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Market Towns |
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Albi
Albi the Capital of the Tarn (25 mins by car)
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Montauban
Montauban (20 mins by car ) has its market on Saturday Mornings
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Toulouse
Toulouse (45+ mins by car). The Victor Hugo indoor market is open 6 days a week & the outdoor St Aubin Sunday market for fresh vegetables. The Opera house in the city receives more subsidy than all provincial Opera in Great Britain!
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Other close by Towns |
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Carcassonne
Carcassonne (75+ mins by car) a remarkably well restored walled city. Their annual display of fireworks shows Carcassonne in flames.
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Castres
Castres (60 mins by car) a town of pretty canals and a Goya Museum.
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Moissac
Moissac (1 hr by car ). One of the major stops on the Pilgrim route to Compostella.
The church houses the smallest Chagall stained glass window you have ever seen. Magnificent Timpanum & a Magical Cloisters almost demolished for the railway line.
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Plaisance Du Touch
This is a Zoo & African safari Park. The object of the Park is to keep threatened species safe. set in 5 hectares it has 350 animals (80 different species) from all over the world.
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Cap Decouverte
1600 acres of Sporting & Entertainment facilities located NE of Albi at Carmaux. The whole project still in its infancy is set in a disused open cast coal mine. The largest of its kind in Europe.
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Lascaux
The Prehistoric Caves at Lascaux are one of the great historical sites of France.
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Norman Foster
The Spectacular Viaduct on the new motorway south from Paris.crosses the River Tarn at Millau. Plan your visit carefully if you do not want to miss seeing this suspension bridge floodlit at night.
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Walibi Aquitaine
"Walibi Aquitaine" in France is few minutes from Agen between Montauban & Bordeaux. 30 hectares of Park & Castle. a day here is non stop adventure for children.
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Cordes
Cordes sur Ciel -probably the best known of all the Bastides in the Albigeois - (20 mins by car) Great medievil pageant on the 14th July.
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Lisle sur Tarn
Lisle sur Tarn - Bastide - (10 mins by car) go for the Sunday morning market where you will find the town buzzing and all the shops open.
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