Saint-Félix-Lauragais
A hilltop village with its collegiate church and castle, overlooking the Montagne Noire.
Lauragais guide
The Lauragais, land of plenty
Between Toulouse and Carcassonne: golden hills, bastide towns and the story of woad. Our favourite places and outings around the Château du Falga.
A land still undiscovered
The Lauragais spreads over the hills between the Garonne and Aude basins. In the 15th and 16th centuries, woad — a plant yielding a blue dye prized throughout Europe — made it one of the richest regions of the kingdom: hence its nickname, the “pays de Cocagne”, the land of plenty.
The Canal du Midi, completed in 1681 by Pierre-Paul Riquet, then crossed the plain, carrying Lauragais wheat to the Mediterranean. Today its towpaths, locks and the Lac de Saint-Ferréol that feeds it are among the loveliest walks in the region.
Places to see around Le Falga
Revel
A 14th-century bastide with a great covered market, lively on Saturday mornings.
Lac de Saint-Ferréol
The Canal du Midi’s reservoir: swimming, lakeside walks and gardens.
Sorèze
The abbey-school where the Caffarelli brothers studied, and its Hall of Illustrious Pupils.
Seuil de Naurouze
The watershed of the Canal du Midi, between the Atlantic and the Mediterranean.
Noumérens chapel
Less than two kilometres from the château — a lovely walk.
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