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Vin en Vacances is a vineyard tour company run by Wendy Gedney, an English woman with a passion for this wonderful area and its wines. Wendy is a wine teacher and during the tours not only will you have a thoroughly enjoyable day, you will also learn a great deal about wine and tasting. Her aim is to provide you with an experience that you can’t easily create for yourself and during the day you will explore the regions, meet some of the most interesting vignerons, taste their wines and enjoy a superb lunch. Wendy's tours always include other fabulous things such as a visit to a goat farm, a pretty village or olive oil tasting.

WINERY TOUR and WINE TASTING with the WINEMAKER himself! No snobs allowed!... You can walk around the winery and learn how we make our wines, all with a glass in your hand... BUY our FINE WINES to go or have them shipped direct to you. STAY with us in our luxurious double room, Breakfast included. Fine Wines, Delicious meals, Fabulous views, Rooms in the middle of the vines! Nestled in the vines Domaine O'Vineyards in sight of the Medieval castle ramparts of Carcassonne features gorgeous views of the Black Mountains and the Pyrénées, is about 10 minutes from Carcassonne's airport.

Half day, morning, leisurely paced, no hills, Walking Food Tour lasting approximately 4.5 hours for those 18 years and older. The tours are not family oriented. Advanced booking is preferred. Please book ahead whenever possible. We visit and support local small producers. The shops we visit are open Tuesday to Saturday, therefore, these are the days we offer our walking Tasting Tour - Tuesday to Saturday. The Cocoa & Grapes Food Tours start at 09:00am and finish at approximately 1:30pm. Food Tours are offered in English only and include tasting exquisite hand made chocolates and local artisanal wines from the Languedoc-Roussillon, now part of Occitanie. Experience pairing fine chocolate with luscious wine, while hearing some fascinating stories of Carcassonne and the region thrown in for fun. There is a two person minimum for Food Tours to operate.

Carcassonne was settled as early as the 6th century BC and later became an important Roman town. It was fortified in the 4th century and was a strategic site in the Middle Ages. It took on its definitive shape in the 13th century with the king’s decision to construct the distinctive double-walled ramparts and extend the castle. The city was restored by Viollet-le-Duc in the 19th century and is a testimony to 1,000 years of military architecture and 2,600 years of history. See a 12-minute film combining 3-D images and close-up footage; walk along the galleries, the fortified walls and the north ramparts; discover the museum of masonry and many other attractions. Designated world heritage site by UNESCO. Open: > April to September: from 10 a.m. to 6.30 p.m. > October to March: from 9.30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Last admission 45 minutes before closing time. Closed: > 1st January, 1st May, 1st November, 11th November and 25th December. Admission fees: Adults : 8,50 €; Concessions (18 to 25) = 5,50 €; Free admission: minors under 18*; Free admission: 18-25 years old* (citizens of one of the 27 countries of the EU or are non-European permanent residents of France) * excluding school groups

Come and discover the magic and secrets of the “Bubbles” with the oldest wine grower and producer of Blanquettes and Cremants in Limoux since 1875, from father to son for more than 5 generations. Discover this quirky place and let your imagination run wild ... Come and discover our 2500 m² wine cellars, our aging galleries and our stiring rooms enanhanced with incredibles sound and light shows. You will discover during our lively visit (explanations, questions/answers) our traditional cellars as well as our ancestral methods like: ageing of the wine on lees, the turning of more than 30 000 bottles per day by hand, and the traditional disgorging “ a la Volee “. You will be able to taste the oldest sparkling wines in the world like the Blanquettes and Cremants from Limoux (AOC). -> Guided visit of our 140 years old cellars with eplanations of the production of the Blanquettes and Cremants of Limoux, the greatest sparkling wines AOC from this region. -> Video projection with CG Images -> Light and Sound Show -> Historical reenactment -> Light effects/show along the visit