The Corbières
The Corbières, a poem, people and legends carried by the wind and all around the sunshine heating and drying the rocky landscapes, the small sunlit valleys, the shady coombs and many more surprises for the pleasure of the traveller …
The Corbières, a poem, people and legends carried by the wind and all around the sunshine heating and drying the rocky landscapes, the small sunlit valleys, the shady coombs and many more surprises for the pleasure of the traveller …
Keywords in this part of the region : undulation, traditions, old stones and ancient culture, hikes, scents of the garrigue, reception and colourful social life.
The warm hillocks unfold before your eyes like the dress of a Spanish dancer.
Follow the GR36 through the sheer reliefs of the Corbières gorges. Here is both a stony and green setting for the rivers of crystalline waters, literally the ‘blue gold’ of a region which is extremely stricken by summer drought.
In the Corbières Minervois region, do climb the hills in search of some thrills!
Giant potholes, landscaped and supervised dammed spots invite you to take a refreshing break in a completely natural setting.
The visitor trading the Corbières for the Minervois looks upon the waves of vineyards and garrigue, interspersed with pine trees.
At a turn in a road, a village curls up to hide from the Cers (northwest wind), a tower and a keep arise.
Amidst the vineyards, a cabin/casòt, a capitelle/una cabana by the side of the road, and once again, the vineyard sneaks up on the hillside in the hollow of a coomb…