Saint-Paul de Fenouillet, Mediterranean village of the South of France, blottit its vineyard between sea and mountains (less than one hour to reach it) and enjoys the privilege to be sprinkled by two rivers between the links of Corbières Southerners on the road of the most beautiful castles cathares.

The environment is primarily wine, but nevertheless the scrubland of thyme and rosemary occupies the slopes of the mountains to the rock peaks limestones.

Old Villaria Roman VII century old, Saint-Paul becomes, during a very strong regional history, a significant city located at 262 m of altitude and forty kilometers of the Mediterranean.

In these places inhabited by the man as of prehistory, you will taste with the pleasures of sport-nature, discovered historic sites, the benefits of thermal springs of Insane or with idleness in its shaded places of plane trees centenaires.

The Chapter: Building classified, old monastery Benedictine of Xe S., raised with the row of collegial in XIVe S., réhaussé of its dome and decorated with stuccos to XVIIe S. Popular Musée Arts and Traditions. Opened all the year, guided tour - 2 euros/personne, 1 euro/groupe. For any information, 04.68.59.07.57

To see:

With proximity, Castles: Peyrepetuse, Quéribus, Puilaurens

In North, the imposing site of the "throats of Galamus", classified and protected natural site, was undoubtedly the first inhabited place of Saint-Paul, our ancestors finding refuge in the caves limestones which bore at this place the vertiginous walls.

In a deep fault, Agly bubbles and thunders with the great joy of the sportsmen. On its sides precipice cling the holm oak courageously, the gènevrier, the Sabine and the cyclamen of the Balearic Islands, under the glance boring of the eagle of Bonelli.

"Clue of Insane": 1 km in the south of St-Paul-of-Fenouillet, the natural beauty of the site of Clue of Insane offers to the visitor abundance his thermal springs

The classified site of the Throats of Galamus: Where natural and culture are based, you will discover with 4 km of St-Paul-of-Fenouillet, the Throats of Galamus, crossed by an exceptional road dug with XIXe S. and making the junction between theEastern ones and the Aude. With the hollow of the Throats, the visit of the Hermitage (VIIIe and XIVe S.) is practised by a traditional path. To the interior, a cave vault returns us to the subsoil of the spiritual dashes of the man.

Natural caves of Galamus:

"holy mountain", became, as of VIIème century, a refuge for the hermits who built their modest cells there, lived in the prayer and the abstinence and died there. They placed the site under the protection of Saint Antoine the Large one, patriarch of the monks of the desert.

The church St Pierre of XIVème century

The centre town of Saint-Paul, in the typical shape "in umbrella" sees its streets converging towards the church of XIVème century, dedicated to Saint-Pierre. The visitors will notice his bell-tower equipped with a wrought iron bell-tower and will be able to contemplate its very beautiful rétable XVIIème perfectly preserved century.