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Midi-Pyrenees, France
Departments: Lot, Aveyron,
Tarn-et-Garonne, Tarn, Gers, Ariege,Haute-Garonne,
Hautes-Pyrenees.
Midi-Pyrenees, France
Main Towns: Albi, Alban,
Argeles-Gazost, Arreau, Auch, Aulus-les-Bains, Aurignac,
Aix-les-Thermes, Bagneres de Bigorre, Bagneres de
Lochon, Beaumont-de-Lomagne,Cahors, Camares, Castelnau
Montratier, Castelsarrasin, Caussade, Cauterets, Caylus,
Cazaubon, Cazeres, Condom, Cordes, Decazeville,
Entraygues sur Truye, Espalion, Figeac, Fleurance, Foix,
Gaillac, Gourdon, Graulhet, Lacaune, Languiole,
Lannezan, Lavelanet, L'Isle Jourdain, Lourdes,
Luz-St-Sauveur, Mazamet, Montauban, Millau, Mirande,
Mirepoix, Moissac, Muret, Naucelle, Nogaro, Padirac,
Pamiers, Plaisance, Rabastens, Requista, Revel,
Rocamadour, Rodez, Severac le Chateau, Souillac, St
Affrique, St Cere, St Cirq-Papopie, St Gaudens, St
Genevieve, St Girons, St Jean de Bruel, St-Lary-Soulan,
Tarascon-sur-Ariege, Tarbes, Toulouse, Vic-en-Bigorre,
Villefranche de Lauragais, Villefranche de
Rouergue.
Midi-Pyrenees is the largest region of
France with a wide variety of countryside, from
agricultural farmland to the snowy mountains of the
Pyrennees. The Gers area is made up of rolling hills and
has many beautiful villages. The Haute Pyrennees is
largely mountainous, with many ski resorts. The Tarn and
the west of the region contain a mixture of hills and
rocky gorges - perfect for hikers, canoeists and
campers. The Tarn department has become very popular
with British buyers and prices have increased as a
result.
Food highlights include cassoulet (a
bean and meat stew/soup), and magret de canard (duck),
foie gras (a very rich goose pate) and Roquefort cheese.
Apart from these specialities the Midi Pyrenees
reputedly enjoys the healthiest diet in the whole of
France.
The climate is extremely pleasant with
the high temperatures of the summer often cooled by a
pleasant gentle breeze. The mountainous areas are
considerably cooler and wetter.
The Tarn et
Garonne Department is situated in the north-eastern
corner of what was the old Medieval province of Gascony,
whose heart is in the neighbouring Gers Department.
The area known as Le Lomagne boasts the best
all-year-round weather of the whole of France, with hot,
dazzling summers, warm, golden autumns, mild, gentle
winters and warm & verdant springs. The air is pure,
the light luminous, & the sky at night a wonder to
behold. The Lomagne is a large area of beautiful,
unspoilt rolling hill-country, of undulating
agricultural land studded with oak woodland. It is
almost completely devoid of traffic even in the height
of the tourist season.
The region is renowned for
its farmhouse industry of goose & duck rearing,
primarily for the production of the famed fois gras
& other preserved poultry products known as confit.
It is also acclaimed for its harvest of superb white
garlic, the finest in France. Armagnac brandy is
produced nearby in the neighbouring Gers Department.
Medieval towns with cobbled streets, like Sarlat, Cahors
and La Roque-Gageac are amongst the most picturesque
villages in France. Lourdes, near the Spanish border is
the principle place of pilgrimage in Europe. Toulouse's
most famous landmark is the multi-towered Romanesque
Basilica of St. Serinin, a Benedictine abbey built in
the 11th century to shelter pilgrims along the pilgrim
route to Spain. Next door in the Palace de la Berbie is
the Henri de Toulouse Lautrec museum, housing the
world's largest collection of his
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