Further afield

On the doorstep attractions

FAMILY OUTINGS

• Tour of the bastide villages
• Visit Albi – home to Toulouse-Lautrec (boat trips and little road train)
• Visit Cordes (20 mins)
• Gaillac vineyard tour
• Live music at Le Petit Creux bar, Puycelsi (Wed, Sat evenings July /Aug)
  

TEENAGE ACTIVITIES

• Vere Gresigne Lake - water slides, crazy golf, tennis, canoeing – (5 mins)
• Quad club – 42 hectare site, 250cc & 325cc quad bikes, with mini
  quads for children 5-12. Bar, club house, pool
• Evening in local bastide village – Puycelci (bar and pool table)
  

CHILDRENS ACTIVITIES

• Hunt for cepes in the grounds of Le Patge
• Playground in Le Patge
• Visit our neighbours farm
• See the stalactites in the caves of Grotte du Bosc (30 mins)
  

SPORTS AND OUTDOOR PURSUITS

• Canoeing & kayaking (at Saint Antonin Noble Val)
• Ramble and cycle in the Forest of Gresigne
• Riding in Forest Gresigne (5 mins)
• Tennis (5 mins)
• Golf (3 first class golf courses will allow you to play in their weekend competitions)
• Fishing
  

WINE AND FOOD

• Gaillac has some of the oldest vineyards in France, established by the Romans
• Visit “Maison Du Vin” Gaillac – film & introduction to oenology courses (20 mins)
• Cave de Tecou – video of Gaillac vineyards, tastings (5 mins)
• List of restaurants can be supplied after booking
• Pizzeria in the picturesque village of Bruniquel
  

FESTIVALS AND SHOWS

• Penne & Albi (June)
• Cordes (July)
• Castlenau de Montmiral (August)
• Cordes & Albi (September and October)
  

MARKETS

• Castelnau de Montmiral (Tuesday morning)
• Gaillac (Tuesday, Friday, Sunday morning)
• Cordes (Saturday morning)
• Albi (everyday except Monday:
  creative market on Saturday at Rue Maries & flea market on Sunday at Castleviel)