- ALBI and PAYRAC -

The Hotels (Albi and Payrac)

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Our first stop: The city of Albi in the Department of Tarn).

From the Best Western website: "The 'Grand Hotel d'Orleans' is a welcoming spacious hotel located near the cathedral and Toulouse Lautrec museum. Our very famous restaurant, Le Goulu, offers traditional, French cooking. Both leisure and business travelers will find our hotel staff to be efficient, friendly, and knowledgeable."

Situated on Place Stalingrad opposite Albi railway station the hotel has over 50 rooms, many of which offer views over the city to the cathedral. Our group enjoyed four sumptious buffet breakfasts and two very well presented evening meals during our stay.

A view of the Hotel d'Orleans,
and the Page and Moy coach. (Left)

A view of Albi Cathedral
from Hotel d'Orleans. (Right)

Albi (SNCF) Railway Station
viewed from Hotel d'Orleans. (Left)

On the fifth day of the tour the group moved northwest to Payrac (Department of Lot). The Hostellerie de la Paix, the main hotel in the small town, provided very good accommodation and meals over the next three nights. More details in the following pages.