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Heritage
History, architecture and villages of the Gaillac area.
Heritage
The bastides of the Gaillac area
Thirteenth-century new towns, a grid plan, a great square lined with arcades: the bastides tell a different story from the châteaux. Around Gaillac, Lisle-sur-Tarn, Castelnau-de-Montmiral and Cordes-sur-Ciel are the finest — alongside the fortified villages that surround them.
Heritage
The châteaux of the Gaillac area
Medieval fortress, Palladian villa, turreted wine estates: around Gaillac, no two châteaux are alike, and they don't all open the same way. Here's which to step inside, which to taste your way through, and the one you reach by sitting down to dinner.