Le Tarabel, Broquiès, Aveyron

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Welcome to our Le Tarabel website

This website is dedicated to the restoration of our 19th century wine house and attached vineyard.  The house is located on a South facing hillside in the small commune of Broquiès, located in the Aveyron Département of France.

About Broquiès

What to do there

Population : 678 hab (1999 census)
Population Density - 17 habitants per km2
Région : Midi-Pyrénées
Département : Aveyron (12)
Arrondissement : Millau
Canton : Saint-Rome-de-Tarn
Code postal : 12480

Enjoy the peace and rural life, with beautiful scenery and outdoor activities such as climbing, kayaking, cycling (if you're fit).  Many pretty villages and gastronomic delights, including local specialties such as Roquefort cheese.

Cities - Albi (65km) and Castres (100km), both in the Tarn are the nearest large cities. Rodez is well worth a visit, as is the fantastic  Viaduc de Millau (Millau Bridge).

What's the weather like?

Getting there

Great! An average July / Aug temperature of around 15o /29o (Low/High) and annual average rainfall range of about 3 cm (July) to 6 cm (Oct).   There's often a strong, but warm Southerly wind.

The winters are cold, but reliably short.  From March to October you can be outside without winter woolies. 

 

Getting to the region from the UK is pretty straight forward.  The roads are great and the driving scenery wonderful.  We usually fly Stanstead to Rodez, which is 65km due North of Broquiès.  Other places to fly to include:

Toulouse - 165km Montpellier - 150km
Carcassone - 170km Clermont Ferrand - 270km

A nice drive is from Clermont to Millau (A75), which is only 65km away and with a small detour you can visit the the Viaduc de Millau.

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This site was last updated 10/17/07                                                                                                                                                   All content © Ian Whittle, 2007