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Nearby attractions

Towns and cities
Béziers (40km) : the Cathedral of St Nazaire (13th-14th centuries), the narrow streets of the medieval old town, and Béziers’ own Roman amphitheatre. (office de tourisme).
Narbonne (25 km) : : the old Archbishops’ palace with its medieval halls, the Gilles-Aycellin donjon and Narbonne’s archeological and art museums.(office de tourisme).
Cité cathare de Minerve (10 km) : : you’ll marvel at its natural bridges, breathtaking canyons, exceptional vegetation, hillside vineyards, dolmens et ramparts. Nearby, don’t miss the white chalk cliffs and canyons hollowed out over the centuries by small rivers(office de tourisme).
Cité de Carcassonne (50 km) : See the walled city with its ramparts and towers, the château Comtal and the Eglise St Nazaire. Don’t miss the wonderful views of the Black Mountain and the Pyrenees from the top of the St Nazaire Tower… (office de tourisme).
Site of Ensérune (Nissan 25 km) : Gaulish village. Excavations since1915 have revealed the remains of periods of occupation from 6th century BC to the 1st century AD. (centre des monuments nationaux).

Cité cathare de Minerve

Castles (châteaux cathares)
Lastours (46 kms) (Lastours).
Villerouge Termenes (55 kms) (Villerouge).
Arques (85 kms) (Arques).
Cucugnan Queribus (85 kms) (Queribus).
Duilhac Peyrepertuse (90 kms) (Peyrepertuse).

Châteaux de Lastours

Abbeys
Abbaye de Fontfroide (36 km): a superb Cistercian abbey. (abbaye de Fontfroide).
Abbaye de Caunes-Minervois (37 km) : an abbey "bénédictine" at the heart of a village XV-XVIIIème(l’Hôtel d’AlibertL’Hôtel Sicard , carrières de marbre...). (abbaye de Caunes-Minervois).
Abbaye de Lagrasse (45 km) : an abbey at the heart of a restored medieval village (make sure you see the Eglise St Michel, built in the 14th century, and a variety of village houses dating back to the 15th - 18th centuries). (abbaye de Lagrasse).

Abbaye de Fontfroide

Sites of natural beauty
Gouffre géant de Cabrespine (43 kms) : La visite s’effectue de plain pied ce qui la rend praticable par les handicapés. En 45 minutes, c’est un voyage dans un écrin de cristaux d’aragonite et de calcite qui atteignent, ici, des formes et des dimensions à proprement parler, extraordinaires.(grotte de Cabrespine).
Grotte de Clamouse (87 kms): one of the biggest and most beautiful sets of underground caves in France, extending over nearly 12 km and rising to a height of 600 meters.(grotte de Clamouse).
Grottes des Demoiselles (122 kms): a grotto carved out from the cliffs at Thaurac. A funicular railway takes you right inside this extraordinary underground labyrinth, culminating in an enormous underground space known to the locals as "la Cathédrale". (grotte des Demoiselles).

Grotte de Clamouse

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