Montauban: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

In Montauban, the CIAP, together with Wivisites, offers geolocated, self-guided tours for exploring Montauban. The Musée Ingres Bourdelle, a museum in the vicinity of Montauban, pays tribute to the city’s two famous residents, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres and Antoine Bourdelle, and is housed in Montauban’s former episcopal palace.

Anyone choosing Montauban as a destination will want to rent a holiday apartment.

Culture

The Muséum Victor Brun is housed in the former Palais de la Cour des aides. Its collections include birds and mammals, fossils from the phosphorites of Quercy in the Lot department, and a fragment of the Orgueil meteorite, which fell near Montauban in 1864.

The Cathédrale Notre-Dame-de-l’Assomption is a church in the vicinity of Montauban and was built at the highest point of the city after the Wars of Religion. It houses Ingres’ work “Le Vœu de Louis XIII” from 1824. A treasury was established in its large sacristy in 2010 and is opened during tours organised by the CIAP.

History

Following the fire of 11 November 1616, the Place Nationale was partially rebuilt with brick houses; reconstruction was completed in 1621. Its arcades are of different sizes, each corresponding to the width of the associated building.

The Couvent des Carmes was rebuilt after the first monastery was destroyed by Protestants in the 16th century and was completed in 1717. Its cloister contains a garden with fruit trees, vegetable plants, medicinal herbs, culinary herbs and flowers.

The Pont Vieux spans the Tarn with 14 arches, seven over the river and seven over land. It was completed in 1335.

Nature

PR6 – Les vallons du Fau is a trail just under 10 km long with a stated duration of 2 hours and 30 minutes. It offers viewpoints, wooded descents, streams and hilltop ponds.

Geographical setting

The Monument à Ingres is a monument in the vicinity of Montauban. The Château de Pérignon is a château in the wider regional surroundings of Montauban.

Other location pages: Mirabel, Barry-d'Islemade, Moissac, Merles, Labastide-Saint-Pierre, Saint-Paul-Dʼespis, Castelsagrat, Lavaurette

To the higher-level travel overview: Tarn-Et-Garonne.