Toulouse has been named as one of the top 30 destinations in the World in Lonely Planet's "Best in Travel 2025"! Toulouse (31 Haut Garonne, Occitanie) is known as the…

The departement of the LOT celebrates its local food with its Lot of Saveurs festival Lot Food Festival in Cahors (46 Lot, Occitanie) 27 - 30 June 2024 Products include…

Another surprising French Food Festival - a Chick Pea Festival (La Fête du Pois Chiche )at Montaren & Saint Médiers (30 Gard, Occitanie) 23 - 25 May 2025. In reality…

Based around jazz and world music, in Perpignan (66 Pyrenées_Orientales, Occitanie) and many sites in Catalonia the Jazzèbre Festival offers a great musical journey every year, consisting of concerts and…

Auvillar was nominated as one of France’s favourite villages by viewers to France3 TV Channel in 2018. A stopping place on the pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostella, Auvillar, south…

It may be a bit of a cliché, but Garlic (ail) is almost an essential element of Franch life. Grown fairly widely in France, but especially in the southwest -…

The ski resort village of Saint Lary (85 Hautes-Pyrenees, Occitanie) celebrates France's oldest breed of pig (Le Porc noir de Bigorre) with its Pig Festival (Fete du Cochon) 18 January 2025…

Castres The town of Castres  (81 Tarn, Occitanie) celebrates with a Carnaval with a difference - a Escapade Venetian! - As the Venetian theme suggests much of the action, including…

Occitanie is the new name for the new Region of Languedoc-Roussillon - Midi-Pyrenees