Gaillac
Gaillac
Travel guide and tourist information
Travel guide and tourist information
Travel Guide > Towns > Midi-Pyrénées > Tarn > Gaillac| GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION | CLOSEST TOWNS | |||
| Town | Gaillac | Brens at 1.7 km (3 min) | ||
| Insee code | 81099 | Montans at 4 km (5 min) | ||
| Postcode | 81600 | Broze at 6.7 km (11 min) | ||
| Latitude | 43.9018159 | Rivières at 6.8 km (9 min) | ||
| Longitude | 1.8965060 | Senouillac at 7.3 km (11 min) | ||
| Altitude | From 105 to 288 meters | Técou at 8.8 km (9 min) | ||
| Surface | 50.93 km² | Montels at 9.5 km (13 min) | ||
| Population | 12939 inhabitants | Labastide-de-Lévis at 10.3 km (12 min) | ||
| Density | 250 inhabitants/km² | Lisle-sur-Tarn at 10.3 km (12 min) | ||
| National labels |   | Cahuzac-sur-Vère at 11.1 km (14 min) | ||
| Chief town | Albi (at 26 km, 23 min) | Fayssac at 11.7 km (14 min) | ||
| Department | Tarn | Castelnau-de-Montmiral at 11.9 km (16 min) | ||
| Region | Midi-Pyrénées | Search another town | ||
| LOCATION |
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| TOWN PRESENTATION |
It was not so long as it is known that Gaillac was occupied from the Gallo-Roman, but his name appears in documents referring to the founding of the Benedictine Abbey of Saint Michel in 819. Expresses its prosperity with the culture of the vine by the monks. The wine trade but also from woad (Isatis tinctoria) in the 16th century, carried on the river Tarn, will enable Gaillac thrive and develop at the same time a maritime activity. Cathar wars are far less responsible for power struggles as the religious wars between Catholics and Protestants.
Gaillac today is renowned for its vineyards, characterized by three soils (terraces, hills, plateau), a varietal background and a designation.
Finally Gaillac door like the rooster emblem that can be discovered on different facades of old houses or tents.
| SIGHTSEEING |
Abbaye Saint Michel thirteenth, chapels of the apse of the abbey, north portal of the thirteenth.
Palmata 13th round (13th murals and coat of arms - rooster - the city).
Church of St. Peter, stone gate of the fourteenth.
Hotel Pierre in the 13th Brens and fifteenth.
The Gaillac medieval Griffoul Square and fountain, street Portal Lacourtade Hotel, Hotel Druilhet of Yversen gate of the sixteenth, half-timbered houses and half-timbered ...
Caveau Wine Tasting Gaillac, Abbey Saint Michel.
Château de Foucaud 17th (Palladian architecture) houses the Museum of Fine Arts, and his French garden with rose garden is now classified as historical monuments.
Natural History Museum Philadelphus Thomas.
Abbey Museum (archaeological finds, wine, art and sacred fellowship).
Library (collection of funds from 1789).
| Detailed information | |
| Transport | Train station of Gaillac, Train station of Tessonnières |
| Information points | Tourist Office of Gaillac |
| Leisure centres | Museum of Fine Art of Gaillac, Museum of Natural History Philadelphe Thomas, Museum of Popular Arts and Traditions of Gaillac |
| Monuments | Abbey Saint-Michel, Church Saint-Michel, Church Saint-Pierre |
| EVENTS AND CELEBRATIONS |
Market every Friday morning.
Flea: 2nd Sunday.
Spring Gaillac: 1 to May 4
Biocybèle: large agro fair, the 2nd weekend of May.
Cinéfeuille: Film Festival gardens and landscapes in late May.
Wine Festival: 2nd weekend of August.
Aperitif concert Friday in July and August between 19 and 21 hours of the abbey garden.
Garage sale: 1st Sunday of September.
Heritage Day: 3rd weekend in September.
Book Fair: 1st weekend in October.
European Film Festival: 3rd weekend in October.
Gaillac Preview: 3rd week of November.
Inquire at the Tourist Office Gaillac the accuracy of dates.
| ATTRACTIONS, LEISURES AND ACTIVITES AROUND |
Andillac: castle-museum of Cayla.
Cordes-sur-Ciel: medieval village.
Castelnau-de-Montmiral: Founded in 1222, ranked among the most beautiful villages in France.
Lagrave archéocrypte Saint Sigolène.
Lisle-sur-Tarn arcaded square, houses the 16th and eighteenth.
Montana Archéosite (Gallo-Roman pottery).
Giroussens: the garden of Martell.
Puycelsi: medieval village perched on a rock and Regional Conservatory of species of old trees and vines.
Rabastens: ramparts and fortifications of the Middle Ages.
Sivenas: Divisional Forest 600 hectares of hardwoods and conifers.
Senouillac Château de Mauriac.
Grésigne: 3600 ha State Forest.
Albi historic ranked in 2010 as World Heritage by UNESCO.
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| The Gaillac vineyards | Renowned vineyards |
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| Photos of the Tarn | Photos of the Tarn to view and download |
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