Pleasant walks in the valley immediately around the Gîte with its 3 ha of oak woods, plum trees, chestnut trees and walnut trees.
Afterwards you can relax in the "Espace Bien Être".
There is also a swing set and slide for the children.
Close to the Gîte
:
Tennis 2 km away and swimming pool 10 km away.
Saint Ferréol lake with walks, pédalos, swimming, horse
riding, golf...
Le Canal du Midi, Patrimoine Mondial de l'Humanité (World Heritage
Site), where one can hire canal boats for the day (or longer) from the
small harbour in Castelnaudary or enjoy pleasant bike rides.
You will be enchanted by the hundreds of charming.villages all round
"Les Fermes des Collines": Auriac sur Vendinelle, Loubens
and its castle, Saint-Félix-Lauragais, Saint-Julia, Sorèze
to name but a few.
Visits more than 25 km from the Gîte :
Toulouse,
with its beautiful architecture, its "hôtels particuliers"
(private courtyard dwellings), museums, theatres, Cité de l'Espace,
Aerospace industry, boat trips on the Garonne,
Japanese Zen garden.......
Albi, a magnificent medieval city with its cathedral Sainte Cécile and the Toulouse-Lautrec museum.
The village of
Lautrec, crowned "one of the most beautiful villages in France"
for its superb medieval layout and construction.
Carcassonne, the world renowned medieval walled city
Lavaur and the
many villages of the "Bastides Circuit". (Bastides are medieval
fortified towns.
Many of them date from the 13th century)
Gaillac and the wine tasting trail.
Castres where one can find the Goya museum, hosting the 2nd largest Spanish art collection after The Louvre in Paris. The museum is located in the ancient palace, the gardens of which were drawn by Le Nôtre. Castres is also home to the Jean Jaurés National Center.
For
further information
:
Revel Tourist Office :
00 33 5 34 66 67 68 - www.tourisme-revel.com
Community of Communes for Revel and Sorèze : www.revel-lauragais.com
Verfeil Tourist Office : 00 33 5 61 35 88 84 - www.tourisme-verfeil.net
Tourism in Lauragais : www.couleur-lauragais.fr
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