Pech Merle Cave

Pech Mer­le cave is an ornate pre­his­toric cave locat­ed in the Lot départe­ment (Occ­i­tanie region of France), in the town of Cabr­erets. It opens onto a hill over­look­ing the val­leys of Sagne and Célé in Quer­cy. It’s quite vast, extend­ing for almost two kilo­me­tres, but only 1,200 m of gal­leries and rooms are cur­rent­ly acces­si­ble to vis­i­tors. The cave has two floors of gal­leries adjoined by shafts and slop­ing tun­nels, locat­ed around 100 metres above the rivers.