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Midi-Pyrénées
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Ideas to get you started
Available guides: 10
Ideas to get you started
A selection of city guides to help you choose your base.
Albi
Albi is shaped by red brick, the River Tarn and the massive silhouette of Cathédrale Sainte-Cécile. Medieval and Renaissance streets spread around the cathedral and the former bishops’ palace, while t…
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Auch
Auch’s historic centre occupies a hill above the Gers, with the Pyrenees beyond. Its streets bring together medieval houses, a major cathedral and formal 18th-century civic architecture. Steep stepped…
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Cahors
Cahors, the prefecture of the Lot and former capital of Quercy, occupies a river setting enclosed by hills. The city’s streets bring together medieval buildings and traces of a much older past. Its fo…
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Castres
The River Agout gives Castres its clearest visual identity. Tall, coloured houses rise directly from the water, while the historic centre extends behind them through arcaded squares, Baroque churches …
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Foix
Foix sits at the foot of the Pyrenees, where a compact medieval centre gathers beneath the three towers of the Château des Comtes de Foix. One of France’s smallest departmental capitals, it combines s…
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Lourdes
Lourdes is closely identified with Catholic pilgrimage, but the shape of the town tells a broader story. The sanctuary occupies the lower town beside the Gave de Pau, a fortress rises from a rocky out…
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Places to Visit in Midi-Pyrénées
Midi-Pyrénées has eight departmental branches in this directory. The regional page helps you choose the relevant branch before moving to a city guide, rather than placing every destination in a single list.
City and department routes
Toulouse is grouped with Haute-Garonne; Cahors with Lot; Rodez with Aveyron; and Tarbes with Hautes-Pyrénées. The other entries pair Castres with Tarn, Auch with Gers, Montauban with Tarn-et-Garonne and Foix with Ariège.
These pairings let you start from either a known city or a department. For Toulouse, open Haute-Garonne first; for Foix, begin with Ariège. The same structure applies to the remaining cities named above.
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