{"id":2526,"date":"2011-12-26T09:00:08","date_gmt":"2011-12-26T09:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vintageholidays.co.uk\/?p=2526"},"modified":"2011-12-26T09:00:08","modified_gmt":"2011-12-26T09:00:08","slug":"what-to-do-in-albi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/what-to-do-in-albi\/","title":{"rendered":"What to do in Albi"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nestled snugly on the bank of the Tarn River the medieval city of Albi can be found, and what a find it is. Generally speaking, those who visit the Tarn department of France are seeking either one or both of two things \u2013 cultural and scenic fulfilment.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The town of Albi, approximately 50 miles to the north-east of Toulouse, gratifies the cultural and scenic fulfilment of even the most difficult to please of traveller.<\/p>\n

Amidst its horde of old buildings, dainty streets and quirky squares, several sites stand out in Albi, of which a visit is imperative.<\/p>\n

The first was born from the town\u2019s most famous son, Le Musee Toulouse-Lautrec. Being the birthplace of the famous French artist, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, the museum provides visitors will the chance to witness the legendary artist\u2019s most famous works \u2013 perfect for musing away an afternoon spent in Albi.<\/p>\n

The other \u2018must see\u2019 asset of Albi is the Albi Cathedral, formally known as the Cathedral of Saint Cecilia. Being initially built as a fortress in 1287, this stunning cathedral was under construction for 200 years and is apparently the largest building to be made from brick in the world.<\/p>\n

Last year Albi Cathedral was made a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Possessing a stark military exterior, the interior of elaborate ornateness baldly contrasts with the outside of the building.<\/p>\n

Asides a trip to these famous Albi landmarks, if you are partial to browsing through French markets, then you may consider Albi to be utopia!<\/p>\n

This intriguing French town is home to a host of markets, including a vegetable market every morning, except on Monday, an arts and crafts market on Saturdays, a poultry market also on Saturdays and a second-hand book market on Wednesdays.<\/p>\n

With the hustle and bustle, fragrances and noise filling the air surrounding Albi on market day, which is practically every day, there is nowhere quite as potent to experience true French culture as at an Albi market.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Nestled snugly on the bank of the Tarn River the medieval city of Albi can be found, and what a find it is. Generally speaking, those who visit the Tarn department of France are seeking either one or both of two things \u2013 cultural and scenic fulfilment. The town of Albi, approximately 50 miles to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":2527,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-things-to-do-in-south-west-france"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nWhat to do in Albi - Vintage Travel - Blog Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Nestled snugly on the bank of the Tarn River the medieval city of Albi can be found, and what a find it is. Generally speaking, those who visit the Tarn\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/what-to-do-in-albi\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"What to do in Albi - Vintage Travel - Blog Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Nestled snugly on the bank of the Tarn River the medieval city of Albi can be found, and what a find it is. Generally speaking, those who visit the Tarn\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/what-to-do-in-albi\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Vintage Travel - Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2011-12-26T09:00:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/things-to-do-in-albi-vintage-travel.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"410\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"273\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Paul Handley\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/what-to-do-in-albi\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/what-to-do-in-albi\/\",\"name\":\"What to do in Albi - Vintage Travel - Blog Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/what-to-do-in-albi\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/what-to-do-in-albi\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/things-to-do-in-albi-vintage-travel.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-12-26T09:00:08+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/ee51f2dd000c2846bade467a806ddc4c\"},\"description\":\"Nestled snugly on the bank of the Tarn River the medieval city of Albi can be found, and what a find it is. Generally speaking, those who visit the Tarn\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/what-to-do-in-albi\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/what-to-do-in-albi\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/what-to-do-in-albi\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/things-to-do-in-albi-vintage-travel.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/things-to-do-in-albi-vintage-travel.jpg\",\"width\":410,\"height\":273},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/what-to-do-in-albi\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"What to do in Albi\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Vintage Travel - Blog\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/ee51f2dd000c2846bade467a806ddc4c\",\"name\":\"Paul Handley\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50c0c08a3773f5282b059f1a3ec361237cbffc908936d224b4d4bc2a419bf1ef?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50c0c08a3773f5282b059f1a3ec361237cbffc908936d224b4d4bc2a419bf1ef?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Paul Handley\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/author\/paul\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"What to do in Albi - Vintage Travel - Blog Blog","description":"Nestled snugly on the bank of the Tarn River the medieval city of Albi can be found, and what a find it is. Generally speaking, those who visit the Tarn","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/what-to-do-in-albi\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"What to do in Albi - Vintage Travel - Blog Blog","og_description":"Nestled snugly on the bank of the Tarn River the medieval city of Albi can be found, and what a find it is. Generally speaking, those who visit the Tarn","og_url":"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/what-to-do-in-albi\/","og_site_name":"Vintage Travel - Blog","article_published_time":"2011-12-26T09:00:08+00:00","og_image":[{"width":410,"height":273,"url":"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/things-to-do-in-albi-vintage-travel.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Paul Handley","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/what-to-do-in-albi\/","url":"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/what-to-do-in-albi\/","name":"What to do in Albi - Vintage Travel - Blog Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/what-to-do-in-albi\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/what-to-do-in-albi\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/things-to-do-in-albi-vintage-travel.jpg","datePublished":"2011-12-26T09:00:08+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/ee51f2dd000c2846bade467a806ddc4c"},"description":"Nestled snugly on the bank of the Tarn River the medieval city of Albi can be found, and what a find it is. Generally speaking, those who visit the Tarn","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/what-to-do-in-albi\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/what-to-do-in-albi\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/what-to-do-in-albi\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/things-to-do-in-albi-vintage-travel.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/things-to-do-in-albi-vintage-travel.jpg","width":410,"height":273},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/what-to-do-in-albi\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"What to do in Albi"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/","name":"Vintage Travel - Blog","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/ee51f2dd000c2846bade467a806ddc4c","name":"Paul Handley","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50c0c08a3773f5282b059f1a3ec361237cbffc908936d224b4d4bc2a419bf1ef?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50c0c08a3773f5282b059f1a3ec361237cbffc908936d224b4d4bc2a419bf1ef?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Paul Handley"},"url":"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/author\/paul\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2526","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2526"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2526\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}