Haute-Garonne is a French department located in the south of the country, belonging to the magical region of Occitania. Many itineraries for hiking, mountain biking, and other outdoor activities await you.
Bastides and small castles abound in the...
Haute-Garonne is a French department located in the south of the country, belonging to the magical region of Occitania. Many itineraries for hiking, mountain biking, and other outdoor activities await you.
Bastides and small castles abound in the Haute-Garonne. The small country roads dotted with old farmhouses with typical half-timbering, old dovecotes and old windmills, testify to a past closely linked to the culture of the land. In the same way, the numerous monuments built in the ancient villages and bastides founded here, since the 13th century, on the initiative of the Count of Toulouse, recall the history of the mythical country of Oc.
Just across the Pyrenees is an ideal place to spend an unforgettable vacation where there is no shortage of charming villages with an interesting heritage; high mountain landscapes, lakes, fields and vineyards; the Garonne River, which rises in Spain, and acts as a cicerone for countless treasures; the Canal du Midi, an outstanding engineering work of the seventeenth century that is still navigable; and a vibrant capital, Toulouse.
In Toulouse you can do many activities such as enjoying a sunset by the river; canoeing, rowing or even water skiing at the Ski Club de la Peniche; relaxing at the Paririe des Filtres; having a drink at the picnic areas that are set up on the banks of the river in summer; visiting the aeronautics museums (L'Envol des Pionniers and Aeroscopia); admiring the machinery at La Halle de La Machine; or feeling like an astronaut at the Cité de l'Espace (Space City).
Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges was declared one of the most beautiful villages in France. Its profile rises imposingly on a hill topped by a beautiful cathedral and has winding streets lined with beautiful stone and wooden houses.
From Montgiscard to Avignonet-Lauragais the road meanders and releases the charming silhouettes of villages such as Villefranche-de-Lauragais, Nailloux or Montgeard, all of them marked by this characteristic architecture that delights visitors and those who live it day by day. In Montgiscard, the 16th century church with a typical Lauragais bell tower-wall, competes with the castle of Roqueville, its cloister and its pilgrimage chapel.
Many of the roads you will travel during your trip are as worthy of praise as the stops. You will never get used to the magical sensation of driving through green cornfields, between huge fields of sunflowers, between rows of trees that form enchanting vegetal tunnels.
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