Welcome to Occitanie Sud de France

1. Welcome
in Occitanie
Sud de France

4. ACCESSIBLE
 10 airports international arrivals (12 million passengers) :
- Toulouse-Blagnac
- Montpellier-Méditerranée
- Carcassonne
- Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées
- Rodez-Aveyron
- Perpignan-Sud de France
- Brive-Vallée de la Dordogne
- Nîmes-Alès-Camargue-Cévennes
- Béziers-Cap d’Agde
- Castres-Mazamet
 15 major freeways connecting the region to Paris, Bordeaux, Lyon,
Marseille, Barcelona, etc…
 Numerous rail connections, both national and international.
2 LGV (High-spped lines)/ 4 LGV projects / 2 900 km of railways /550 daily trains et
61 000 daily passengers.

6. Toulouse and
Montpellier
2 major towns

7. Montpellier
Toulouse
2 major towns

8. TOULOUSE

9. Le Capitole
Notre Dame du Taur La Garonne Saint-Etienne cathedrale
Pink City
Toulouse, Capital of the Occitanie Region
Place de la Trinité

10. Hôtel Dieu Saint-Jacques
Canal du Midi
Saint-Sernin
Basilica
2 000 years of History

11. Aeroscopia
Envol des Pionniers
Airbus visit – Final assembly lines of the A350
European Capital for Aeronautics & Space
Cité de l’Espace

12. Fine Arts Museum, Les Augustins
Cultural Toulouse
Halle de la Machine
Piano aux JacobinsLes Jacobins

13. The good life par excellence
Le Cénacle - 1 Michelin Star
Ma Biche sur le toit - RooftopVictor-Hugo market
Wine tasting
Chez Xavier

14. Best Western Innès **** - 43 rooms
Pullman Centre Ramblas ***** - 125 rooms
Accommodation offer : 11 500 rooms
Holiday Inn Airport **** - 150 rooms
La Villa du Taur ****
- 17 rooms
Grand Hôtel de l’Opéra **** - 57 rooms
Perfect base-camp
for your star-circuit…
Citadines Wilson *** - 104 rooms

15. MONTPELLIER

16. Mediterranean city
1000 years of history
MontpellierPlace de la Comédie – main square

17. Charming, Surprising, Amazing
Montpellier
Medical school / cathedral
View from triomphal arch
Medieval streets

18. Charming, Surprising, Amazing
Montpellier
Architecture
Trendy places Arbre Blanc
Philippe Starck
Antigone

19. Activities & Events in the city
Montpellier

20. Beautiful surroundings
Montpellier
Flaugergues - wine castle
Vineyards - Villeneuve les Maguelones

21. Quality accommodation
Montpellier

22. 8 SIGHTSEEING
DESTINATIONS
LISTED ON
UNESCO WORLD
HERITAGE

23. Canal du Midi
8 sightseeing destinations listed on
UNESCO World Heritage

24. 8 sightseeing destinations listed on
UNESCO World Heritage
Carcassonne

25. Conques
Aveyron
Sightseeing destinations listed as UNESCO World
Heritage Sites, such as the monument situated
along the 3 routes of St James’s Way to Santiago
de Compostela that pass through the region.
Conques
On the Routes of Saint James to Santiago de Compostella
8 sightseeing destinations listed on
UNESCO World Heritage

26. Rocamadour
8 sightseeing destinations listed on
UNESCO World Heritage
On the Routes of Saint James to Santiago de Compostella

27. Gavarnie
Pyrénées
8 sightseeing destinations listed on
UNESCO World Heritage

28. Musée Toulouse Lautrec
Albi
8 sightseeing destinations listed on UNESCO World Heritage

29. Causses &
Cévennes
8 sightseeing destinations listed on
UNESCO World Heritage

30. 8 sightseeing destinations listed on
UNESCO World Heritage
Pont du Gard

31. Close to the Pont du Gard and gateway to Occitanie
Nîmes : a dialogue between past and present
Arènes-Musée Romanité
Maison Carrée-Carré d’Art

32. 40
INTERNATIONAL
GREAT SITES

33. A spiritual town, gateway to the
Pyrenees : Lourdes
Candlelight Procession

34. A spiritual town, gateway to the
Pyrenees : Lourdes
Light &
Holy Water

35. Natural
Lourdes : A spiritual town, gateway to the
Pyrenees : Lourdes
Santuaries, Pic du Jer (1000 m), Lourdes Castle

36. Typical ports Mediterranean Sea
Collioure

37. Perpignan
10 tows classified « Towns of Art and History »
in Occitanie

38. Cordes sur Ciel
Saint Cirq Lapopie
45 villages in Occitanie classified
« Plus beaux Villages de France »

39. Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert
Villages classified « Grands Sites de France », on the
Routes of Saint James to Santiago de Compostella

40. The cathares Castles
Château de Peyrepertuse - Aude
Château de Montségur - Ariège

41. Culture
More than 300 museums
More than 400 festivals and events

42. 300 museums in Occitanie
Rodez : Pierre Soulages
Museum
Albi : Toulouse Lautrec
Museum

43. More than 400 festivals and events each year
Carcassonne
Jazz in Marciac
Les Joutes de Sète

44. WINES AND
GASTRONOMY

45. Foie Gras
Black Truffle
Roquefort
Wines and
Gastronomy
Products of excellence

46. Products of excellence
Wines and
Gastronomy

47. Wines and
gastronomy
51 Michelin Stars chefs in Occitanie
Bernard Bach, Le Puits Saint-Jacques 2*

48. Auch
Foix
Toulouse
Tarbes
Montauban
Cahors
Rodez
Millau
Albi
Figeac
Béziers
Narbonne
Nîmes
Montpellier
Mende
Perpignan
Carcassonne
Sète
BAS-
ARMAGNAC
Côtes de
Saint-Mont
Pacherenc
Vic-bilh
CAHORS
MARCILLAC
GAILLAC
FRONTON
Côteaux
du Quercy
Côtes de
Millau
BLANQUETTE
DE LIMOUX
Malepère
Cabardès
MINERVOIS
FITO
U
RIVESALTES
COTES DU
ROUSSILLON
BANYULS
Collioure
FAUGÈRE
S
Frontignan
Lunel
COSTIÈR
E DE
NÎMES
SAINT-
CHINIAN La
Clape
Duché
d'Uzès
CÔTES DU RHONE
GARDOIS
MAURY
Pic-Saint-Loup Clairette
de Bellegarde
MADIRAN
Madiran
Saint-Sardos
Brulhois
Condom
Saint-Christol
Lirac
Tavel
Picpoul
IGP Ariège
IGP Gers
IGP Lavilledieu IGP Côtes du Tarn
Moissac
IGP Côtes de Gascogne
TARIQUET
Côteaux de la Lèze
Côteaux du Plantaurel
ARIÈGE
HAUTE-
GARONNE
HAUTES-
PYRENÉES
GERS
TARN & GARONNE
TARN
AVEYRON
LOZÈRE
HÉRAULT
PYRÉNÉES
ORIENTALES
LOT
GARD
AUDE
Vins du Fiel
et d'Estaing
CÔTEAUX DU LANGUEDOCCÔTEAUX DU LANGUEDOC
CORBIERES
Vins de Pays d'Oc
Occitanie : the largest wine-growing region in the world
Wines and
Gastronomie

49. 280 000 hectares of vineyards,
44 « Appellations d’Origine Contrôlée »
36 « Indications Géographique Protégée »
Wines and
Gastronomy

50. Armagnac
Gourmet activities : Cooking lesson, cellars
tours, wine tasting
Armagnac
Cahors
Bernard Bach – 1 étoilé Michelin
Activities

51. Activities in the heart of the vineyards
Activities

52. NATURE AND
OUTDOOR
Occitanie : a leader destination
for walking, cycling and
outdoor activities

53. Pyrénées
Mediterranean Sea
大自然
Nature and outdoor
Almost 40 % of Occitanie are protected area

54. Nature et outdoorNature et outdoor
Almost 40 % of Occitanie are protected area
Like the Camargue

55. Natural
38 000 kms of hiking trails, including the major routes :
the GR10 hiking Route along the Pyrenees and the ST
James Way Pilgrimage Routes.
Nature et outdoor

56. Nature
Montain activities
Nature et outdoor

57. The Tour de France :
3rd famoust event in the world
Nature et outdoor

58. Montain activities - Winter
Nature et outdoor

59. Nature and outdoor
40 ski resorts in the Pyrenees in the Aubrac region

60. 66 Golfs in Occitanie
Nature and outdoor

61. Water activities
Nature and outdoor

62. Canoë and canyoning
Nature and outdoor

63. Rally in car collection, privatization of barge on the
canal du Midi
Activities

64. Aquensis
Balnéa
Occitanie : 1st thermal spa region in France.
30 spa resorts
Spas and wellness

65. UNIQUE
Unique man made structures
« Made in Occitanie »

66. Millau Viaduct
Airbus Industry
Unique man made structures
Made in Occitanie

67. Unique man made structures : Pic du Midi
Made in Occitanie

68. Gloves of Millau
Laguiole Knife
Made in Occitanie
Unique products of excellence

69. Almost 2000 hotels
in Occitanie

70. Almost 2000 hotels in Occitanie

71. Almost 2000 hotels in Occitanie

72. Almost 2000 hotels in Occitanie

73. Welcoming
More than 20 000 houses to rent

74. Occitanie
Sud de France :
A way of live

75. Welcoming
A marvellous climate: Midi-Pyrenees is one of
France's sunniest regions.
Locals with a reputation for being spontaneous,
warm and friendly.
More than 2000 hours of sun each year

76. SEE YOU SOON IN
OCCITANIE - SUD DE FRANCE
www.tourisme-occitanie.com