Culture, Landscape and heritage
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The excursions
VilleFranche de Rouergue is a fortified city build in the middle ages ± 1252, and is situated in the triangle between Albi- Cahors and Rodez. Blessed with a rich structural inheritance, the city has kept the originality of the middle ages.
Go for a walk through the little streets, you shall enter in the hearth of history.
La magnifique place médiévale à arcades qui s’ouvrent sur la collégiale Notre Dame XIVè et Xvè
Visit the old royal fortification of VilleFranche de Rouergue and her monuments.
- Excursion by guide
- Excursion by night
- group excursions
- free excursions by signs
- Excursions by tape recorder
- Work ateliers for children
- Excursion by little train de Rouergue, to enter the city and to bring you to the market every Thursday morning Link : www.lepetittraindurouergue.com
At Villefranche de Rouergue...
Sight-seeing :
La Chartreuse St Sauveur XVè
La chapelle des pénitents noirs,
chef d’œuvre de l’art baroque.
At the frontiers of Rouergue and Quercy, Villefranche gives you a great inexhaustible reservoir, for making a journey in a radius of ± 100 km ...
Places you must-see :
Rocamadour, Padirac, St Cirq-Lapopie, Albi, Cahors, Cordes, St Antonin-noble val, Peyrusse Le Roc, le viaduc de Millau
Viaduc of millau
Conques
Abbey's :
Loc-dieu, Conques, Beaulieu, La chartreuse Saint-Sauveur
Defiles and Valley's of the Aveyron :
l’Aveyron, le lot et le Célé, le Tarn, la Dourbie, la Jonte et le Viaur
L'Aveyron
Castles:
Belcastel, Najac, Le bosc, Bruniquel ……….
Belcastel
Najac
Archeol.places and Caves :
Foissac, Pech-Merle
Grotte de Foissac
Complete TouristInformation on the tourist office's website : www.villefranche.com
French Gourmet Food
Since long-time Rouergue is a country of authenticity, made by traditions and where the gastronomy has taken a privileged place in it .
You can elect the natural products on the market or the shops in
Villefranche de Rouergue.
Le Marché du Jeudi Matin, Place Notre Dame.
Every Thursday morning- centre city- from 8.00 -12.00 hrs .(The whole year), discover the flavour and colors of the traditional market..
Confection du gâteau à la broche
La ferme pédagogique de Jacques Carles
Every Thursday morning from May till September, the little train shall bring you (every hour) from the camping-site to the city centrewww.lepetittraindurouergue.com.
Complete TouristInformation on the tourist office's website