INFO –
Following the municipal decree issued by the municipality of Saissac on 9 December 2025, it is prohibited to cross the wooden footbridge located at the back of the Tourist Office car park.
Access to this footbridge is prohibited until further notice.
This prohibition affects hiking trail no. 1, ‘Between castle and canal’.
A detour has therefore been put in place.
Three signs mark the diversion, indicated by red dots on the map below:
– one on the sign at the start of the walk,
– one on the barrier prohibiting access at the back of the car park,
– one on the return leg of the loop, at the intersection where walkers must leave the route to reach the avenue and then the Tourist Office.
Thank you for your understanding and for respecting the signage in place.
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With its sunny facades, Saissac dominates the Lauragais plain. From here, the view of the Pyrenees is spectacular. The village, with its balconies and gardens, medieval houses and vestiges of a prestigious past, bears the name of an illustrious noble family. The most famous was Bertrand de Saissac, whose castle overlooks the Vernassonne valley.
Water is everywhere, collected by the ‘béals’, supplying wash-houses and fountains. The grass is green as can be and the land of the Saissagais region is ideal for livestock farming. Cows, sheep and game graze peacefully. Under the reign of Louis XIV, Pierre Paul Riquet designed and built an artificial stream and a clever hydraulic system: the Rigole de la Montagne, which has been supplying the Canal du Midi without fail for over 350 years.
