Activities and Sights

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Cathar sites - click here for more information

Albi
Cathedral with highest brick-built tower in N. Europe
Toulouse-Lautrec museum.
Espace Nautique – excellent swimming pool with all
facilities
Cinema in Athanor Centre (shows many foreign films in original version)

Lac de la Bancalie
60 hectare reservoir with swimming, canoeing, pedaloes, fishing and walks

Cambounet-sur-Sor
Observation heronry, 7 different herons

Cagnac Museum of Mining
Take a lift to the bottom of the shaft and travel through 350 metres of underground tunnels

Castres
Extensive Saturday morning market
Goya museum – 3 of his paintings, prints from 4 great series
Jean Jaures museum

Magrin
Chateau de Magrin Museum of Pastel

Cordes-sur-Ciel
Le Grand Fauconnier - annual medieval style fete

Lautrec
Working windmill
Annual pink garlic festival

Labruguiere
Museum of Artur Batut, inventor of aerial photography

Lombers
Display working pigeonnier

Mazamet
Museum of Archaeology (at Aussillon)

Montredon Labessonnie
Planetarium
Chateau de Castelfranc has the first observatory in France built by Guillaume le Nautonnier, 16th century Astronomer.

Roumegoux
There is a Black Madonna in the sanctuary of Notre
Dame de la Brune

Golf - 18 hole course at Florentin near Gaillac
Bicycles - it is easy to rent bicycles at most large towns
Canoes/kayaks - available at many places along the Tarn river
Horse riding - Adults & children over 6 years  instruction & riding at Centre Equestre de Sarromas, 10 minutes away


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