Prestige et panache au fil de l'eau
Program
A charming change of scenery along the small roads of Tarn, along the rivers Dadou and Agout...
DAY 1 25KM ROUTE
Meet your guide at the arcaded square in Lisle sur Tarn, one of the largest in the region. It is a small nest, a "small town of character" in the heart of Occitan Tuscany with its red brick houses with corbelled and half-timbered walls.
Visit the Raymond Lafage museum, recently inaugurated in a new location showcasing the spaces and collections.
Because gluttony is not a fault… visit the museum of chocolate arts and tasting.
At the end of the day, you will travel through the Tarn hills to reach a true haven of peace: the Château de Fiac.
In a 3-hectare park, this large charming bourgeois house is totally dedicated to your well-being. During your stay you can enjoy the two swimming pools, the spa, the wellness and care institute, you will delight in a delicious cuisine, you will relax in the sumptuous lounges at your disposal and enjoy the bucolic park and its large outdoor swimming pool if the weather permits.
Installation in your rooms.
Welcome drink, dinner and overnight stay.
Your vehicle sleeps in the castle's closed park.
DAY 2 150KM LOOP
Breakfast served at the castle.
By the charming roads of the Grésigne forest you reach the famous village of Bruniquel. Guided tour of the castles which still bear the memories of the filming of the movie "Le Vieux Fusil" with Romy Schneider and Philippe Noiret. From the terrace, breathtaking panorama of the Aveyron gorges.
Continue along the Aveyron gorges, gourmet lunch in a restaurant in the heart of the hilltop village of Penne.
By car Simone, in the footsteps of the Templars, you cross the village of Vaour before reaching the landscapes of the Cordais plateau to encounter know-how.
Visit and tasting at Domaine Rigaud between the vines and the olive trees.
The owner is inexhaustible and will tell you with fervor about his passion for wine, olive growing and truffle growing… Indeed, the vines share the land with a splendid olive grove of 500 trees. He has his own mill and will explain to you how it all works… before making you taste the amazing fruit of his harvests.
Then you will continue on the roads of the Vère valley, admiring the landscapes of the thousand-year-old Gaillac vineyard to arrive at the Domaine des Vergnades in the small village of Cadalen. Séverin and his family cultivate a sense of tradition and modernity. They will welcome you with all the friendliness and warmth that characterize them and they will take you on this passion for the winegrower's profession that has driven them for 5 generations. It is in a cellar, set up at the foot of a XNUMXth century dovecote that you will taste their different vintages, raised with all their ingenuity.
Return to the Château de Fiac at the end of the day. Dinner and overnight stay.
DAY 3 70KM ROUTE
Taking advantage of the first rays of sunshine, you set off on the dovecote circuit towards the city of Albi.
After crossing Albi, you climb up the Ségala roads to reach the small town of Padiès with the Peyrouse farm.
A day of total immersion in the agricultural world with Patrice Cougoureux who takes up the challenge as the last five generations of his family have done. Passionate, convinced, ardent defender of the values and traditions of our land, Patrice does not count his time and does not hesitate to intervene on "the small screen" to share his expertise and help farmers in difficulty.
After an aperitif with apple juice from the orchards, Patrice will seat you in the converted stable filled with treasures from the cellar to the attic, around large country tables where the farm's feasts will quickly begin. So enjoy your meal and don't stall!!!
Now is the time to do a bit of exercise so Pat will suggest a little digestive walk "in the Land of a Thousand Valleys", you will walk on this plateau at an altitude of 500 meters overlooking the Ségala Tarnais (the hike will be organized in advance and according to the weather and the level of each person).
A small Tarn snack will be prepared for your return.
End of our services.
Meet your guide at the arcaded square in Lisle sur Tarn, one of the largest in the region. It is a small nest, a "small town of character" in the heart of Occitan Tuscany with its red brick houses with corbelled and half-timbered walls.
Visit the Raymond Lafage museum, recently inaugurated in a new location showcasing the spaces and collections.
Because gluttony is not a fault… visit the museum of chocolate arts and tasting.
At the end of the day, you will travel through the Tarn hills to reach a true haven of peace: the Château de Fiac.
In a 3-hectare park, this large charming bourgeois house is totally dedicated to your well-being. During your stay you can enjoy the two swimming pools, the spa, the wellness and care institute, you will delight in a delicious cuisine, you will relax in the sumptuous lounges at your disposal and enjoy the bucolic park and its large outdoor swimming pool if the weather permits.
Installation in your rooms.
Welcome drink, dinner and overnight stay.
Your vehicle sleeps in the castle's closed park.
DAY 2 150KM LOOP
Breakfast served at the castle.
By the charming roads of the Grésigne forest you reach the famous village of Bruniquel. Guided tour of the castles which still bear the memories of the filming of the movie "Le Vieux Fusil" with Romy Schneider and Philippe Noiret. From the terrace, breathtaking panorama of the Aveyron gorges.
Continue along the Aveyron gorges, gourmet lunch in a restaurant in the heart of the hilltop village of Penne.
By car Simone, in the footsteps of the Templars, you cross the village of Vaour before reaching the landscapes of the Cordais plateau to encounter know-how.
Visit and tasting at Domaine Rigaud between the vines and the olive trees.
The owner is inexhaustible and will tell you with fervor about his passion for wine, olive growing and truffle growing… Indeed, the vines share the land with a splendid olive grove of 500 trees. He has his own mill and will explain to you how it all works… before making you taste the amazing fruit of his harvests.
Then you will continue on the roads of the Vère valley, admiring the landscapes of the thousand-year-old Gaillac vineyard to arrive at the Domaine des Vergnades in the small village of Cadalen. Séverin and his family cultivate a sense of tradition and modernity. They will welcome you with all the friendliness and warmth that characterize them and they will take you on this passion for the winegrower's profession that has driven them for 5 generations. It is in a cellar, set up at the foot of a XNUMXth century dovecote that you will taste their different vintages, raised with all their ingenuity.
Return to the Château de Fiac at the end of the day. Dinner and overnight stay.
DAY 3 70KM ROUTE
Taking advantage of the first rays of sunshine, you set off on the dovecote circuit towards the city of Albi.
After crossing Albi, you climb up the Ségala roads to reach the small town of Padiès with the Peyrouse farm.
A day of total immersion in the agricultural world with Patrice Cougoureux who takes up the challenge as the last five generations of his family have done. Passionate, convinced, ardent defender of the values and traditions of our land, Patrice does not count his time and does not hesitate to intervene on "the small screen" to share his expertise and help farmers in difficulty.
After an aperitif with apple juice from the orchards, Patrice will seat you in the converted stable filled with treasures from the cellar to the attic, around large country tables where the farm's feasts will quickly begin. So enjoy your meal and don't stall!!!
Now is the time to do a bit of exercise so Pat will suggest a little digestive walk "in the Land of a Thousand Valleys", you will walk on this plateau at an altitude of 500 meters overlooking the Ségala Tarnais (the hike will be organized in advance and according to the weather and the level of each person).
A small Tarn snack will be prepared for your return.
End of our services.
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