Les Terrasses du Viaur

There are plenty of hiking trails within easy reach of the site, but if you fancy a change of scenery for your strolls, head further afield for wanders around the Cascade Pétrifiante waterfall or tours of the Grotte du Bosc cave – both are around an hour’s drive away. Take your explores inside and brush up on some history with a visit to a couple of nearby museums. Don your hard hat at the coal mining museum Musée-mine départemental, or get your creative juices flowing at the Musée Toulouse-Lautrec art museum (both half an hour). Continue the historical theme with a visit to the medieval Château de Belcastel (50 minutes) or the 15th-century Monastery of Chartreuse St Sauveur (55 minutes). Go down the cathedrals route instead with glimpses of Église Notre-Dame-de-la-Drèche (25 minutes) and Cathedral Basilica of Saint Cecilia (half an hour). For family days, Le Jardin des Bêtes amusement park and the insect adventure park Micropolis Cité des Insectes can both be reached in an hour.