Tarascon
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Tarascon on the Ariege is a place I have liked well enough to bring my wife back to see it and its setting in the midst of the Ariege valley. It was visited several times by the protagonists in my Fairytale, and they crossed through it in their travels. I very much liked my hotel, Hotel Confort.
These pictures show what I saw here:
This was the view across the street from the hotel.
Sunsets can be quite exciting:
Last rays of sun on woods behind city, hotel in foreground.
These photos were taken from my nice quiet room at the rear of the hotel:
My room was the one with the window touching the right side of the arch below.
This view gives an indication of the size of the city, taken from one of its two main streets. There is also a sizable set of suburban neighborhoods.
Of course one nice thing about spending two nights in a city is that you can spook around at night, a little, and climb up to the city's tower and look at the lights:
But, the daytime gave the best views:
A holdover from Medieval times is the flowing water source for public use:
Tarascon is in the center of the cave system from which the Magdalenan culture, dating from the last Ice Age, has become known. The local outdoor museum concerning the way of life practiced by that culture is top notch in terms of the information it makes available. There are full scale mockups of cave rooms with significant art finds, plus this nice diarama inside an artificial rock shelter suggesting that we vegetarians had best be thankful for our own times:
But what really makes this area a delight to visit is its spectacular scenery. This valley is about a 20-mile ride from Tarascon:
Good bye, Tarascon, it is morning and time to go.
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