Murat-sur-Vèbre: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

The Chemin des Muletiers begins in Murat-sur-Vèbre and ends in Lacaune. This moderately difficult crossing route is 14.9 km long, takes approximately four hours, and passes through Murat-sur-Vèbre. Renting a holiday apartment in Murat-sur-Vèbre can be part of your personal travel planning.

Along the way

The Chemin des Muletiers passes through varied landscapes and includes viewpoints. Another hike, Les Tourelles, runs through the Haut-Languedoc mountains and through hamlets to the summit; from there, panoramic views extend across the surrounding landscape.

Landscape

La Route Des Saints is an ascent lined with megaliths, offering views of Camarès and the slopes of the Espinouse.

Culture and History

At the Fête des Battages à l'Ancienne, held every year on the second Sunday in August, volunteers bring old crafts and machinery back to life.

The Centre d'Interprétation des Statues-Menhirs displays tools, weapons, jewellery, various pieces of equipment, and grave goods recovered from regional dolmens and burial caves. The Pailher de Rosalie is a rare example of rural building traditions that used locally available natural materials.

The Statue-menhir du Moulin de Louat (2) stands at the southern entrance to the hamlet of Moulin de Louat, where it was found.

Traditions

Murat-sur-Vèbre is a stage on the Voie d’Arles on the way to Santiago de Compostela. Every year on 25 July, the journée jacquaire takes place in Murat-sur-Vèbre on the occasion of the Voie d’Arles.

Orientation

The Murat-sur-Vèbre Tourist Information Office offers advice, suggestions for walks, and local and departmental information materials.

Other places: Labastide-De-Lévis, Escoussens, Tonnac, Lacaune, Saint-Gauzens, Almayrac, Villefranche-D'albigeois, Fayssac

To the higher-level travel overview: Tarn.