Canal du Midi. Canal and landscape and beauty entwined, in feat of engineering to connect the Atlantic to the Mediterranean.

Caihol and the Cessiére.Bathe in cool springs under a Roman tower.

Collioure.Go to the church where Matisse and the Fauves came alive from colors and sounds effervescent.

Dolmens. Seek out the spiritual, megalithic and mysterious in the Minervois.

Gruissan and La Clappe. Visit Betty Blue, and the sailors church nearby.

Minerve. Perched on a cliff, between two rivers, swirling through natural bridges

Paraza Visit a canal town, tight on a hill.

Vélieux. Walk the high hills and visit a potter.

Queribus.The dramatic last stronghold of the Cathars