise - « The Gouffre de Padirac reopens on June 26th »

Monday 01 June 2020

Camping car magazine – Gouffre de Padirac, journey to the center of the earth

Tuesday 19 May 2020

The "Prestige" cuvée is confined for one year

Nothing like an underground kingdom for Prince Probus. The prestigious vintage of the 130 years of the gouffre
has reached the bowels of Padirac, to age at 103 meters deep.

Thursday 07 May 2020

www.geo.fr : « What are the most beautiful caves in France? »

Saturday 07 September 2019

France 2 – Télématin « Gardens: Padirac, an underground monument »

Monday 22 July 2019

France 2 – Télématin « A little freshness at the Gouffre de Padirac? Follow the guide! »

Friday 12 July 2019

CNEWS - Report on the Doisneau exhibition organized on the occasion of the 130th anniversary of the discovery of the Gouffre de Padirac

Saturday 06 July 2019

M6 - le 12h45 - Embark with the seasonal workers of the Gouffre de Padirac!

Monday 20 May 2019

Brut.fr

Monday 01 April 2019

France 3 « O Sud ! »

Saturday 29 September 2018

BFMTV - A hot-air balloon is getting ready to take off from the Gouffre de Padirac

Sunday 05 August 2018

RTL - Un été sur le pont

(RTL is a private national radio).

All along the summer, Arnaud Tousch, radio journalist, draws the portarits of seasonal workers essential for everyone to have good holidays.

Monday 23 July 2018

France 3 - Newscast - "Dream Job"

Summer jobs : in the heart of the Gouffre de Padirac

Every summer, the Gouffre de Padirac hires seasonal people to drive tourists in boats at more than 100 meters underground.

Tuesday 26 June 2018

CNEWS - Mikrokosmos

On the occasion of the Fête de la Musique, Mikrokosmos, a choir of forty singers under the age of 30, gave voice to the bottom of the Gou re de Padirac on Thursday 21 June 2018 but also on Friday and Saturday. 

Thursday 21 June 2018

Le Point - National Music Festival

Heavenly voices bounce off the rock in the bowels of the Earth.

Tuesday 19 June 2018

www.lefigaro.fr - National Music Festival

In this natural cavity plunging 103 meters underground from the Dordogne Valley, 50 chorists mingle with the public to interpret modern and contemporary works in a noctural wandering.

A unique program for a festival of masterful and spectacular music.

Tuesday 22 May 2018

www.lefigaro.fr - International Day of Tourists Caves

On the occasion of the second edition of the International Day of Tourists Caves, Wednesday 6 June 2018, Le Figaro offers you a selection of these underground wonders of Nature.

Sunday 22 October 2017

FRANCE BLEU - "Les Ateliers 'Toussaint' au Gouffre de Padirac."

(France Bleu is a public network of local and regional radio stations)

Jean-François Mangin pour les Ateliers "Toussaint" au Gouffre de Padirac.

Wednesday 06 September 2017

FRANCE 2 - "C'est au Programme"

(A daytime magazine programme on television channel France 2)

Loïc Ballet takes you to the heart of Lot department for an extraordinary visit over 103 metres underground.

Tuesday 01 August 2017

Geo Ado - "Une descente dans le Gouffre de Padirac"

I explored Padirac by lamp!
In the middle of the arid plateau of the Causses de Quercy, in Lot Department, lies a gaping hole: the Gouffre de Padirac. Léopold explored it for GEO Ado under the conditions of its first exploration, in 1889…

Monday 31 July 2017

FRANCE INTER - "Au fond du Gouffre de Padirac"

(France Inter is a public radio station)

The Gouffre de Padirac has always stirred the imagination and enriched the legends of the Quercy region. The enormous opening and its galleries are now a geological enigma.

Thursday 20 July 2017

EUROPE 1 - "Ca vaut le détour"

(Europe 1 is a private radio station)

Worth a visit - the Gouffre de Padirac by night
Each day during summer, Europe 1 helps you explore a hidden location on your holiday route.

Thursday 02 February 2017

M6 - Le 1245 : "Gouffre de Padirac, l'ivresse de la profondeur"

("Le 1245" is a television current-affairs programme on channel M6)

The Gouffre de Padirac is one of the most beautiful geological sites in France. It is 103 metres deep, and is crossed by a river that erodes rock over the years, offering a superb spectacle. Over 420,000 visitors explore it each year.

Monday 01 August 2016

SCIENCE MAGAZINE - "Là est née la spéléologie"

The Gouffre de Padirac is in Lot Department, and is listed as France's first underground heritage site. It is considered one of France's greatest geological curiosities. We know less about the man who discovered it in 1889, and who is the father of modern speleology

Sunday 29 May 2016

E=M6 Gouffres : "le mystère des trous géants"

("E = M6" is a television programme popular science on channel M6)

Wednesday 04 September 2013

Le Monde - "Le gouffre de Padirac, à la lanterne"

The geological site located on the Causse de Lamat (Lot Department) is explored under the same conditions as when Édouard-Alfred Martel and his companions explored it in 1889.

National Geographic - "Expédition au fond du Gouffre"

A team of speleologists succeeded in making an unprecedented crossing to reach the Gouffre de Padirac (Lot Department). A journey of 20 km in three days, through the cold, through clay, and through damp. Exclusive report.