Cheekty, fun, interesting suggestions of places to stay: Languedoc and midi pyrenees area...

[Beetroot]

When we leave Grasse area next week we are wending our way up to Bordeaux and then home..wouldlike to stay at a few places on the way through..any ideas???

TIA

fiofio, yes i guess we may but thought it might be nice if others had some exciting suggestions as well

Bandits??? In France

so we will be fine ..phew

anyone else

Beziers???

cannot beleive that there are no suggestions...will go and lie by the pool then [sulk]

Hi Beetroot,

Don't know what kind of thing you're after, but if it's natural beauty as opposed to historic towns then I'd recommend a journey down the Gorges de l'Ardeche, which although can get busy at this time of year are pretty breathtaking - similar scale to the Gorges du Verdon near where you are now. It's maybe a little out of your way.

Just beyond that further West are the Tarn/Cevennes areas, also beautiful and a lot quieter. Endless forested valleys and rivers to swim in, the odd small village to stay in.

Avignon and Montpellier are great towns/Cities to see if you dont know them - very cooling old streets to walk around and shady squares to sit and eat/drink.

I think all my suggestions are probably further East than you hoped! Otherwise genuinely in Languedoc area is Carcassone - although touristy and busy, still quite an amazing old medieval walled town. Easy-ish to head South into the lower pyrenees from there too.

Best I could do - sorry if you know all these places or they dont suit! I felt bad nobody was answering your pleas!

Sorry also just saw your mention of Beziers - I don't know it, but Sete near there is quite a nice small seaside port/town with long beaches nearby, and a famous graveyard perched on the hillside looking out to sea.