Giroussens tourism and travel guide
Visit Giroussens: highlights and tourist information
Travel Guide To Visit AttractionsFrance This Way comment: Giroussens is a pretty village and home to a ceramic centre and great garden
Important note
This page features a summary of highlights that you might like to explore near Giroussens. For detailed visitor information see the Giroussens travel guide.
Giroussens is situated in the Tarn department and Midi-Pyrenees region (now part of the Occitanie region), in the south of France at 35 kilometres from Albi, the department capital (general information: Giroussens is 568 kilometres from Paris).
Attractions in Giroussens

The Jardins des Martels is a beautiful garden and mini-farm near Toulouse.: The Jardin des Martels
Popular places to visit nearby include Lavaur at 8 km and Lisle-sur-Tarn at 11 km. For more places to visit and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Giroussens, 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 Giroussens 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 Giroussens
Markets in and near Giroussens
- Saint-Sulpice: market Wednesday (7km)
- Rabastens: market Saturday (8km)
- Lavaur: market Saturday (8km)
- Lisle-sur-Tarn: market Sunday (10km)
- Bessieres: market Monday (14km)
- Verfeil: market Tuesday (15km)
- Graulhet: market Thursday & Sunday (17km)
- Gaillac: market Friday (18km)
- Saint-Paul-Cap-de-Joux: market Tuesday (20km)
- Villemur-sur-Tarn: market Sunday & Saturday (25km)
More information about Giroussens, Midi-Pyrenees
Tourist attractions near Giroussens, France
Some places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Giroussens.
Heritage sites
- Rabastens église Notre-Dame-du-Bourg (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (8km)
- Toulouse basilique St Sernin (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (32km)
- Toulouse Hotel-Dieu St Jacques (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (33km)
- Canal du Midi (33km)
- Episcopal City, Albi (35km)
Most beautiful villages in France
(see also beautiful French villages)
- Bruniquel (34km)
Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)
Remarkable gardens
- Jardin des Martels (0km)
- Jardin et parc du château de Loubens (21km)
- Jardin japonais de Toulouse (32km)
- Jardin Royal de Toulouse (32km)
- Parc Rochegude (35km)
- Jardin du palais de la Berbie (35km)
- Jardin de Paradis (36km)
- Parc du château de Merville (39km)
- Jardin de l'Évêché (41km)
- Jardin et parc du château de Larra (44km)
Protected historical centre (fr: secteur sauvegardé)
(see also historical French towns)
Sites of natural beauty
- Forêt de Bouconne (46km)
Towns of Art and history
- Toulouse (32km)
Geography and distances
Geographical Information
Commune: Giroussens
Canton: Lavaur
Arrondissement: Castres
Department: Tarn
Region: Midi-Pyrenees
New region: Occitanie
Postcode: 81500
Distance to Giroussens
from Albi (prefecture): 35 km
from Paris: 568 km
from Calais: 799 km
from Nice: 441 km
from Bordeaux: 222 km
from Strasbourg: 706 km
Getting here
For driving distances to Giroussens from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
We have 5 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Ambres, Lugan, Parisot, Saint-Jean-de-Rives and Saint-Lieux-les-Lavaur.
This page in French: Visiter Giroussens