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Must see's....A
very small selection of what to see!! & do !!!!
Buy the Michelin
Green Book on
"Pyrenees, Languedoc, Tarn Gorges"
These Books save you Time
& take the Hard Work out of Planning....Easy
Life....LESS Arguments ????
Sorèze.
4 minutes to the east of us, and is very quaint.
Three Excellent Boulangeries. One
(opp. La poste), Cafe-bar, Restaurants, Artists shops & Galleries,
Book shops- Sculpture & Antiques shops, Abbaye-Ecole
de Sorèze (Royal Military
School of King Louis XVI), banks (C.A) Utilé supermarket,
hairdressers, pharmacy (Doctors and Dentists opp. church) lovely
car parks (free) under the plane trees by La poste....
Walk the paths by the medieval stone walls & houses, very
pretty!! Office de Tourisme En-Route!
Visit the many Festivals de Sorèze.
Revel. (about 5 mins
drive)
The Capital Home of "Reproduction" French
Furniture in France. All services and
many shops. It has a geometric street layout around a central
square surrounded by covered galleries. The
14C covered market still has its
original timber roof. The market is on a "Saturday
Morning" and is a must see!!. Revel
has plenty of shopping, cabinet making, a bronze factory
etc etc. There are car parks aplenty and "Numerous
Good Restaurants". Revel is
well equipped with doctors, dentists, Pharmacies, ESTATE AGENTS
(immobiliers)
There is even an "Internet Café" to
keep in touch if you must!!!
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Durfort.
(about 7 mins drive)
The Black Mountains. At the mouth
of the narrow steep sided valley of the Dor. Durfort has
many family businesses creating "copper" items,
(since the 1600's) Some works
of art!! (they do pewter also). This very
pretty village has many
attractive copper/iron craft shops.
A café, and restaurant &
windy streets. There are good car parks (free) with toilets......Many
walking routes start & finish here......Visit the Popular
Charcuterie-Saucisson Shoppe !!!
Very Tasty......................
Durfort Walk. A good
"pretty walk" is from La
Baysse or Sorèze. There
are 1000's of kilometres of walks in the "Black
Mountains" including
The Route
of St-Jaques de Compostelle, and
also many "lovely villages" to
visit....Office de Tourisime has route maps.
Bassin de Saint Ferréol.
(about 5 mins drive)
This is a beach!! "A la
Montagne". Cool waters from
The Black Mountains feed this reservoir
of 173 acres between Pine wooded hillsides. This "Magnificent
Lake" is ideal for Swimming, Sailing or just
sitting and taking in the "views",
Stroll the parks - woodland surrounding the lake. Visit The
Rocky Waterfalls, Have a "picnic"
here!!! Try to find the "Upside down Waterfall" !!!!
Take un café under the pine trees or lunch at the splendid restaurants
(not expensive!! - trust me!!)
Castres. www.ville-castres.fr
(about 30 mins drive)
A large town . Must visit. It is like a little "Venice".
Take a traditional style barge to
see the former "Tanners houses" and
their dusty
pink, lilac and
green colours. "Lunch" here is essential.
Enjoy Le Park de Gourjade (53 hectares).
Plan a day in the very
"Spanish Goya Museum" and
Hotel de Poncet. Lots to see.....
Golf de Gourjade (9
holes)..par 72.. easy free parking, Lovely
Course, not crowded. Also
large indoor and outdoor swimming
pools with restaurants nearby...........
CASTRES.
split level car park opposite the tanners houses..
for visiting Castres with the River Agout passing near by.... Nice...
Sidobre (about 1 hours
drive) D622 road
Sidobre is east of Castres.
One of the most important "Granite sites" in
Europe. Big Boulders here!! loads
of Circuits to Explore, great fun !!“"The
World of Granite"”
visiters park. Nearby is V.O.A. Glassworks founded by Jean
Jaurès.
Brassac is a
mountain village on the D622 has a "magnificent
bridge". do visit.........
Albi (about 70 mins
drive) is the birth place of "Toulouse-Lautrec". (1864-1901)
and is worth a day or two to visit the town and museum.The "Art
Gallery"
of "Toulouse-Lautrec" is
a Must See.....superb!!!!!!
Castelnaudary visit the "Canal
Du Midi". Walk. Walk. The lovely tow paths, the barge
locks are Unique as are the Beautiful Plane
Trees
that line the Canal. Castelnaudary is a must Stop
for the FAMOUS Cassoulet..............
Toulouse. ( 1 hours
drive).
So much to see so little time.!!!
"Is a big city with the soul of a village"
Hotel d'Assezat Houses
the Bemberg Foundation and has paintings and objects
d'art from the renaissance to the twentieth century. This
is our Regular Haunt !!!
Musèe St Raymond
has a Rare collection of Roman sculptures etc..Interesting..
Musèe des Augustins
Paintings & Roman stone artifacts.Go ! Go ! Go ! Feast for The
Eyes...
Palis de la Berbie
Toulouse Lautrecs. Extensive collection
of over 500 pieces. On the upper floor are other famous names including
Degas - Matisse - Rodin
(mouth-watering stuff)
Basilique St Germine
The home of Airbus
- tours of factory complex. Cité
de Espace. Visit. A Wonderful trip for the Children
of all Ages.... Visit the website for further details (http://www.ot-toulouse.fr/english/decouverte/ciel/aero.html)
Use the park and ride, there are "free
car parks" either side.
Carcassonne (http://www.carcassonneinfo.com/)
The Fairy Tale Medieval Walled City. Go
there. Your senses will "Shiver" when
they see the castle and walls.
Also well viewed
from a distance. 14th July Bastille Day!! Fireworks
display...Utterly Amazing Show !!!!!!....
Rose Garlic - Lautrec
( 30 mns drive)
City Médiévale Capitol de l'Ail
Rose. The area of hilltop villages. Stunning scenery
and views of Agout Valley - Mountain Noire
- The Pyrénées. Visit the "Garlic" festival & Fete
de Pain.( August).. "Best Garlic in the
World" ...
Visit the "Boulangerie" just
before the square for "Flambard"
bread (like Ciabatta).
Also nearby !! the kids die for this WATER-PARK
!!!!!!
Set at the foothill of "Lautrec"
is a superb open air aqua-park- sports
arena. (open
June -End August) Go A Must !! Great Fun Here !!
The Tarn Gorges
See the Michelin Green Guide. This
is 31 miles of jaw dropping scenery. Go! Go! Go!
Cordes - Sur – Ciel
This fortified Village a "Sumptuous
Ball of Stone" curled upon
its mountain perch! Visit.
Averyron
Gorges – Valley. Superb one of our favourite visits very,
very pretty.
Gaillac ( 1 hr drive)
Near Albi Charming day out - pretty
pretty "The Gaillac Vine-yards A.O.C." A
must visit.!
Goats Farm ( 20 mins
drive)
Ferme de Chevre Farm shop. Go and see
the kids!!!
Pyrenees Mountain Range
( 2 hrs drive) Climb the mountains. Walk the walks, Search for the
trail that "Hannibal" took.
Ski. See the flora and fauna in abundance. Cross to Spain?
(see Michelin Guide to Pyrenees)
On a good day they can be seen from St Felix
de Laurgais old walls! See The photo gallery.Gosh!!
Wine! Wine! Food! Food! Sun! Sun! Sun!!
Gaillac
Red, White, Rosé, sparkling,
A.O.C. All Good tasting - sparkling white. "Perlé"!
unique to Gaillac, If you Enjoy Wine !! visit here !!!
Limoux
Fine quality sparkling white wine. Keep your
cheap champagne! Try
Limoux. In our cellar.
Roussillon & Corbières
Mouth filling reds, lovely
tastes of fruit. Many unknown finds
here!!! A beautiful area to visit...Ask
for Our Wine Tour Suggestions ..
Languedoc-Roussillon & Oc
Whites. clean, nice flavours, slight grape fruit
tastes, some full bodied..in our cellar.!!
The Reds are dark & rich.
Hard to Leave alone ????
The Languedoc
Reds, have to be "stars" in
their own right. Search them out.
All here we serve - drink - sell.!!
"Aude Rosé". We shower
with it. Its the best in France. Its cheap,
delicious and is our house special.inc in your
goodie pack!!!
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