The best hobbies and leisure activities Midi-Pyrénées

At the Moulin de Tauran barn, you will be welcome in this exceptional renovated country barn of 680 m². Its 4 ha park bordered by a river, its tropical garden, its covered and heated swimming pool, as well as its green space invite you to relax and rest. Three cottages are available for rent by the week. Two offer 6 beds and the other can accommodate up to 14 people, ideal for large families or groups of friends.

Amis et Fines Herbes could be the friend of gourmets and gourmands from Toulouse! This gastronomic workshop, located in the district of La Vache, offers pastry and cooking classes on various themes: oriental cuisine, Japanese cuisine, making foie gras, working with chocolate... Become an expert! Nicolas André welcomes you in a vast modern kitchen that opens onto a pergola, fitted out as a dining room. The decor: a garden and a vegetable garden! Please note: this privileged setting can be privatized for your events from seven to twenty guests: barbecue, concert, brunch for your moments with friends, bachelor's parties, birthdays...

Olivier Bajard's international pastry school is not intended for professionals. It also offers workshops for gourmet lovers in workshops scheduled throughout the year. Adults and children will find their happiness to realize and enjoy the recipes that make lovers of pastry and chocolate lovers dream. A warm and friendly moment. You leave with new skills; but also your stamped embroidered apron of the school, the pencil and the recipe book.

"Prepare your, prepare your dough, in a bowl, in a flat bowl..." Who doesn't know the Love Cake song? Well, from now on, you'll be singing along as you put into practice all the tips and tricks you've learned at Labo&Gato to make a success of... your cake. As well as training you in the chefs' tricks of the trade when it comes to crème aérienne, dacquoise and praliné feuillantine, the workshop provides all the equipment you need to make your own preparations (molds, siphons, pastry bags and sleeves...) as well as ingredients and food products (gelatins, baking powder, colorants, chocolate tablets...). Check online registrations regularly, as courses are very busy!

The Toulouse Tourist Office offers cookery courses with a renowned chef. Two formulas are proposed "Saturday flavours" and "les nocturnes nocturnes". This last formula involves the sommelier of the month for a harmony of dishes and wines (two wines for aperitif and two wines per dish). There are also cookery courses for children from 3 years of age. Children love and speakers combine special kindness and technical skills to learn how to cook with tits ends of cabbage. You receive at home by e-mail the recipe your child has made and, above all, take the dish that is remarkably simmering by your offspring.

"The art to make the tastebuds speak"... Throughout the year, Maison des Vins du Languedoc, on the Mas de Saporta site, in Lattes, offers oenology courses for beginners and insiders. Here, you will appreciate the AOC Languedoc: AOC Languedoc-la Clape, AOC Languedoc-Quatourze, AOC Languedoc-Pézenas, AOC Languedoc-Grés de Montpellier, AOC Languedoc-Pic Saint Loup, AOC Languedoc-Sommières... A rich region, with wines full of sun and Mediterranean wind. During the courses every Saturday for insiders or wine lovers or during the evening classes, around dinner with food and wine pairing, come to experience an interesting way to discover the Languedoc-Roussillon region in an atypical aspect.

Atelier Astro is one of many activities proposed by the dynamic DJC Trencavel. Throughout the year, its members animate general astronomy presentations and organize public observations - Night of stars, eclipses… - for budding or confirmed astronomers. About kilometres from Béziers, the workshop has an observatory free from light pollution in the field of Malibert.

Good location for the point of Sale mme Gourmet, which in addition to fine grocery and cooked meals cooked by the application of its hotel school opened a high-tech workshop in its space located opposite the halls. With state-of-the-art equipment, the ingredients of the market and the knowledge of chefs, we learn to cook good and beautiful. From entrance to dessert, the art of classical cuisine, of lands crossing contemporary trends. Pastries, appetizers, dietetic and other macaroons, lessons from cooking to impress your guests. Classes at the shop, with the intention of cracking down on the purchase of an oil, book or series of condiments stamped Mme.

Sponsored by Hubert Reeves, this association offers initiation and training in astronomy, for all ages, curious and passionate. For the past 15 years, the goal is to make astronomy a worthy place for this name and accessible to all. For this, "A Ciel Open" offers trips and courses for all levels and all audiences, supervised by professional and passionate animators, from April to November. Two sites welcome participants: The Stars Farm and the Stars Hamlet. They both benefit from a pure sky free from light pollution. The Star Farm is a gascon farmhouse renovated in guest rooms. It has a full range of observation instruments. Recently, it has a new telescope of 620 mm. It offers different forms of stay and internships such as: Heavenly walk, one night to discover the beauties of the sky, Discovery of the sky as a family, a week to dive into the sky of family, Initiation to astronomy, a week to get into the astronomy. More recently, the Star Hamlet is the first holiday centre dedicated to astronomy. In addition to the traditional teaching tools and the numerous observation instruments, the Hamlet has a unique equipment: The Dome of Discovery of the Universe, equipped with the most sophisticated multimedia techniques. The Village Hamlet welcomes children and schools for stays and days of discovery and adults and families for evenings at the Dome and conferences. Do not hesitate to discover the mysteries of the sky. In Fleurance, heaven, the stars!

Enter the dark cellar of the château and solve the enigma of the Cuvée Perdue. The scenario: in the golden age of the Midi wine region, dishonest businessmen are getting rich by flooding the market with fraudulent wines. They urgently need to get their hands on the famous cuvée, vinified according to the ancestral methods of the Fabre family. You've got one hour! This escape game is entirely based on historical facts and set in a period environment. At the end of the game, all your senses will be put to the test with a tasting experience!

Who has never tried to grow wood? This expression, unique to chess players, is like recognition of their sport or art. This is one of the oldest games in the world, yet still trend. The Nîmois circle invites you, small and large, to discover this art of strategist, to play with pleasure and even to improve in this game constantly renewed, where you never do twice the same part! It also invites you to play games (fast games in 5 minutes), friendly parties, competitions or parties outside.

A good initiative for all those who would like to start with Asian cuisine. The association Welcome to Onboard invites you to participate in courses, twice a month, on Mondays at pm. Associations, specialized on the world's cuisines, give lessons. A participation around 10 € will be requested, which is very affordable to try to handle and dosage spices, use du or art to fold the nems!

Nestled in a natural setting, Château de Jonquières is an exceptional venue for your events. With its 400-hectare estate, diverse wildlife and unspoilt setting, it offers calm and conviviality. Whether for a wedding or any other occasion, its comfortable reception rooms guarantee unforgettable memories. With its comfortable gîtes and chambres d'hôtes, the château is also the guarantee of a relaxing stay. As for activities, you can go hiking or mountain biking on the surrounding trails, from Fontfroide to the Etang de Bages.

The method of collection cards does not wane. Magic, the reference card has always been so successful for 77 years, which makes the age of its followers grow with it, players now have 7 years to years. It is not surprising that a new space has been opened. In the first room you can buy all kinds of cards, Japanese Yu-Gi-Oh! , Les Pokemon and all the others. On the other side of the partition is the open games room with tournaments on Saturdays.

Les Halles is a must for food lovers in search of iodized flavors and authentic products. Inside, amidst the stalls and well-stocked shop windows, you will find the Halles et Manger establishment. In addition to offering on-site meals in its restaurant section, the address invites the curious and passionate cooks to cooking classes in its Joe the Cooker workshop. During these sessions, the chef Magali highlights local recipes, shares her tips and plays the role of teacher to adults and children alike.

Nauti Parc is a friendly leisure center located on the Indigo Coast, at the mouth of the Aude River. Accessible from 3 years old, it offers a series of water games: small electric boats, inflatable games, towed machines... Finally, if you are looking for more thrills, Nauti Parc rents boats (with or without license) and jet skis (with license). Note that the initiations and jet ski rides will be supervised by a state-qualified instructor. What to spend an excellent moment to the young and the adults.

The cellar opens its doors for a visit and a tasting. You will discover the secret of the First Bubble of the world and the functioning of the cooperative cellar, the work of the vine, the grape harvests and the wine making. Since 1531, the wines of Limoux develop fine bubbles during a second fermentation in the bottle. Since 1946, the local winemakers and teams have been making Limoux wines evolve remarkably well. The visit is free but guided tours are possible.

If gastronomic cuisine is always trendy, learning to combine simple, local dishes with what we reserve directly, is almost a privilege. In any case, it is a knowledge that the centre of initiatives to enhance agriculture and rural areas is a duty to teach. The Gardoise association, located in a village between Nïmes and Alès, has as its main mission the creation of a network between the stakeholders in the department's organic agricultural sector. It offers organic cooking courses, which often start with a campaign tour to find the ingredients themselves. From the knot, glanneur to the consumer, there is only one step: to recognize and accommodate wild salads, cook gluten-free, develop balanced menus by favouring vegetable proteins, here are some "thematic" workshops of these alternative workshops, to cook differently.

Pascale Salam Joubert trained with Michelin-starred chefs, opened a Gascon restaurant in New York with Ariane Daguin, then returned to her homeland to open her own cooking workshop in 2006. Her classes last between one and three hours, and the chef offers a range of cutting-edge themes: "anti-gaspi" cooking, bistronomic menus, pastries, Italian menus, ideas for aperitifs... You can take your creations home with you, or enjoy them on the spot! Pascale also offers children's workshops.

The 3 hectares are designed to offer paintball enthusiasts an exceptional experience, but that's not all! Don't miss the hilarious experience of bubble-football, considered to be one of the most entertaining activities, unless you'd prefer to try Xtrem l'Archery, a game whose rules are inspired by dodgeball. Using foam bows and arrows, the aim is to hit the opposing camp on a well-defined terrain, including targets and players to be delivered! These games are real memory machines! Memorable!