Among the wide variety of foods,
you find "foie gras", "magret de canard", "cassoulet",
and all products using "fat ducks". Wines include Bordeaux, Cahors and of course and not least Gaillac. Surrounded by vineyards, it was no surprise that some of our friends were wine-growers (vignerons). Many of them were organic wine-growers. For having tasted it, it is at least equally good, and even better for not giving you headaches afterwards. |
Keeping a lot of its medieval heritage, the region is filled with fortress remains. One of the most famous, a little South from our town is of course Carcassone, very well preserved. | ||
But you can find many remains of forts scattered through out South West. Some of which you won't see much, because the successive wars and centuries distroyed most of them. |
Albi is one interesting town to visit with typical narrow streets, and a impressive monumental fortress, the cathedral "Ste-Cécile" built to protect the clergy during the wars of the Inquisition. And just next door from the cathedral you'll find the extensive collection of Toulouse Lautrec's works, in his museum. |
Among hundreds of charming little villages and towns worth
seeing along an escapade in the areas, Cordes-sur-Ciel is a
renowned medieval cité that has been preserved well, and where artisans are
working and selling souvenirs. The list would be too long if we wanted to give all the names of the villages and places to see in the region. I still want to mention "les gorges du Tarn" though, a canyon that you can ride by car, or canoe, and that offers breathtaking scenic views of the mountainous shores of the river Tarn. |
If you go there, you will find all kinds of information
and directions for all sorts of places to see. And if you wander the region, you can find some older testimonies of the past, that will bring you all the way back to prehistorical times, with caves. Forests with mysteriously shaped granites rocks, multitudes of churches and fortresses. |
The beauty of the cite inspired and continue to inspire artists, and you see that at every turn you take in this beautiful region SOUTH WEST ffb b>. |
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