Tarn is a department in the Occitanie region of France.

Cities and towns

Cordes-sur-Ciel

• 🌍 Albi
• 🌍 Briatexte
• 🌍 Brens
• 🌍 Cadalen
• 🌍 Cahuzac-sur-Vère
• 🌍 Carmaux — was once the city of coal
• 🌍 Castelnau-de-Montmiral
• 🌍 Cordes-sur-Ciel — a breathtaking village perched on a hilltop
• 🌍 Couffouleux
• 🌍 Gaillac
• 🌍 Giroussens
• 🌍 Graulhet
• 🌍 Lagrave
• 🌍 Lautrec
• 🌍 Lisle-sur-Tarn
• 🌍 Montgaillard
• 🌍 Puycelsi
• 🌍 Réalmont
• 🌍 Saint-Sulpice
• 🌍 Salvagnac
• 🌍 Valderiès
• 🌍 Vaour
• 🌍 Durfort

Other destinations

• Le Sidobre — just east of Castres, this forms the westernmost extremity of the 🌍 Parc Naturel Régional du Haut Languedoc. It is cut by deep river valleys and covered with marvellous woods. It's renowned for its granite: huge boulders litter the woods, often carved by the millennia into fascinating shapes, such as Les Trois Fromages and l'Oie.

Understand

Get in

Castres-Mazamet Airport is linked by twice-daily flights from Paris Orly. However, Toulouse-Blagnac (in the neighbouring department of Haute-Garonne is much better served by airlines from all over Europe.

Get around

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Eat

Drink

The village of 🌍 Gaillac (about 10 km west of Albi) is the heart of one of France's smallest wine appellations, and is the best place to try the wine.

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