Between Mediterranean Sea and Country

Stay 5 days / 4 nights

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 . The colourful port of Sète and its flavours are waiting for you, before you enjoy a cruise over the Canal du Midi, visit medieval city, Cathar Castles, Collioure, and so many places! A tour to get surprised by the beauty of landscapes, seaside, colours and obviously wines and foods! Day 1 Day 3 Day 4 Sete The vertigo fortresses Perpignan – Collioure - Banyuls Arrival at Sete in the morning. This Drive along the Mediterranean coast to In the morning discover Perpignan, capital charming town offers you a wonderful day reach and discover the impressive Cathar of the northern Catalonia and old main in the colourful and welcoming Castles, located in the High Corbieres city of the Majorca kingdom. Mediterranean landscape. Lunch and mountains: The so-called Vertigo Then drive to Collioure, village of the guided visit along the Royal Canal, and Fortresses. Fauvists painters. Matisse and Derain also discover the Mont Saint Clair with an Visit the Queribus Cathar castle built on a came there to work with the colours of overlook over the salt water lagoon of rocky peak overlooking the Roussillon the southern lights. Thau and Sete. Accommodation in a 3*** plane and the Corbieres. It was the last Lunch on the port. hotel. Dinner and night in Gruissan. refuge for the Cathars during the During the afternoon, drive to Banyuls Albigensian Crusade. along the vermeil coast. This road offers Day 2 In the village of , enjoy a you a panoramic view over this stony regional lunch, before seeing a particular coast. Canal du Midi and Carcassonne statue of the pregnant Virgin and the Arrival to Banyuls for a wine tasting or Leave Gruissan for a commented 2-hour windmill. visit an anchovy factory. cruise on the Canal du Midi on a traditional Then drive to the castle of Peyrepertuse, Drive back to the hotel for dinner and barge. Navigate on a canal classified by the most important and well-preserved night the Unesco and pass through a lock, an example of military architecture in Day 5 aqueduct and a canal bridge. This part of Languedoc. Comments from the guide at Narbonne the canal presents the most beautiful the bottom of the castle.

landscape and architectonic works. Conclude the day with a wine tasting. Walking guided tour of Narbonne: Departure to Carcassonne. Taste the famous sweet natural wine in discover the episcopal neighbourhood, the For lunch, enjoy a genuine cassoulet into a “Les Vignerons de Maury” cellar. archbishop palace courtyard, the cloister, traditional restaurant in the heart of the Drive back to the hotel. Dinner and night. medieval city. a portion of the roman way Via Domitia Visit the medieval city with a guide and and the Robine Canal. A complete launch an attack over the walls, the curtain program of the historic centre. Lunch in walls and the basilica. Narbonne. Departure to your regions after Drive back to Gruissan for dinner and lunch. night.

Indicative price by person in a On a basis of 25 persons: On a basis of 35 persons: On a basis of 45 persons: double or twin room: 532 € 509 € 469 € Price includes: Prices does not include: - Accommodation in a 3-star hotel, half-board (breakfast, dinner) - the transport (contact us) - Entrance fees to monuments and sites of the program, wine - personal expenses tasting - cancellation insurances (contact us) - lunches - what is not mentioned in the program. - Full-day guide services - driver’s cost included Prices are subject to modification according to the number of people and date of arrival

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