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aaAlbi Cathedral & Le Pont Vieux
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Realmont is a beautiful bastide with a surprisingly large market every Wednesday morning and a smaller one on Saturday mornings. It has an excellent range of shops (all of which, apart from the Intermarche supermarket, are open on Sunday morning) and several bars and restaurants.
There are plenty of amenities nearby. The Lac de la Bancalie, a particularly rich resource on hot summer days, is only 10 minutes by car: here you can enjoy swimming, pedaloes, fishing, picnics and long walks by the water's edge. Delightfully spacious even on busy days.
Albi, the capital city of the Tarn, is only 20 minutes away, as is the picturesque town of Castres with the river Agout at its centre.
Activities and Sights
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Cathar sites - click
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Albi
Cathedral
with highest brick-built tower in N. Europe, home to nesting peregrines
Toulouse-Lautrec
museum, recently renovated
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, bee-eaters
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
Montredon Labessonnie
Planetarium
Chateau
de Castelfranc has the first observatory in France built by Guillaume le Nautonnier, 16th century Astronomer.
Roumegoux
Black Madonna
in the sanctuary of Notre Dame de la Brune
Caucaliere
20 varieties of wild orchid to be seen on the 'Causse', a limestone bluff above the village
Hautpoul Medieval village high above Mazamet with memorable cafe
Golf
- 18 hole course at Florentin near Gaillac
Bicycles
- it's easy to rent bicycles in Realmont
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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