Situated in the heart of southwest France, Midi-Pyrenees extends from the wooded hills of the Dordogne, in the north, to the great river valleys of the center and the majestic Pyrenees in the south. It is one of the largest regions in the country, with a landscape of ancient towns, villages, castles, Romanesque churches and an inexhaustible history.

Toulouse is the region’s cultural capital and center of European aerospace.

In Albi you will find superb religious architecture and the Toulouse-Lautrec museum.

Languedoc is vast and varies from the peaks of the Pyrenees and the Cevennes to the wide open spaces of Camargue, from the Mediterranean coastline of the Gulf of Lyon, where Phoenician fleets and Roman galleys once made landfall, to the high plateau of the Causses. Here you will find every square meter of ground bears the imprints of the many civilizations that have come and gone in the long history of this hallowed region.

Memorable places like the Gorges of the Tarn, the Aude, the Herault and the Cèze and the creeks and caves of the Cote Vermeille have kept their ancient villages intact.

You will lose yourself in the ambiance of the Middle Ages while visiting the beautiful Romanesque abbeys of Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert, Fontfroide, Saint-Hilaire, Saint-Martin-du-Canigou and Saint-Michel-de-Cuxa, or when you stand at the gates of the walled cities of the Cathars or Aigues-Mortes and Carcassonne. You will be similarly transported to the 18th century when you walk around the shady mansions of Montpellier, Uzès, Pézenas and Beaucaire. CONTACT