Activities

              • Water sports and water parks scattered around the region – water leisure centres
              • Hot air ballooning –  hot air balloning
              • Amazing walks – updated regularly by all tourist offices. Try Lavaur
              • Horse Riding
              • Golf Course within 5 minutes drive – look under links
              • Cookery classes in Toulouse –  cookery classes in Toulouse
              • A bike ride along the Canal du Midi
              • bicycling in the local area  – bikes best rented from Castres -look under links
              • Lots of lovely medical villages, all with their own market days and lots of summer fairs
              • Nightlife in Toulouse
              • Wandering around the old town area of Lavaur and browsing through the surprisingly good shops.
              • Cap’Découverte Adventure Park outside Albi
              • Lovely walks – try the nearby roman road
              • A day in the restored fortified city of Carcassonne
              • Why not combine a rental of our home with a canal barge or a  more modern boat trip?
              • A visit to the magnificent cathedral in Albi and the Toulouse Lautrec museum next door
              • Tennis at the local village of Teyssode – free!
              • fishing – holiday licenses from 10€ available at many tabacs and newsagents though it is better to apply online before your holiday
The newly restored gardens at the Toulouse Lautrec Museum, Albi, October 2012

The newly restored gardens at the Toulouse Lautrec Museum, Albi, October 2012