Activités
Heritage
Prehistoric Park
Tarascon-sur-Ariège
At the Prehistoric Park young and old can discover the daily life of your ancestors. Over the course of a day, following numerous animations...
Castles
Castle of Montsegur, Castle of Foix... taking you to travel from Prehistory until the time of the crusade against the Cathars...
Caves
The Niaux cave is not only one of the most famous prehistoric caves in Europe but one of the few with wall paintings which are open to the public...
Forges de Pyrène
In the museum, with its collection of 6 500 tools, 120 crafts tell you their story, and all about the skills ans secrets of the craftsmen who practised them...
Sport and recreation
The House of Wolves
The House of Wolves welcomes thirty wolves. Come and see the wolves from Europe, Canada, the Arctic... that live in the forest in the mountains.
Skiing, snowshoeing ...
Cultured, natural, sporty and lively, Ariege is a land of a thousand facets which completely changes in winter... Snowy and Nordic but also charming, just waiting to be discovered.
Arts and crafts
Hippocras, an aperitif of the Middle Ages
Hippocras, sometimes spelled hipocras or hypocras, is a drink made from wine mixed with sugar and spices, usually including cinnamon, and possibly heated.