Itinerary · Occitanie
Toulouse, Albi and Occitan Art: 6 Days of Museums and Heritage
From Montauban to Rodez via Toulouse, Castres and the episcopal city of Albi, a dense route for art lovers, taking in Ingres, Toulouse-Lautrec, Goya and Soulages — at the pace of one to two stops a day.
6 days · 10 stops · Connoisseur
Overview
Numbers follow the order of the route, day by day — the dashed line is indicative, not a precise driving route.
Day 1
Montauban, Ingres' hometown
First stop in the hometown of Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres and Antoine Bourdelle, where the museum bearing their names holds major works by both figures of French art — a quiet start before heading on to Toulouse.
Day 2
Toulouse, in a former convent and a Renaissance mansion
The Musée des Augustins, set inside a medieval convent around its cloister, then the Fondation Bemberg in the 1555 Hôtel d'Assézat — five centuries of painting, from Veronese to Picasso, with a particularly renowned Bonnard collection.
Medieval cloisterMuseum · Toulouse
Musée des Augustins
The Augustins Museum is an art museum located in Toulouse, in Haute-Garonne. It occupies the premises of a former convent. The museum offers art collections…
Bonnard collectionMuseum · Toulouse
Fondation Bemberg
La Fondation Bemberg est un musée d'art situé à Toulouse, en Haute-Garonne, installé depuis 1995 dans l'Hôtel d'Assézat, édifice Renaissance construit en 1555.…
Day 3
Toulouse, archaeology and modern art
The Musée Saint-Raymond and its Roman remains from the ancient city, then Les Abattoirs, a former industrial site turned modern art museum and Occitanie's regional contemporary art fund — a sharp contrast between two thousand years of Toulouse history and the most contemporary creation.
Roman ToulouseMuseum · Toulouse
Musée Saint-Raymond
The Saint-Raymond Museum is an archaeology museum established in Toulouse, in Haute-Garonne. It preserves and presents collections relating to the ancient and…
Former slaughterhouse, contemporary artMuseum · Toulouse
Les Abattoirs, musée d'art moderne et contemporain
Les Abattoirs, a museum of modern and contemporary art, has been located in Toulouse in Haute-Garonne for over twenty years in the city's former…
Day 4
Castres, Spanish art at the bishop's palace
An hour east to the Musée Goya, housed in Castres' former bishop's palace and fully renovated between 2020 and 2023 — the richest collection of Spanish art outside Spain, centred on Goya's own work.
Day 5
Albi, the episcopal city and Toulouse-Lautrec
The episcopal city of Albi, UNESCO World Heritage-listed around its red-brick cathedral, then the Musée Toulouse-Lautrec in the neighbouring Palais de la Berbie — paintings, lithographs and the original Moulin-Rouge poster.
UNESCO cityHeritage · Albi
Cité épiscopale d'Albi
This cultural site in the Tarn department of Occitanie comprises the episcopal cathedral, the surrounding fortified city, and the archbishop's palace,…
The Moulin-Rouge posterMuseum · Albi
Musée Toulouse-Lautrec
The Toulouse-Lautrec Museum is located in the Palais de la Berbie, a historic building situated in Albi in the Tarn department, in the Occitanie region. It is…
Day 6
Rodez, from prehistory to Pierre Soulages
The final stop is Rodez: the Musée Fenaille and its collection of menhir-statues, the largest in Europe, then the Musée Soulages, born from an exceptional donation by the artist who was born in this town — absolute black and preparatory drawings for the Conques stained glass.
Menhir-statuesMuseum · Rodez
Musée Fenaille
The Fenaille Museum is an archaeology and history museum located in Rodez, in Aveyron. It presents the remains and artworks from the Rouergue region, from the…
Soulages' blackMuseum · Rodez
Musée Soulages
The Soulages Museum is a modern and contemporary art institution located in Rodez, in Aveyron. It was created from an exceptional donation and is organized…
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