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Minervois

Posted by konsta | 27th May 2009

The first thing we did in the morning was to go back to Lagrasse to visit the monastry-museum.

Then we moved to north to visit the Minervois region as planned. Minervois is also famous for its wine and has its own AOC. It is smaller than Corbieres and less hilly. We passed Canal du Midi in Homps and continued to Olonzac. There we stopped for a lunch surprisingly in a very good restaurant called Restaurant du Minervois, I chose ostrich meat but the menu in general was more traditional. Our next destination was goint to be Minerve, one of 'the most beautiful villages of France' (Lagrasse is also in the same category).

Minerve is a small village surrounded by a gorge. It is well preserved and full of visitors.

After Minerve we drove back to Homps to see the Canal du Midi closer. In fact, this is our first time on the Canal because we could't visit it neither in Toulouse nor in Carcasonne. We walked a bit alo

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