Tarn: what to see and do
31 sites listed in the département. Around Albi, the pink city listed by UNESCO for its brick cathedral, the Tarn cultivates a rich wine and rural heritage between Cordes-sur-Ciel, a perched medieval village, and the Gaillac vineyards. This Occitan département charms with its unspoilt authenticity.
Albi
Omnipresent, Albi's red brick sets the tone. Delicate pink in the morning, powerful orange under the blazing summer sun or madder red in the evening.
Cascade d'Arifat
A few kilometres from Montredon, in a place not so easy to find, this natural site is extremely picturesque.
Cordes-sur-ciel
25 km from Albi, in the Tarn, let yourself be charmed by the enchanting face of Cordes-sur-Ciel.
Castelnau-de-Montmiral
As its name indicates, the village is one of the "castelnaux", settlements built by lords in the dependence of their castle; it was built around 1222.
Centre d'art Le LAIT
Chemin de fer touristique du Tarn
Château de Magrin
Château de Mauriac
Château de Montespieu
Château de Penne
Château-musée du Cayla
Exoticamis
Jardin des Martels
La Cathédrale Sainte Cécile d'Albi
Albi cathedral is a masterpiece of southern Gothic. It was begun in 1282 by the bishop and inquisitor Bernard de Castanet, who intended to set a vast preaching space against the persistence of the Cathar heresy.
La Peyro Clabado
Lac des Cammazes
Lautrec
Lautrec welcomes you in the picturesque setting of one of the Most Beautiful Villages of France. A former viscounty, it is the cradle of the Toulouse-Lautrec family of which the poster painter is the illustrious descendant.
Les Monts de Lacaune
Monestiés
It was once the chief town of the barony of the archbishops of Albi who enriched the Saint-Jacques chapel (11th and 16th centuries) with fine eighteenth-century statues, a magnificent fifteenth-century pietà and an exceptional "Entombment" made of eleven polychrome limestone figures…
Musée Goya
Musée Toulouse-Lautrec
Musée de la Mine
Musée des Arts du Sucre et du Chocolat
Musée du Verre, Carmaux
Parc Rochegude
Puycelsi
The village remains nestled within its 800 m of ramparts, flanked by towers and pierced by fortified gates, miraculously preserved after so many sieges, those of Simon de Montfort's crusaders or, later, the Huguenots.
Saut de la truite
Sentier des Merveilles (Sidobre)
Zoo des 3 vallées
The Zoo des 3 Vallées is one of the largest in south-west France. 58 hectares plus 10 being developed, and 150 hectares of plantations meant to supply the feeding of certain species.
Castres
