Paraza and surrounding region

Paraza is canal town, built on the prosperity of trade and wine, set on a hill that overlooks the Aude Valley, and on a clear day one can see the Pyrenees, and the Mediterranean. The town sits alongside the Canal du Midi, an architectural and engineering achievement built in the 18th Century to link the Atlantic to the Mediterranean, now busy with tourist boats and barges.

30 minutes drive is the Mediterranean, and the city of Narbonne. 20 minutes up the valley is the splendidly preserved walled city of Carcassone. Close to the north are the gorges and villages of the Minervois, sites of dolmens, castles, roman camps, ancient abbeys. Vineyards are everywhere. Temperatures will be approx. 75-90 F. (30-35C), and the air dry.

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