The beaches and ponds are very close to Lézignan-Corbières, offering a most pleasant excursion in a maritime and lagoon setting offering a different face of the region.
On the way to the beach!
From the Corbières and the Minervois, the beach is absolutely accessible for a half-day or full-day excursion. Pick a windless day, grab your towel and go! The closest beaches to Lézignan-Corbières are those of Gruissan. We join them in 40 minutes only by car. You will have the choice between beach chalets with its famous buildings on stilts, or the Mateille beach or that, savage, Old New.
Gruissan is also a charming little village, whose old center on the edge of a pond is dominated by the Barbarossa Tower. The Chapel Our Lady of Auzils and marine cemetery Clape massif are also worth a visit and offer a view striking on the azure sea from the heights.
Other beaches are also quickly accessible from Lézignan-Corbières, such as those of Narbonne-Plage, Saint-Pierre-La-Mer east of Gruissan or west, from Port-La-Nouvelle, The Franqui et Leucate-Plage. Enough to vary the seaside pleasures!
A wild and unspoiled coastline
Le Narbonnaise coast is wild and unspoiled. Consisting of'ponds, lagoons and Swamp evoking the Camargue but also wild massifs like the one of the Clape ou the Leucate plateau, it falls largely within the Narbonnaise Regional Nature Park in the Mediterranean.
Here are some ideas to find out:
- Walk the paths of nature reserve of the island of Saint Lucia.
- Take a walk on the Peyriac-de-Mer pontoons above the pond of Doul.
- Watch the marsh birds at Grand Castélou domain.
- Discover the pond of Bages and the charming village of the same name.
- Witness the passage of migratory birds to the Rock of Conilhac, road to Gruissan.
- Visit the Gruissan saltworks and discover on foot Saint Martin Island and its fishing village.
- Hike on the Leucate plateau up to the cliff.
