Guidebook for Saint-Jean-de-Marcel

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Guidebook for Saint-Jean-de-Marcel

Food Scene

Small place that does excellent pizza, curries, and french dishes.
Le Caff
Small place that does excellent pizza, curries, and french dishes.
HAPPY RESTAURANT serves delicious fresh food, beautifully presented at a reasonable price. A little gem tucked away in Carmaux.
Place Sainte-Marie
Place Sainte-Marie
HAPPY RESTAURANT serves delicious fresh food, beautifully presented at a reasonable price. A little gem tucked away in Carmaux.
LA TOUR DE CIRON - LE BOEUF MARIN A place to go for a special occasion - classy food!
32 Avenue Bouloc Torcatis
32 Avenue Bouloc Torcatis
LA TOUR DE CIRON - LE BOEUF MARIN A place to go for a special occasion - classy food!
No travelling envolved! Tasty good homemade food, including specialies of the region like Confit de Canard or Magret de Canard at the hosts table. We use home grown or local fresh vegetables and fruit from our garden for our meals wherever possible, and freshly laid eggs from our chickens!
Le Petit Canard Chambre D'hote
No travelling envolved! Tasty good homemade food, including specialies of the region like Confit de Canard or Magret de Canard at the hosts table. We use home grown or local fresh vegetables and fruit from our garden for our meals wherever possible, and freshly laid eggs from our chickens!
Great Pizza, well recommended
Pizza Top
55 Av. Albert Thomas
Great Pizza, well recommended
Delicious food, well presented, with friendly staff in a charming historic restaurant in the centre of Albi. Individual dishes or menues of the day.
L'Esprit Du Moulin
7 Rue de la Piale
Delicious food, well presented, with friendly staff in a charming historic restaurant in the centre of Albi. Individual dishes or menues of the day.
Excellent steak, duck, lamb etc delicious simple food with delicious chips! They also do good pizza's, fish, pasta etc. great food at reasonable prices.
Le Jorca
Excellent steak, duck, lamb etc delicious simple food with delicious chips! They also do good pizza's, fish, pasta etc. great food at reasonable prices.

Sightseeing

Plus Beaux Villages. Historic medieval fortress, village and church. Lovely place to walk round and discover the history with an information leaflet given on entry - great to imagine how it was used in medieval times.
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Brousse-le-Château
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Plus Beaux Villages. Historic medieval fortress, village and church. Lovely place to walk round and discover the history with an information leaflet given on entry - great to imagine how it was used in medieval times.
Very well known hilltop bastide town, with lots of historic buildings and interest. Many festivals and events on in the summer. Artisan shops, restaurants, bistro's, and amazing views. Also a little tourist train to take you up or down the hill complete with commentary.
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Cordes sur Ciel
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Very well known hilltop bastide town, with lots of historic buildings and interest. Many festivals and events on in the summer. Artisan shops, restaurants, bistro's, and amazing views. Also a little tourist train to take you up or down the hill complete with commentary.
Plus Beaux villages de France. Historical buildings, bridge and Chapel of St. Jacques containing 15th century biblical statues. Markets and Medieval events in the summer, brocantes, collectors faires etc.
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Monestiés
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Plus Beaux villages de France. Historical buildings, bridge and Chapel of St. Jacques containing 15th century biblical statues. Markets and Medieval events in the summer, brocantes, collectors faires etc.
Plus beaux villages de France. Hilltop castle at Najac with old streets of artisan shops, historic buildings, restaurants, markets and regular events through the summer.
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Najac
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Plus beaux villages de France. Hilltop castle at Najac with old streets of artisan shops, historic buildings, restaurants, markets and regular events through the summer.
UNESCO word heritage site of Albi has a stunning and huge gothic cathedral of red brick dating from the 12th Century with intricate stone masonary on the entrance and cloisters inside. Fascinating frescoe of the last judgement and artwork to the walls and ceilings inside. It is also next door to the Toulouse Lautrec musuem and palais de la Berbie.
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Sainte-Cécilekathedraal van Albi
5 Bd Général Sibille
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UNESCO word heritage site of Albi has a stunning and huge gothic cathedral of red brick dating from the 12th Century with intricate stone masonary on the entrance and cloisters inside. Fascinating frescoe of the last judgement and artwork to the walls and ceilings inside. It is also next door to the Toulouse Lautrec musuem and palais de la Berbie.

Parks & Nature

There is a marked hiking trail on the tourist information site "Circuit de L'Andouquette" starting from Crespin. (3hrs, 8km, average difficulty.)
Crespin
There is a marked hiking trail on the tourist information site "Circuit de L'Andouquette" starting from Crespin. (3hrs, 8km, average difficulty.)
LAC DE LA ROUCARIE by Canitrot (not far from Monesties) is a lovely lake with a small beach where you can swim - this is supervised in the summer. There is a walk that goes around the lake - a nice easy mostly flat walk on a good surface, or you could Canoe, Kayak or Sail here.
Canitrot
LAC DE LA ROUCARIE by Canitrot (not far from Monesties) is a lovely lake with a small beach where you can swim - this is supervised in the summer. There is a walk that goes around the lake - a nice easy mostly flat walk on a good surface, or you could Canoe, Kayak or Sail here.
There are walks and bike rides from our front door in beautiful scenery, short walks or long, easy to difficult. We can show you a route that runs from our front door , cross country through St Jean de Marcel, through woodland and back over a 16th century bridge (le pont du maux) where royalty once crossed on route to Toulouse. (Visorando 2hrs 50, 8.8km, Difficult.)
Saint-Jean-de-Marcel
There are walks and bike rides from our front door in beautiful scenery, short walks or long, easy to difficult. We can show you a route that runs from our front door , cross country through St Jean de Marcel, through woodland and back over a 16th century bridge (le pont du maux) where royalty once crossed on route to Toulouse. (Visorando 2hrs 50, 8.8km, Difficult.)
The Serenac Forest has lovely marked walks and cycling trails, kids activities and more. Cool walking in the forest on a hot day.
Sérénac
The Serenac Forest has lovely marked walks and cycling trails, kids activities and more. Cool walking in the forest on a hot day.

Arts & Culture

A huge museum of artwork by Toulouse Lautrec with multi language information sheets and listening devices contained in the Palais de la Berbie which has a small beautiful garden outside overlooking the River Tarn.
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Toulouse-Lautrec Museum
Place Sainte-Cécile
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A huge museum of artwork by Toulouse Lautrec with multi language information sheets and listening devices contained in the Palais de la Berbie which has a small beautiful garden outside overlooking the River Tarn.

Shopping

Albi is a beautiful place to browse shops, for anything from souvenirs to artwork, ceramics, to jewellary, cookware to clothing. there are often live music events and dancing demonstrations in the summer.
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Blank
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Albi is a beautiful place to browse shops, for anything from souvenirs to artwork, ceramics, to jewellary, cookware to clothing. there are often live music events and dancing demonstrations in the summer.
Plus Beaux Villages de France. Food and artisan market on every friday and in the evening in July & August, also festivals and events throughout the summer
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Sauveterre-de-Rouergue
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Plus Beaux Villages de France. Food and artisan market on every friday and in the evening in July & August, also festivals and events throughout the summer

Essentials

Good choice of supermarkets, bakeries, chemists, hairdressers. Friday food market, and hosts the National Petanque championships in July.
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Carmaux
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Good choice of supermarkets, bakeries, chemists, hairdressers. Friday food market, and hosts the National Petanque championships in July.

Entertainment & Activities

Lac de la Roucarie by Canitrot near Monesties, with barage(damn) and watersports such as canoe, kayak, pedloe, swimming, fishing. You can walk or cycle all the way around the lake.
Impasse de la Roucarié
Impasse de la Roucarié
Lac de la Roucarie by Canitrot near Monesties, with barage(damn) and watersports such as canoe, kayak, pedloe, swimming, fishing. You can walk or cycle all the way around the lake.
Adventure park, with a lake, small beach, zip wires, go-carting, devilkarting, skate park, cable water skiing, snow-boarding, summer sledding, bungee trampoline, paintball, big machines kid's activities, entertainment and much more.
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Cap'Découverte
Cap Découverte
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Adventure park, with a lake, small beach, zip wires, go-carting, devilkarting, skate park, cable water skiing, snow-boarding, summer sledding, bungee trampoline, paintball, big machines kid's activities, entertainment and much more.