Toulouse-Matabiau is a railway station on the Bordeaux-Saint-Jean to Sète-Ville, Toulouse to Bayonne and Brive-la-Gaillarde to Toulouse-Matabiau via Capdenac lines. It is located close to the city center of Toulouse, capital of the Haute-Garonne department…

Combret is a commune located in the Aveyron department in the Occitania region (Massif Central, France). Since April 7, 2016, it has been awarded the “Petites Cités de caractère de France” (Small towns of character) label. Main attractions The town’s architectural…

Saint-Affrique (in Occitan Sant Africa) is a commune in the Aveyron department, Occitania region (Massif Central, France), sub-prefecture from 1800 to 1926. Main attractions Religious buildings: Notre-Dame de Saint-Affrique parish church, built between 1894…

The Millau Viaduct is a cable-stayed bridge spanning the Tarn valley in the Aveyron department in the Occitania region (France, Massif Central near Millau). Supporting the A75 motorway, it provides a link between the Causse Rouge and Causse du Larzac, crossing…

Millau is a commune, sub-prefecture of the Aveyron department, in the Occitania region (Massif Central, France). Located 49 km southeast of Rodez, 84 km from Montpellier and 142 km from Toulouse, it is part of the ancient province of Rouergue. The commune’s…

Château de Lugagnac stands less than 2km northwest of the village of Rivière and more than 600m above sea level. It is located opposite the Pic de Suège, near the Millau-Sévérac railway line, which it dominates (Aveyron, Massif Central, Occitania, France).…

Rennes-les-Bains (Rennes-les-Bains) location is in the Aude Upper Valley (Haute Vallée de l’Aude), in the Occitania region (Pyrenees, France), in a quiet place at an altitude of 310 meters. The town is in 13 km from Rennes-le-Château town, 50 kilometers from…

Château de Cabrières is located on the left bank of the Lumensonesque river, 4 km northwest of Compeyre, overlooking the old Millau/Séverac road in Occitania (Aveyron, Massif Central, France). It comprises a 20th-century rectangular main building, flanked…

Peyre, or Pèira in standardized Occitan, is an ancient Aveyron commune (Massif Central, Occitania, France) that has been part of Comprégnac since 1830. The name has been retained for the village, the former administrative center. Main attractions In September…

Saint-Izaire is a commune in southern Aveyron, in the Occitania region (Massif Central, France). Main attractions The Château de Saint-Izaire is a 14th-century episcopal castle. Since 1991 it has been classified as a historical monument. It is maintained…

Brousse-le-Château is a commune in the Aveyron department on the Tarn river, in the Occitania region (Massif Central, France). It is a member of the “The most beautiful villages of France” association. Main attractions Religious buildings Saint-Jacques-le…

Château de Salamon is located on the river Tarn in Aveyron department Occitania (Massif Central, France). Château de Salamon is mentioned as Lo Mas del Mazet oltra Tarn – “the little cottage on the Tarn” in a census around 1350 with reference to a previous…

The Tarn is a river in southern France (Occitania). Along with the Lot river, it is one of the main tributaries of the Garonne. The Tarn has given its name to the French departments of Tarn and Tarn-et-Garonne. It starts in the Massif Central. It rises on…

The Massif Central is an essentially Hercynian mountain range that occupies the center of the southern half of mainland France. With a surface area of 85,000 km2; i.e., around 15% of metropolitan France, it is the country’s largest massif. The massif is of…

Lot is a river in the south of the Massif Central (France), tributary on the right bank of the Garonne (together with the Tarn river). It gave its name to the French departments of Lot and Lot-et-Garonne It is the second longest river entirely in France after…

Belleperche Abbey (Abbaye de Belleperche) is a former Cistercian monastery, located in Cordes-Tolosannes, in the department of Tarn-et-Garonne, on the Garonne river in Occitania region (France). Founded in the 12th century and rebuilt in the 18th century…

The Garonne (Garona in Occitan, Catalan and Spanish), a (mainly) French river originating in Spain (Vielha, Aran Valley, Catalonia, Pyrenees), flows over 529 km2 before emptying into the Atlantic Ocean (Gironde estuary, Bordeaux, France). It gave its name…

The Baïse is a river in the south of France that flows in the departments of Hautes-Pyrénées, Gers and Lot-et-Garonne, in the Occitania and Nouvelle-Aquitaine regions. It is a direct left tributary of the Garonne. It flows north through the following departments…

Vielha e Mijaran, or Vielha, (traditional Catalan name: Viella i Mitjaran; until 1984 Viella – Mitg-Aran) is a municipality in the Aran Valley (Spain), formed in 1970 with the annexation of six Aranese municipalities with Viella. The latter is the Aranese…

The Aran Valley (cat. Val D’Aran) is a valley in the central Pyrenees located in the historical region of Occitania, province of Lleida. Administratively, this is a single territorial entity of Catalonia (Spain). With its capital in Vielha, it has an autonomous…