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FESTIVALS in Minervois 2007

Randonnée: on foot or by bike, there are lots of super routes for the fit or the family in the immediate area. In the forest, the garrigue, mountain or Canal du Midi.

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Minerve

Canal du Midi

Escalade: Notre Dame du Cros, The Cesse gorge, Gorge d'Heric, La Caunette, chateau Pyrepertuse and in the Corbieres etc

Chateaux Cathare

Baignade: at Peyriac (1.5km) swimmingpool, in the riviers and dams in summer,The Lac of Jouarres, the sea

Carcassonne (la cité Médiévale)

The Services

In the village there is a cafe, a Post Office, general store where fresh bread is delivered every day plus the whole range of mobile shops such as butcher, fresh veg. bread van, fish van etc. their arrival being announced by the preverbial loudspeakers. Every village has its market day so there is always somewhere close by where you can buy all sorts of regional products. There are lots of excellent wine producers around Trausse as well as the "Co-ops"where you can buy "en vrac" or by the bottle. There are lots of places to eat out, some with an excellent reputation! Plenty of things to do, sporty, historic, healthy, leasurely and good shopping centres not too far

Aéroport: Carcassonne 30mins.Ryan Air,

aussi Toulouse, 1hr30 Easyjet, Flybe, Autres Compagnies Aériennes

Perpignan, 1hr Ryan Air, BMIbaby

Gerona (Spain) 2hrsRyan Air

BEZIERS to Bristol Ryan Air

SNCF: Carcassonne, Narbonne 1hr, Lezignan 30mins

Bus: Trausse, TEISSIER

Vide Grenier at Trausse Minervois (attic clearout)