- TOULOUSE - MIDI PYRENEES - PERIGORD - LANGUEDOC ROUSSILLON -
THE SOFTNESS OF THE SOUTH WEST
A style of living where the latest technologies live in harmony with tradition, a wealth of patrimony and gastronomy.
Here, the history is written in the stone : the pink brick of Toulouse and the country homes of the Lauragais, the gascony dovecotes of the Gers, the ochre coloured stone walls and natural slate roofs of its chateaux and the charming villages of the Dordogne, the majesty of the cathare castles In the Aude, make these regions privileged tourist destinations.
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Ariège, Aude, Aveyron, |
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| Main towns : | |
Toulouse, Périgueux, |
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| Airports : | |
Toulouse, Carcassonne |
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Toulouse major town of South West France, 2nd university town in france, aeronautical capital, and dynamic metropole.
All made of brick, roman terracotta tiles bathed in light, the pink town, dedicated to art and culture, of science and research. The sport is equally honoured, especially the rugby with the European champions Stade Toulousain.
The Gers : home of d'Artagnan and the musketeers, this department offers luminous rolling landscapes, its characteristic flavours and tones. The charm of its local festivities with the bull fighting of Vic-Fezensac, and of the regional produce with the Armagnac, the floc de Gascogne and the foie gras ...
The Aude : a mix of the sea and mountains, spectacular natural scenery with the castles of the Cathare Country, the Historic Medieval Fortified City of Carcassonne (listed as World Heritage Sites), its abbeys, roman cloiters, vineyards ans the shady banks of the Canal du Midi.
The Dordogne and the Perigord its multiple facets : the small valleys, streams and rivers of the Perigord Vert, its chalky plateau, and the wide meadows of the Perigord Blanc, the preserved villages, the fortified châteaux, prehistoric sites (Lascaux and Les Eyzies) of the Perigord Noir, and the famous Vineyards of the Perigord Pourpre (purple) in the Bergerac region.