Bessières: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

Bessières is located on the Tarn between the Pays albigeois and the Pays toulousain. Renting a holiday apartment in Bessières can be part of your travel plans.

Nature and Trails

The Refuge des Tortues in Bessières welcomes visitors from spring to autumn to raise awareness of the protection of nature and turtles.

The Refuge des Tortues is involved in the conservation and study of endangered species and monitors the reptiles and amphibians found on its grounds.

The Tarn on the outskirts of Bessières is part of the Natura 2000 network.

“Le Tour des Marcais” is a family-friendly walking trail through the countryside, starting at the Lac des Marcais car park in Bessières.

At the ECONOTRE centre, the 17 km-long Voie verte that crosses the Val’Aïgo area can be reached from the “Le Tour des Marcais” circular trail.

Water Sports

Original Green Park in Bessières is a family-friendly water sports centre open to everyone from April to October.

Original Green Park offers wakeboarding, wakeskating, water skiing and stand-up paddleboarding. There are two return water-ski lift lines with six modules of varying difficulty: one for beginners and one for advanced riders.

Culture and History

Bessières was founded between the 9th and 12th centuries through the settlement of houses around an initial church dedicated to Saint Prim.

Bessières developed during the Roman occupation thanks to a bridge over the Tarn.

The Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste in Bessières dates from the 15th and 19th centuries.

The Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste in Bessières has an octagonal Toulousain bell tower dating from 1593; one of its bells is damaged.

Under the Ancien Régime, four annual fairs were held in Bessières, and Monday was designated as market day.

Local Life

The open-air market in Bessières takes place on Mondays from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on the Esplanade Bellecourt. It has more than 50 exhibitors, occasionally up to 70, with stalls offering food, fruit and vegetables, clothing, meat and charcuterie, as well as cheese.

The tradition of eating omelettes together on Easter Monday in Bessières led to the founding of the Confrérie Mondiale des Chevaliers de l'Omelette Géante in 1973.

The omelettes prepared by the Confrérie Mondiale des Chevaliers de l'Omelette Géante are always distributed free of charge.

The Confrérie Mondiale des Chevaliers de l'Omelette Géante is open to everyone.

More local pages: Auriac-Sur-Vendinelle, Lagardelle-Sur-Lèze, Lège, Cazeneuve-Montaut, Montastruc-La-Conseillère, Montmaurin, Binos, Loudet.

To the overarching travel overview: Haute-Garonne.