Albi tourism and travel guide
Visit Albi: highlights and tourist information
Travel Guide To Visit AttractionsFrance This Way comment: Albi is quite a remarkable town, with a substantial and beautiful centre and sensational views across the river below. Very recommended!
Important note
This page features a summary of highlights that you might like to explore near Albi. For detailed visitor information see the Albi travel guide.
Albi is situated in the Tarn department and Midi-Pyrenees region (now part of the Occitanie region), in the south of France - it is the prefecture (capital) of the Tarn department (general information: Albi is 548 kilometres from Paris).
Attractions in Albi
Albi cathedral is remarkable for its brick exterior, and the large area of renaissance painting in the interior: Albi cathedral
Tourist classifications for Albi include "heritage site" and "secteur sauvegarde".
Popular places to visit nearby include Realmont at 17 km and Monesties at 17 km. For more places to visit and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Albi, France: places to visit and attractions
Some of the places that we have visited and reviewed and can recommend when you are sightseeing close to Albi in Occitanie.
Note that all distances below are 'direct' and real driving distances will be greater!
... or see ALL recommended places to visit in Tarn
Map of places to visit near Albi
Markets in and near Albi
Market days in Albi: weekly market: Wednesday & Tuesday all day & Saturday all day;
- Albi: market Wednesday & Tuesday all day & Saturday all day (0km)
- Saint-Juery: market Thursday (6km)
- Carmaux: market Friday (14km)
- Realmont: market Wednesday (17km)
- Gaillac: market Friday (20km)
- Cordes-sur-Ciel: market Saturday & Saturday (22km)
- Graulhet: market Thursday & Sunday (22km)
- Lisle-sur-Tarn: market Sunday (28km)
- Saint-Paul-Cap-de-Joux: market Tuesday (34km)
- Naucelle: market Saturday - seasonal market only (34km)
More information about Albi, Midi-Pyrenees
Tourist attractions near Albi, France
What to do at Albi? Some places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Albi.
Heritage sites
- Rabastens église Notre-Dame-du-Bourg (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (36km)
Most beautiful villages in France
(see also beautiful French villages)
- Brousse-le-Chateau (39km)
- Bruniquel (41km)
National Monuments
- Beaulieu en Rouergue Abbey (39km)
Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)
- Gaillac (20km)
Regional Natural Parcs
- Haut-Languedoc (57km)
Churches and religious monuments
- Eglise de Saint-Cirice (Brousse-le-Chateau) (39km)
Remarkable gardens
- Parc Rochegude (0km)
- Jardin du palais de la Berbie (0km)
- Jardin de Paradis (22km)
- Jardin des Martels (35km)
- Jardin de l'Évêché (36km)
- Jardins de Quercy (36km)
- Jardin et parc du château de Loubens (49km)
Sites of natural beauty
- Gorges de l'Aveyron (37km)
Towns of Art and history
- Najac (35km)
- Sauveterre-de-Rouergue (36km)
Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)
- Cayriech (54km)
Geography and distances
Geographical Information
Commune: Albi
Canton: Albi
Arrondissement: Albi
Department: Tarn
Region: Midi-Pyrenees
New region: Occitanie
Postcode: 81000
Distance to Albi
from Albi (prefecture): 0 km
from Paris: 548 km
from Calais: 781 km
from Nice: 412 km
from Bordeaux: 239 km
from Strasbourg: 673 km
Getting here
For driving distances to Albi from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
We have 11 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Arthes, Cambon, Carlus, Castelnau-de-Levis, Cunac, Le Sequestre, Lescure-d'Albigeois, Puygouzon, Saint-Juery, Salies and Terssac.
This page in French: Visiter Albi
