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The area surrounding Castelnau de Montmiral is rich in cultural, gastronomic, and outdoors offerings. The village is in the heart of the Gaillac wine region, which has been producing excellent wines for 1000 years. There are dozens of wineries nearby offering degustation (tastings).
The town of Gaillac is 13 kilometers (eight miles) away, with its Musee des Beaux Arts, natural history museum, and tenth-century Abbaye St. Michel, on the banks of the Tarn River. Gaillac hosts a large, colorful market every Friday morning. The city of Albi is less than half an hour away, with its elegant squares, cafes and the Toulouse-Lautrec Museum and the impressive Cathedrale de Ste. Cecile.
The village of St. Antonin Noble-Val is half an hour from Castelnau, overlooking a gorge with the Aveyron river below. This is home to a popular Sunday morning market, as well as hiking, canoeing and kayaking trips and fishing opportunities.