In the Steps of Amédée the Winegrower
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DIRECTION © Christophe Plasson Christophe © WRONG WRONG Ways. DIRECTION representing the cultural wealth of the World Heritage listed Santiago Pilgrim Pilgrim Santiago listed Heritage World the of wealth cultural the representing CHANGE OF OF CHANGE DIRECTION This building was noted by UNESCO in 1998 as one of the 70 major edifi ces ces edifi major 70 the of one as 1998 in UNESCO by noted was building This RIGHT RIGHT and the church (listed building) of Notre Dame du Bourg. du Dame Notre of building) (listed church the and WAYMARKING CODE WAYMARKING to the monks of the Benedictine abbey of Moissac, who founded the priory priory the founded who Moissac, of abbey Benedictine the of monks the to Level: Easy Level: river Tarn. The new quarter of the town expanded rapidly in the 12th C., thanks thanks C., 12th the in rapidly expanded town the of quarter new The Tarn. river slopes of Salvagnac. Return towards Rabastens, which spreads out along the the along out spreads which Rabastens, towards Return Salvagnac. of slopes 218 m 218 132 m 132 Climbing up to the hilltops, the path provides a magnifi cent view over the the over view cent magnifi a provides path the hilltops, the to up Climbing Max. alt. Max. Min. alt. Min. such as a pigeon-tower typical of the Gaillac area, or the Trémège well. well. Trémège the or area, Gaillac the of typical pigeon-tower a as such vigneron the vines. By turns, it gives you the chance to admire vestiges of the past, past, the of vestiges admire to chance the you gives it turns, By vines. the d’Amédee le le d’Amédee Dans les pas pas les Dans The path leaves the town of Rabastens and takes you up the slopes amongst amongst slopes the up you takes and Rabastens of town the leaves path The A walk through the vines the through walk A 7km 2h20 © Christophe Plasson Christophe © Cave de Rabastens de Cave the winegrower the In the steps of Amédée of steps the In Rabastens RANDO TARN RANDO Pictograes Practicalti l i f infof Worthth kknowingnow TTOURISTOURIST OFFICEOFFICE Viewpoint In 1953, some winegrowers chose to BBASTIDESASTIDES ETET VIGNOBLEVIGNOBLE DUDU GAILLACGAILLAC come together as a group to set up a co- Architectural AAccueilccueil dede RabastensRabastens operative winery. Today, there are 250 heritage Musée Rabastinois of them. Working 1200 hectares, they 2 rue Amédée de Clausade produce 85000 hectolitres of wine with Natural heritage 81800 Rabastens AOP status, which constitutes one fifth of TTél.él. :: 0055 6633 3333 5566 9900 the volume from the whole Gaillac AOP area. The Rabastens winegrowers have [email protected] installed modern, efficient vinification and bottling equipment. Their different EESPACESPACE RRANDOSANDOS EETT PPAYSAGESAYSAGES products are made and sold by by a team 6, rue Saint Clair - 81000 ALBI including an oenologist, cellarers and TTél.él. :: 0055 6633 4477 7733 0066 sales representatives. www.randonnee-tarn.com [email protected] Download other Rando Tarn itineraries from: www.tourisme-vignoble-bastides.com PR approved itinerar Autorisation n° 221140 – © IGN – Paris 2011 – Extrait de cartes IGN n°2243O - Echelle 1/25000 1 Starting from the Cave de Rabastens, go towards the town centre, then turn into a street on your right. You come to a crossroads. 6 7 2 Go left along the rue des Ormes. At the crossroads by a retirement home (maison de retraite), turn right and continue straight on as 5 far as a «stop» sign. Turn right then immediately left into the avenue de la Croix Blanche. 8 3 Go straight up the road until you come to a fork at Les Bordes. 4 Stay on the road. First of all, you go past a pigeon-tower , then close by a well, and fi nally straight up along a grassy track by la Trémège. You come out on to a road. 4 5 Go to the right. Before Fourtet, on a bend, turn right on to a grassy track. You come to a junction of grassy tracks where there are viewing tables. 6 Go down to the left on a track which runs beside vines. Continue for about 400 m, then, where tracks meet, go right on to a grassy track, as far as an intersection. 1 7 Go straight down on a grassy track. On a bend after a house, you 3 come to a viewing table. 0 250250 m 8 Go down to the left by some steps and continue straight ahead. At the bottom of the track, go right on a dirt track. After 500 m, by the corner of a house, turn left to skirt round the Rabastens school 2 complex. At the road, go left to get back to the start point. Crédit Photo : CDT Tarn - Christophe Plasson Tarn CDT Crédit Photo : RAMBLING ALSO MEANS HAVING THE RIGHT EQUIPMENT (WALKING SHOES, CLOTHES, WATER…) AND RESPECTING THE ENVIRONMENT OF THE PATH..