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MONTSEGUR - Last refuge of the Cathars.
CORDES SUR CIEL - A gorgeous medieval architecture, well restored and looked after by a number of long-established resident artist and craftsmen.
AUCH - With its cathedral and monumental staircases.
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CAHORS - Europe's last fortified bridge (13th century), a huge-domed cathedral, lots of well-restored and narrow medieval streets.
LOURDES - Europe's foremost pilgrimage centre.
CONQUES - One of France's finest medieval sites, on the pilgrims'road to Compostella.
CITE DE L'ESPACE - The first space discovery center.
CIRQUE DE GAVARNIE - A sheer wall of snow capped rock, the natural amphitheatre of Gavarnie is 5600 feet high and asspectacular today as when it was carved out some 20 000 years ago by a glacier.
FOIX - Dominated by its central hill-top castle, built by the most illustrious of the Counts of Foix, Gaston Phoebus.
ROCAMADOUR - 2nd most visited touristb site in France (after Mont St Michel), a medieval pilgrimage centre seemingly carved out of the sheer rock face.
WINES OF GAILLAC - A lovely town to visit, in the middle of the Gaillac vineyards.
SAINT CIRQ LAPOPIE - Another cliff-top village, reckoned to be the prettiest in France.
SAINT BERTRAND DE COMMINGES - The cathedral in this fine central Pyrenees village bears witness to the vollage's cultural importance throughout the ages.
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PIC DU MIDI - A 8 000 feet observatory above the Pyrenees valleys, with a worldwide reputation for its solar observations.
NAJAC - Pretty village, crowned by a cliff-top castle.
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ABBAYE DE FLARAN - Cistercian Abbey built in 1151, now a cultural centre for concerts, exhibitions and summer-long sound & light Show.
ALBI - An exceptional pretty town, dominated by its massive red-brick cathedral.
MONTAUBAN - An attractive town with interesting architecture and the Ingres museum, containing works from this Montauban-born painter.
MOISSAC - Famous for its abbey and cloister, probably the finest of all surviving Romanesque cloisters. Moissac is also deservedly recognised for its delicious Chasselas grapes, the only AOC table grapes in France.
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