places to visit around toulouse
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places to visit around toulouse
i will be spending 10 days a little outside of toulouse next month,. we plan to visit carcassonne. any other suggestions-we like history and will have a car, altho we don't want to drive a long way
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Yes Albi is interesting, with its red-brick cathedral and Toulouse-Lautrec museum http://www.museetoulouselautrec.net/
General info at http://www.albi-tourisme.fr/us/pages...GauHt_60809ED9
General info at http://www.albi-tourisme.fr/us/pages...GauHt_60809ED9
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If you go north to the area around Rodez the scenery is stunning. Last Fall we spent time in Belcastel and Sauveterre de Rouergue. They are both in the prettiest villages of France. Both villages have wonderful accommodations and restaurants. in this area ..the Aveyron.... Although it can be very rural in. Places , there many Michelin-starred restaurants.In Belcastel there is the Vieux Pont and in Sauveterre there is Le Senechal. Both are wonderful for a special occasion and the villages are wonderful. in Sauveterre there are many artisans working in the village.
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Albi is super, IMO; there are a plethora of small villages, bastides and castenaus all of which merit a visit. You're about 2 hours from the mountains- ditto. Auch is beautiful and Agen is a bit interesting.
The South West wines are not to everyone's taste, but a visit to Buzet, or Gaillac might be fun, as might a visit to Condom or Eauze for armagnac stuff.
I know the area well, and it's not, I think, about big attractions, but day to day French country life; mooching about breathing in the ambience (and the warmth), discovering hidden treasures.
There's a lot of Roman history plus the Cathar stuff and the Hundred Years War stuff. The Cadogan guide and the Blue Guide are both excellent, I think
The South West wines are not to everyone's taste, but a visit to Buzet, or Gaillac might be fun, as might a visit to Condom or Eauze for armagnac stuff.
I know the area well, and it's not, I think, about big attractions, but day to day French country life; mooching about breathing in the ambience (and the warmth), discovering hidden treasures.
There's a lot of Roman history plus the Cathar stuff and the Hundred Years War stuff. The Cadogan guide and the Blue Guide are both excellent, I think
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