The Mediterranean is a short drive away, offering superb beaches and a full range of watersports.

For lovers of history, art and culture, the Languedoc Roussillon region offers castles, Abbayes, historic walks and trails. And for the Gastronome, vineyards of international reknown and a cuisine that will revitalize even the most jaded palate.

Fast being discovered by holiday makers the Languedoc offers holidays of tremendous diversity: sandy beaches, wooded mountains, ancient market towns and thriving fishing villages. With fiestas taking place seemingly every other day, the vibrancy of Languedoc life is tempered only by devotion to an unhurried pace of life that is quintessentially South of France.

Walk or climb the dramatic Gorges d'Héric with its hundred waterfalls.
Then enjoy lunch at Olargues, recently voted one of the
'Most Beautiful Villages' - and certainly one of the most unspoiled - in France.

There are many excursions and activities within easy shooting distance of Le Couvent. Visit not one but two UN World Heritage sites in one day - the walled City of Carcassonne and the Canal Du Midi. While away a day visiting extraordinary places redolent with Cathar history, such as the castles of Quéribus, Peyrepertuse and Montségur.

Shop in the markets of the Renaissance town of Pézenas, where Molière wrote many of his plays. Sample world-class seafood and shellfish in the fishing villages of Bages, Bouzigues, Mèze and Marseillan and Sète, Rennes-le-Château, the Pont du Gard, the Cistercian abbeys of Fontfroide and Lagrasse, the wine estates, the oyster beds, the towns of Montpellier, Narbonne, Béziers and Nîmes. Or venture further afield to Uzès and Minerve,the list is endless...