Where to stay in the Haut Languedoc Regional Natural Park?

Are you going to visit the Haut-Languedoc Regional Natural Park on horseback on the Hérault and the Tarn? Here are the towns and villages where to stay near the Haut-Languedoc!

Natural Park since 1973 located on the southern foothills of the Massif Central, the Haut-Languedoc Regional Natural Park covers 306,000 hectares on the two French departments of Tarn and Hérault in the Occitanie region. Between Black Mountain , the mountains of Lacaune, Sidobre, the Orb valley, the villages of Minerve, Olargues, Bédarieux, Lodève or Saint-Chinian, the park offers a florilège of outdoor activities to be done between Castres and Beziers .

Whether you’re looking at vineyards, lakes or pine and oak forests, the Haut-Languedoc Natural Park is a natural and sustainable tourism destination for many activities. The park covers 90,511 inhabitants and has very diverse landscapes. All right, but where to stay near the Parc du Haut-Languedoc? Here is a tour of the villages where to sleep around this protected natural site.

Olargues

Commune located west of Herault 50 kilometers north of Béziers, Olargues is ranked among the "Best Villages of France". The village is located near the Orb, south of the Mounts of the Espinouse.

A number of activities are to explore around by coming to stay in Olargues: the deck of the Devil of Olargues Crossing the Jaur, the gorges of Héric in Mons, canoe-kayak hikes on the Orb, hikes in the mountain of Espeouse to the pass of Fontfroide. You will be safe from mass tourism, in a land preserved from the times, satisfying both your desires for heritage and nature.

Saint-Pons-de-Thomières

Why choose to stay Saint-Pons-de-Thomières ? Just to be located in the heart of the Haut-Languedoc Regional Natural Park! Coming to this small village from the Hérault, we leave the garrigue and Mediterranean lights to find vegetation of foliage and a more continental climate. To see: the Abbey of Saint-Pons, the Saint-Pons Cathedral and the remains of the former parish church of Saint-Martin-du-Jaur.

Enjoy your hotel/Airbnb where to sleep in Saint-Pons-de-Thomières to visit Prehistory Museum before leaving to explore the charms of the Haut-Languedoc: the cave of the Devèze in Courniou, a getaway to the lake of Vézoles, and there again, beautiful resurgent rides. If you like wine, do not miss the cellars of Saint-Chinian , the eponymous wine is the fourth largest AOC in the department.

La-Salvetat-sur-Agout

As we go north, we will not miss renting a room where to stay La-Salvetat-sur-Agout . Not far away, the ambush is untiringly thrown into the Lac de la Raviège, and is an ideal setting for cycling or walking tours before enjoying a quiet evening in a hotel next to the village. We then go to the Tarn to relax in the Lake of Laouzas .

Castres

The city of Castres is located close to the Haut-Languedoc Regional Natural Park on its western slopes. Staying in Castres, under-prefecture of the Tarn and hometown of Jean Jaurès, gives you to visit a charming village – its houses suspended on Agout, the Jean Jaurès Museum, the Goya Museum.

There are a few bars and restaurants where you can stroll before you go to the discovery of an exceptional fauna and flora by the Tarn villages in the Haut-Languedoc Regional Natural Park: Brassac, Burlats, Montredon-Labessonnié, Lacrouzette, Roquecourbe, Lacaune or Lacaze.