Things to see all around.....

If you want to sightsee:

City of Carcassonne (UNESCO World Heritage Site)	23Km
Cathar castles of Lastours	20Km
Caves of Limousis	24Km
Giant cave of Cabrespine	20Km
Scenery of the Montagne Noire	30Km
Canal du Midi (UNESCO World Heritage Site),with the option of a boat ride	1Km500
Minerve (cathar city,ancient capital of the Minervois)	18Km
Douzens Bird Museum	8Km
The Méditerranean and its fine sandy beaches, Gruissan with its beach chalets, Narbonne-Plage, St Pierre la Mer.	50Km

Lovers of Roman art:
Numerous abbeys :
• Caunes Minervois : 10Km
• Fontfroide : 20Km
• Lagrasse : 30Km
• Fontcalvy
• Fontcaude

Churches and chapels :
• The Rotonde of Rieux-Minervois (famous 12th-century church with 7 sides) : 3Km
• St Germain (superb scenery amid the pines)
• Centeilles (in typical Minervois countryside, with its red and yellow paintings ( 14th century ) in the colours of Aragon )

Visit the villages of the Minervois :
• Snail village at Aignes
•Circular village of Capendu
•Several dolmens ( standing stones ) to explore ( pre-Roman and Roman from the 6th century BC.
•The Dolmen des Fades
•The Dolmen de Minerve etc.....

Vineyards over 1,000 years old:
The vine was already being cultivated in the Minervois in the time of Charlemagne (8th century).You will be invited from Chateaux to Domaines and from Domaines to cellars to taste the wines and produce of the land(olive oil of Bize, honey) .

For your entertainment:
•The nightlife of Caunes Minervois, the Festival du Minervois, the Festival de la Cité, the Médiévales de Villerouge, concerts at Abbaye de Fontfroide.
•Not to mention the many village festivals and celebrated pétanque games.

If you like to be active:
•Hiking , mountain biking ,windsurfing on the lake, canoë - kayak, horse-riding.