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How to get here - Various routes and options

By Car :	Autoroutes from Paris A6, the 7 and then 9, coming off at junction 36 Béziers ouest (West) or via Orleans, the A71 then the new route down the centre (a free Auto-route) the A75, this passes through some spectacular countryside as it goes over the Massiff Central.
Airports :	Closest - Béziers / Cap d'Agde (this is our local airport), a little further away : Montpellier and Carcassonne all with International flights Not too far - Perpignan, Nîmes and Toulouse but of course you may wish to start and finish your holiday with a few days in Paris, so you could fly into the Capital City (Flying from Paris to a local airport takes about two hours) or make your way by High speed train (TGV - Train à Grande Vitesse). It takes about 3h:30 from Paris to Béziers therefore :
Railways :	From Paris - TGV to Béziers or Autorail to Narbonne. From U.K. - Eurostar to Lille then by TGV to Béziers, there are some trains during the summer that come all the way, therefore no changing trains, nice! From Barcelona - Talgo to Béziers. Béziers is the ideal centre for a cycling holiday and cycles are easily transported on the train. There are also good local transport connections (buses and trains) if you do not wish to use a car.
Hire Car :	Hiring a car as part of your air ticket is usually the least expensive way, and a great alternative, since hire cars tend to be cheaper there, is to fly into Barcelona in Spain and drive from there. You could spend a few days in the one of the most exciting cities in Europe (home of the architect, Gaudy), then drive to Béziers, visiting some great places along the way.

When to come - Each season is enchanting in its own way

Spring :	You can expect all the abundance of a land in bloom, hillsides splashed with the bright yellow of broom (les genets) and an enormous variety of wild flowers, vineyards dressed in the fresh green of young leaves preparing for the heavy fruitfulness to follow, and of course van Gogh's irises gracing borders and verges everywhere.
Late Spring / Early Summer :	Is the season when you can find the wild orchids that abound in the Languedoc-Rousillion, when we had the restaurant (La Cascade 1990-2001) we were lucky enough to have a customer who was an orchid enthusiast and he allowed us to use his photos in a feature on another of our sites CompuTours, some you will find lining the country roads in the Corbières others will require a little more effort.
Summer :	The Mediterranean heat, a cerulean sky, intoxicating song of the cicadas and the blissful relief of the shade over the Midi Canal bestowed by the majestic plane trees guarding its banks; seemingly endless evenings yielding effortlessly to balmy romantic moonlit nights.
Autumn :	Season of mellow fruitfulness, the culmination of a years’ labour as the heart blood of the land pulses to the rhythm of the grape harvest. Crisp evening air and a less frantic sun as the region gives way to one of its most remarkable unsung glories fall in the vineyards the leaves of each grape variety give a different shade as the slopes transform into a patchwork of extraordinary beauty, ranging from yellow ochre to burnt sienna, via the richest crimson. An eloquent swansong to mark the end of the Summer.
Interesting & Useful  Links :	Béziers' Summer Events & Festivals Places to visit Photo Essay of Carcassonne by a Guest The Midi Canal Jean Moulin - leader of the WW2 resistance The Tunnard Files Map to find the apartment Some visitors' comments Travel links, rail, air and coach	N.B. : External sites will open in an extra window or tab, when you have finished, just close the other window or tab and you will return to this page.

Fishing : Another big attraction of the area :

Carp fishing is by far the most popular with fishermen on the Midi Canal, anglers come from all over Europe, and it's easy to see why - 15-20kg Carp are very common and France boasts the world record Carp, at just over a staggering 40kg, which was caught in 2007 at a lake in Dijon. Permits can be bought at newsagents and bars, daily, fortnightly and yearly permits are available. N.B. Some waters are privately owned

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