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My Beautiful Occitanie

My Beautiful Occitanie

A guide to France's best kept secret

  • Ariège – Haute Pyrénées
  • Aude – l’Hérault
  • CULTURA
  • Haute Garonne – Le Gers
  • Le Gard – Lozère
  • Le Lot – Aveyron
  • Pyrénées Orientales
  • Tarn – Tarn et Garonne
  • CONTACT

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By CK Grasset Posted on February 4, 2021February 5, 2021

Toulouse Lautrec

“To think I would never have painted if my legs had been just a little longer!” If there is one attraction not to miss during a visit to Albi it … Continue reading Toulouse Lautrec

Categories: culture, france, occitanieTags: Art, france, history, photograhy, Toulouse Lautrec, travel
By CK Grasset Posted on January 28, 2021January 28, 2021

Albi

Never let your memories be greater than your dreams – Douglas Ivester Without leaps of imagination, or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all, is a form … Continue reading Albi

Categories: france, occitanie, UncategorizedTags: Albi, Art, art history, culture, occitanie, travel, voyage
By CK Grasset Posted on January 13, 2021January 14, 2021

2021 – What’s Toulouse?

In Toulouse, like everywhere in France it is customary to wish people a “happy new year” during the first month of the year, and not just if you happen to … Continue reading 2021 – What’s Toulouse?

Categories: france, occitanie, Toulouse, UncategorizedTags: Pyrenees, Toulouse, voyage, well being
By CK Grasset Posted on September 14, 2020November 22, 2020

Le chemin des vignerons

Le chemin des vignerons, also known as le sentier des vignerons, translates as the wine growers trail. It is a hiking trail around the vignobles of Belvèze-du-Razès, in Aude. Along … Continue reading Le chemin des vignerons

Categories: france, oenotourisme, randonnéeTags: occitanie, photography, travel, wine tourism
By CK Grasset Posted on August 27, 2020February 12, 2021

Cartes postales de Collioure

Looking back on the brief respite we had from lockdown and curfews in 2020, I had no idea what was coming in the fall. Before the restaurants closed again and … Continue reading Cartes postales de Collioure

Categories: culture, france, occitanieTags: photography, Pyrenees Orientales, travel
By CK Grasset Posted on June 30, 2020July 2, 2020

The other side of Sète

La Pointe Courte is an unusual neighbourhood in Sète, created by the fishermen of the Etang de Thau, which has managed to keep is character. L’Etang de Thau is the … Continue reading The other side of Sète

Categories: france, occitanie, travelTags: france, La Pointe Courte, occitanie, Sėte, travel, voyage
By CK Grasset Posted on May 29, 2020May 29, 2020

Weekend in the Gers

Le bonheur est dans le pré, happiness is in the field! The Gers department, pronounced jerce, borders Haute Garonne to the west/north west and is home to many delightful things … Continue reading Weekend in the Gers

Categories: france, occitanie, travelTags: culture, history
By CK Grasset Posted on May 7, 2020May 7, 2020

Avez vous entendu le loup

Il y a une expression en Occitan, ou plutôt un dicton « aver entenut a petar lo loup » Connaitre le monde, en avoir vu toutes les couleurs. L’envie de voyager et … Continue reading Avez vous entendu le loup

Categories: france, occitanie, travel
By CK Grasset Posted on December 12, 2019December 12, 2019

Jazz in Occitanie part 2

Festivals and Conferences If you are in the south west of France on holiday, or living here and you like jazz, you’re lucky. Actually, even if you are here on … Continue reading Jazz in Occitanie part 2

Categories: culture, france, musicTags: occitanie, travel
By CK Grasset Posted on October 27, 2019February 15, 2021

Jazz in Occitanie part 1

My dad is a huge opera fan; he’s especially crazy about Italian opera. My mum loves classical music too; she used to play the piano very well.  My brother and … Continue reading Jazz in Occitanie part 1

Categories: culture, france, musicTags: history, Jazz, music, occitanie
By CK Grasset Posted on October 27, 2019October 27, 2019

Jazz en Occitanie part 1

Mon père est un amateur d’opéra, un enthousiaste sans limite pour l’opéra italien. Quant à ma mère, elle aussi, elle adore le chant lyrique et la musique classique. Mon frère … Continue reading Jazz en Occitanie part 1

Categories: culture, france, musicTags: Jazz, occitanie
By CK Grasset Posted on May 8, 2019May 9, 2019

The Pech Merle Cave

Prehistoric cave paintings. Abbé Breuil, renowned French prehistorian called it “the Sistine Chapel of the Causses of the Lot district, one of the most beautiful monuments in Paleolithic pictoral art”. … Continue reading The Pech Merle Cave

Categories: france, occitanie, travelTags: Cave painting, history, Lot, occitanie, Prehistoric cave, voyage, Walking tour
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  • Ariège – Haute Pyrénées
  • Aude – l’Hérault
  • CULTURA
  • Haute Garonne – Le Gers
  • Le Gard – Lozère
  • Le Lot – Aveyron
  • Pyrénées Orientales
  • Tarn – Tarn et Garonne
  • CONTACT
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