locus.

Bastides from the Tarn to Gascony

4 days · ~8 h 15 ·Castles, Hill towns, Food

Day by day

Driving times are approximate, from OpenStreetMap roads without traffic; long legs are rougher estimates. The Google Maps links give up-to-date times.

  1. Day 1

    ~2 h 20 · 6 h

    1. Toulouse AirportLeaving from
    2. ~1 h 15 · 93 km
      LautrecOccitania
    3. ~50 min · 49 km
      Castelnau-de-MontmiralOccitania
    4. ~15 min · 13 km
      PuycelsiOccitania

    5. Overnight in Puycelsi

  2. Day 2

    ~2 h · 6 h

    1. ~20 min · 15 km
      BruniquelOccitania
    2. ~1 h 05 · 65 km
      LauzerteOccitania
    3. ~35 min · 34 km
      AuvillarOccitania

    4. Overnight in Auvillar

  3. Day 3

    ~1 h 25 · 6 h

    1. ~50 min · 53 km
      La RomieuOccitania
    2. ~25 min · 25 km
      FourcèsOccitania
    3. ~10 min · 7 km
      MontréalOccitania

    4. Overnight in Montréal

  4. Day 4

    ~2 h 30 · 6 h

    1. ~10 min · 11 km
      LarressingleOccitania
    2. ~35 min · 34 km
      LavardensOccitania
    3. ~55 min · 56 km
      SarrantOccitania
    4. ~50 min · 45 km
      Toulouse AirportReturning to

What you'll eat

Lautrec

Castelnau-de-Montmiral

  • Boudin galabarCured meatBlack pudding, eaten raw, dried, fried or pan-cooked
  • CroustadeSweetPie of apples, pears or prunes
  • FouaceSweetCake eaten for Epiphany
  • Citre jamSweetJam from the citre, a watermelon not eaten raw
  • ReponchonsLocal produceBitter wild shoots picked in April, boiled or pan-fried

Montréal

Also typical of Occitania

  • Typical of Occitania
    Petit pâté de NîmesBread and pasta
  • Typical of Occitania
    Fish soup of SèteDishFish cooked with vegetables, white wine and olive oil, served with rouille croutons
  • Typical of Occitania
    Pain paillasse de LodèveBread and pasta
  • Typical of Occitania
    TourinDishGarlic soup typical of the Dordogne and the Toulouse area
  • Typical of Occitania
    MilhàsDishMaize or millet flour porridge, set and often grilled, eaten in Languedoc
  • Typical of Occitania
    BajanaDishTraditional chestnut soup of the Cévennes

Based on Wikipedia (Castelnau-de-Montmiral, Montréal (Gers), Cuisine occitane), Wikivoyage (Lautrec) (CC BY-SA).