Le Verdier Holiday Villa in Languedoc - the Area
Many guests who stay at Le Verdier won't want to move that far.
View of Cessenon as you walk down
from Le Verdier along the back road
It can be hard to drag yourself away from the house and its lovely grounds and views. You can just stay by the pool and abandon yourself to the complete peace and beauty. However, if you want to explore, there is lots to do.
from Le Verdier along the back road
Cessenon is just a 5 minute short drive along a local road or a back track which is also great for a lovely walk (15-20 minutes) or hire bikes and arrive in minutes! It is a lovely small village where you can sit with a drink outside one of the bars under the shady plane trees and watch the goings on in the central square. Here you can find a wonderful butchers with delicatessan, a couple of good restaurants, a small grocery store, a pharmacy, a small supermarket and 24 hour petrol garage. It also has hair dressers, dry cleaners, a newsagent, an internet café and a Saturday market.
Outside the Europe Bar restaurant
on Vendage Fete day
Cazouls - here there is a large supermarket (Carrefour) only 10 minutes drive.
on Vendage Fete day
St Chinian - 10 minutes north of Cessenon, a small town with lots of facilities, restaurants and a great Sunday market
Beziers - 20 minutes to the south, a lovely historic city, a fortified cathedral perched above the river Orb, many shops, bars and restaurants, and one of the biggest flower markets in southern France every Friday.
The beaches just a few minutes beyond Beziers, the nearest of the many fantastic Mediterranean beaches.
The beach at Valras
the Natural Regional Park of the Haut Languedoc - stunning scenery in the gorges of the National Park (20 minutes)
Other nearby attractions - Olarques, one of the very pretty villages in the Haute Languedoc, Pezenas, another wonderful medieval town and a superb Saturday market, the Canal du Midi , great for walking or cycling in the shade of the plane trees lining its banks, and countless other pretty villages and chateaux.
Slightly further - to the south the city of Narbonne, to the north Montpelier, the largest city in the region with a university and many cultural facilities. There is also the Bassin de Thau, with oyster beds and many fish restaurants in the villages and towns along its shore, and the ports of Agde and Sete. Inland there is Carcassonne and its famous walled medieval Cite.