Natural features
Cirque de Navacelles
Ganges, Hérault
A spectacular canyon in the limestone plateaus of the Causses, where the River Vis once looped around a meander, leaving a hill in the middle of a va…
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Historic sites
Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert and the Pont du Diable
Saint-Jean-de-Fos, Hérault
A medieval village tucked into the wild gorges of the Hérault, around the Romanesque abbey of Gellone, founded in 804 and a stop on the Way of St Jam…
Attractions
Fonseranes locks, Canal du Midi
Béziers, Hérault
A staircase of eight locks on the Canal du Midi at Béziers, lifting boats 21 metres up the hillside, one of the great feats of Pierre-Paul Riquet's 1…
Natural features
Lac du Salagou and the Cirque de Mourèze
Clermont-l'Hérault, Hérault
A lake in a landscape of striking red earth, called ruffe, and black volcanic rocks, west of Montpellier.
Historic sites
Minerve
Olonzac, Hérault
A medieval village perched on a rocky spur between the gorges of the Cesse and Brian rivers, besieged by Simon de Montfort in 1210 during the crusade…
Historic sites
Oppidum d'Ensérune
Nissan-lez-Enserune, Hérault
An ancient hilltop town between Béziers and Narbonne, lived in from the 6th century BC until Roman times, with a museum of Greek vases and finds.