Canals, castles and other wonders are waiting for you during this 5-day tour. From the Mediterranean seaside to the countryside, you will discover and enjoy the most beautiful part of Southern France.
The colourful port of Sète and its flavours are waiting for you, before you enjoy a cruise over the Canal du Midi, visit Carcassonne medieval city, Cathar Castles, Collioure, Narbonne and so many places!
A tour to get surprised by the beauty of landscapes, seaside, colours and obviously wines and foods!

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Day 1 Sete

Arrival at Sete in the morning. This charming town offers you a wonderful day in the colourful and welcoming Mediterranean landscape.

Lunch and guided visit along the Royal Canal, and also discover the Mont Saint Clair with an overlook over the salt water lagoon of Thau and Sete.

Accommodation in a 3* hotel. Dinner and night in Gruissan.

Leave Gruissan for a commented 2-hour cruise on the Canal du Midi on a traditional barge. Navigate on a canal classified by the Unesco and pass through a lock, an aqueduct and a canal bridge.
This part of the canal presents the most beautiful landscape and architectonic works. Departure to Carcassonne.

For lunch, enjoy a genuine cassoulet into a traditional restaurant in the heart of the medieval city.
Visit the medieval city with a guide and launch an attack over the walls, the curtain walls and the basilica.

Drive back to Gruissan for dinner and night.

Day2 Canal du Midi and Carcassonne

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Day 3 The vertigo fortresses

Drive along the Mediterranean coast to reach and discover the impressive Cathar Castles, located in the High Corbieres mountains: The so-called Vertigo Fortresses. Visit the Queribus Cathar castle built on a rocky peak overlooking the Roussillon plane and the Corbieres.
It was the last refuge for the Cathars during the Albigensian Crusade.

In the village of Cucugnan, enjoy a regional lunch, before seeing a particular statue of the pregnant Virgin and the windmill. Then drive to the castle of Peyrepertuse, the most important and well-preserved example of military architecture in Languedoc. Comments from the guide at the bottom of the castle.
Conclude the day with a wine tasting. Taste the famous sweet natural wine in “Les Vignerons de Maury” cellar.

Drive back to the hotel. Dinner and night.

In the morning discover Perpignan, capital of the northern Catalonia and old main city of the Majorca kingdom.
Then drive to Collioure, village of the Fauvists painters. Matisse and Derain came there to work with the colours of the southern lights.

Lunch on the port.

During the afternoon, drive to Banyuls along the vermeil coast. This road offers you a panoramic view over this stony coast.
Arrival to Banyuls for a wine tasting or visit an anchovy factory.

Drive back to the hotel for dinner and night.

Day4 Perpignan – Collioure - Banyuls

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Day 5 Narbonne

Walking guided tour of Narbonne: discover the episcopal neighbourhood, the archbishop palace courtyard, the cloister, a portion of the roman way Via Domitia and the Robine Canal. A complete program of the historic centre.

Lunch in Narbonne.

Departure to your regions after lunch.



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These prices include :
    - accommodation in a 3-star hotel, half-board (breakfast, dinner),
    - entrance fees to monuments and sites of the program, wine tasting,
    - lunches,
    - full-day guide services,
    - driver’s cost included.
These prices do not include :
    - the transport (contact us),
    - personal expenses,
    - cancellation insurances (contact us),
    - what is not mentioned in the program.