1 week in the Tarn
Day 1 of your stay in the Tarn
The city of Gaillac
▶ The Portanelle district, with its corbelled houses.
▶ Le Château de Foucaud, home to the Fine Arts Museum and its listed Italian garden.
▶ The square and the 16th-century Griffoul fountain.
▶ Its market: Every Friday morning in the city, Sunday morning on the Place du Griffoul and every Tuesday evening from 4 to 7:30 p.m. with Noctambio.
The stopover village of Brens with its market every Saturday at the Place du Lavoir and Place de la Tour.
The city of Lisle sur Tarn
▶ Splendid corbelled houses, still equipped with bridgework.
▶ Raymond Lafage Museum and Chocolate Museum.
▶ Its magnificent lake for pleasant walks.
▶ A market every Sunday morning in the atypical Paul Saissac square.
The city of Graulhet
▶ House of Leather Trades.
▶ Its market every Thursday, Friday and Sunday from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
▶ At the Halles market every Tuesday from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
The city of Rabastens
▶ Notre Dame du Bourg Church
▶ Saint-Caprais astronomy observatory
▶ Hiking and cycling trails to discover pigeon lofts, chapels, small hamlets…
▶ Its market every Saturday morning
Or…
The Gaillac vineyards, with their 400 wineries and private cellars. To discover its wines, we invite you to start with an introductory tasting at the Maison des vins de Gaillac, located next to the Abbaye Saint Michel.
Learn about grape varieties, winemaking methods and taste the main wines that make up the exceptional diversity of this Gaillac vineyard.
Situated on the banks of a loop of the Tarn, Gaillac owes its fame to its age-old wine production and its fluvial location on the banks of the Tarn, ideal for trading and transporting wine by gabarre.
Next to the Abbey of Saint Michel de Gaillac, la Maison des Vins is open to visitors and presents the Gaillac vineyard with its 7 grape varieties. Guided tasting included.
Learn about grape varieties, winemaking methods and taste the main wines that make up the exceptional diversity of this Gaillac vineyard.
Situated on the banks of a loop of the Tarn, Gaillac owes its fame to its age-old wine production and its fluvial location on the banks of the Tarn, ideal for trading and transporting wine by gabarre.
Next to the Abbey of Saint Michel de Gaillac, la Maison des Vins is open to visitors and presents the Gaillac vineyard with its 7 grape varieties. Guided tasting included.
Meet biodynamic winegrowers in Gaillac, Lisle sur Tarn and Rabastens.
If you’d like to have lunch in a restaurant, we recommend « Le Vigne en Foule » in Gaillac, where you’ll enjoy local, organic products from a cellar with over 200 references. Excellent, original and refined cuisine.
The Cave de Labastide de Lévis is one of 3 cooperative wineries, along with Rabastens and Técou. It is located a few kilometers from Albi on the road to Gaillac, and offers a new immersive and innovative tour, unique in the Midi-Pyrénées: « le parcours de Légende », which plunges you into the world of vines and wine for an unforgettable experience.
Biodynamic viticulture takes into account natural cycles, in particular the lunar cycle.
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Organic wines
Day 2 of your stay in the Tarn
Visits to France’s most beautiful villages…
The village of Cordes sur Ciel is one of the great sites of Occitanie, with its breathtaking medieval city…
▶ The Musée du sucre et du chocolat (sugar and chocolate museum), a tasting of croquants, the Paradise Garden…
Castelnau de Montmirail is a medieval town proudly overlooking the Tarn valley, where life is good…
▶ A new medieval town with lakes, forests, a magnificent square and panoramic views of the Gaillac vineyards…
Day 3 of your stay in the Tarn
Visit Albi : Prefecture of the Tarn and UNESCO World Heritage site
▶ The Cloître de Saint Salvi whose gallery was listed as a historic monument in 1922
▶ The Cathédrale Saint Cécile and its water mirror leading to the banks of the Tarn river
Bonus idea! If you take rue Castelviel, opposite the cathedral, you’ll discover a lovely, unexpected surprise at the end of a little cul-de-sac… but we won’t tell you more!
▶The Palais de Berbie and its remarkable garden; the pedestrian streets with their half-timbered houses and covered market…
▶ The Musée de Toulouse Lautrec…
Where to eat in Albi?
Have you heard of the poor man’s mashed potatoes? We invite you to visit Lou Sicret at 1 rue Timbal, where you’ll be able to sample his speciality: mashed potatoes with truffles, pan-fried foie gras and a poached egg: a pure delight for the taste buds.
After a good meal, we recommend a stroll along the urban hiking trail called L’échappée verte. This 4 km circuit follows part of the banks of the river Tarn. This very pleasant outing will enable you to discover a natural, preserved and well-maintained environment, ideal for family walks and accessible by bike.
Day 4 of your stay in the Tarn
Small towns of character…
▶ Canoeing with family and friends
▶ Fishing
▶ Shady walks along the Tarn River
▶ Discover the Priory…
One of the most beautiful villages in the Tarn and in France…
Lautrec and its l’ail rose label
Visit the village of Ambialet, built on the narrowest isthmus in Europe!
▶ Discover his mill
▶ Visit to the Sabotier workshop
▶ Visit the Collegiate Church and its many trompe l’oeil…
In search of pigeon lofts…
▶ At the end of the village, you’ll discover Saint Paul Cap de Joux…
Day 5 of your stay in the Tarn
Unusual outings in the Tarn…
Surprises guaranteed at Sidobre with its Trois fromages blocks like stacked Camemberts!
▶ Great walks to explore
▶ Cascade
▶ Museum space « Du Granit et des Hommes »
▶ Interpretation trail to understand where these large rocks come from
▶ Le village médiéval de Burlats
Discover the houses on the banks of the Tarn…
With the city of Castres
▶ Gardens of the bishop’s palace classified as a historic monument and declared as such « Jardin remarquable »
▶ Colorful old tanners’ houses on the Agout river
How about defying the void like Indiana Jones?
Discover the town of Mazamet with its 140-metre-long, 70-metre-high Himalayan footbridge!
Mazamet lies at the foot of the Montagne Noire in the center of the Occitanie region, in the Haut-Languedoc regional nature park.
At the end of the footbridge, you’ll plunge into the picturesque village of Hautpaul, with its medieval remains, magnificent views and craft stores, including the Maison du Bois et du Jouet.
Day 6 of your stay in the Tarn
The village of Giroussens
▶ Ceramic center, panorama of the Agout plain
Le Jardin des Martels classified Jardin Remarquable and sumptuous all year round!
▶ A 3.5-hectare floral park featuring 2,500 varieties of original plants from five continents.
▶ Multicolored flowerbeds, exotic greenhouses, gazebos, animals…
Le souterrain médiéval du Castela at Saint-Sulpice
▶ Galleries and rooms excavated with a 142-metre-long iron pick
Day 7 of your stay in the Tarn
To round off your stay in style, a leisure park unique in France
with a day at Cap’Découverte
▶ 650 hectares in the heart of nature
▶ Fun activities on land, sand and water
▶ Tubing, towed buoys, summer tobogganing, water ski lifts, wakeboarding, bike and scooter hire…
▶ Aqualude
▶ Show…
Or…
A day in our beautiful pink city of Toulouse
▶ Saint Sernin Basilica
▶ The Cité de l’Espace
▶ Augustins Museum
▶ The Couvents des Jacobins
▶ The Muséum
▶ The must-have Place du Capitole
▶ The gardens of Toulouse, the Canal du Midi… and tasting delicious violet sweets…
We hope you enjoy your visit to our beautiful Occitanie region.
