Guidebook for Saint-Ferriol
Food Scene
Château des Ducs de Joyeuse
Quality gastronomique
Café de la Gare
43 Bd Charles de Gaullehas varied menu and very reasonable
La Galerie
12 Bd Jean Bourrelhas become quite excellent
Hôtel la Pierre Lys
Avenue François MitterrandGreat Value lunch
Hotel Restaurant Cartier
31 Bd Charles de Gaulletraditional french
Sightseeing
Rouvenac
Auberge du Faby. Very good lovely village but usually only open weekends and holidays.
Once a Cathedral City now a village on the right before Limoux. Beautiful cathedral vestiges and town square. Reputedly home to Nostradamus.
Swimming: 04 68 69 90 27
Larger pool than Rennes les Bains also natural spring water but cooler temperature.
Found at the Carcassonne end of Alet les Bain.
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Alet-les-Bains
Once a Cathedral City now a village on the right before Limoux. Beautiful cathedral vestiges and town square. Reputedly home to Nostradamus.
Swimming: 04 68 69 90 27
Larger pool than Rennes les Bains also natural spring water but cooler temperature.
Found at the Carcassonne end of Alet les Bain.
Dominican Abbey in well preserved medieval town in the corbieres. Very pretty drive from corbieres and pleasant café boulevard on the main drag.
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Lagrasse
Dominican Abbey in well preserved medieval town in the corbieres. Very pretty drive from corbieres and pleasant café boulevard on the main drag.
Entertainment & Activities
http://www.renneslesbains.org
04 68 69 87 95
Natural hot spring with pool in the mountains. Very beautiful with warm water.
Nice square with a number of cafes and restaurants nearby.
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Rennes-les-Bains
http://www.renneslesbains.org
04 68 69 87 95
Natural hot spring with pool in the mountains. Very beautiful with warm water.
Nice square with a number of cafes and restaurants nearby.
Parks & Nature
Puivert Lake
Drive to Puivert and follow signs
Lake with beach and buvette.
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Puivert
Puivert Lake
Drive to Puivert and follow signs
Lake with beach and buvette.
Montbel Lake
Follow signs for Monbel at Chalabre.
The largest of the three nearby lakes.
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Montbel
Montbel Lake
Follow signs for Monbel at Chalabre.
The largest of the three nearby lakes.
Everything Else
Argues Lake
Drive through Arques from the direction Couiza. Follow sign on right just after the village.
Large lake with lots of places to sit privately. More spacious and wild than Puivert.
Picnic tables but no Buvette. In Arques village Arque Roc Café in the village is a nice stopping place with a shady garden at the back. Serves meals in the summer.
The food market is in the Place by the river.
It is very sweet with very genuine local produce from small producers in the hills. Organic farmed trout, Jersey cram flan, goats cheese and seasonal fruit and vegetables.
The general market is in the big main square and sells clothes, second hand clothes, trinkets, baskets, sewing stuff, etc.
Lunch outside the Palais by the river is very agreeable and good value.
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Arques
Argues Lake
Drive through Arques from the direction Couiza. Follow sign on right just after the village.
Large lake with lots of places to sit privately. More spacious and wild than Puivert.
Picnic tables but no Buvette. In Arques village Arque Roc Café in the village is a nice stopping place with a shady garden at the back. Serves meals in the summer.
The food market is in the Place by the river.
It is very sweet with very genuine local produce from small producers in the hills. Organic farmed trout, Jersey cram flan, goats cheese and seasonal fruit and vegetables.
The general market is in the big main square and sells clothes, second hand clothes, trinkets, baskets, sewing stuff, etc.
Lunch outside the Palais by the river is very agreeable and good value.