Eating, drinking and dancing
We've tracked down the best cafés for people-watching, the bars with the coolest cocktails, the most accomplished restaurants and the liveliest local nightlife in Tarn. All you have to do is make sure you've packed your favourite threads…
Restaurants
Le Grand Ecuyer
This Michelin-starred restaurant in the Haut de la Cité is housed in the 800-year-old palace of Count Raymond, and is known for its excellent foie gras.
Grande Rue Raymond VII, 79, Cordes-sur-Ciel
(+33 (0)5 63 53 79 50)
Tonin’Ty
Try the less-expensive sister restaurant of Le Grand Ecuyer, which has a lovely terrace and is altogether more ‘terroir’.
Rue St Michel, Cordes Sur Ciel
(+33 (0)5 63 53 79 20)
L’Epicurien
Visit this typical French restaurant known for its sleek design and great food. It's in Albi - a town most famous for being the birthplace of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.
Place Jean Jaurès 42, Albi
(+33 (0)5 63 53 10 70)
Le Clos de Ste-Cécile
The popular Le Clos reataurant is set in a converted schoolhouse behind the cathedral in Albi, and serves fine French country cooking on the terrace.
Rue Castelviel, 3
(+33 (0)5 63 38 19 74)