What to do and see in Carcassonne Center, Occitanie: The Best Things to do Good for a Rainy Day

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.

We are located in the heart of La Bastide in Carcassonne (downtown), on the main pedestrian lane and close to the Canal du Midi. Easy to find us we are the one and only chocolate chop located in a Church ! We will welcome you in English, spanish, or even with some swedish, to make you discover our large range of chocolate, almonds, marsipan ... Come and try our ice creams known as the best in town, they are local and most of them organic. In the summer we have some tables outside (terrace with the blue umbrellas) , and inside with air conditioning.

Vins & Vinos is a boutique wine shop and Wine Tour situated in the heart of the Bastide of Carcassonne. We are a family of wine enthusiasts and experts wishing to give people an opportunity to taste the wine of the Languedoc and Roussillon as well as to learn about what makes this region so special and unique in terms of viticulture. We provide free wine tastings of over 30 wines at any one time ranging from 5€ to 50€ and offer a selection 200 wines to buy directly. We also run tailor-made wine tours - Languedoc Vineyard Tours - throughout the year. Our tours are all full day tours leaving from and returning to Carcassonne. We can collect guests from their hotels and B&Bs within 10km radius of Carcassonne, or if on route. Numbers are limited to minimum of two and maximum of 6 per tour. Our unique relationship with wineries gets you unrivalled access to the best producers of the region with our experts and to taste and discover the best wines and food of the Languedoc.

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.

Here is the place for the people who love chocolate,natural and tasty.Artisan chocolatemaker, the selection of real high quality raw material gives tout my creation an unique taste and flavour that you can't found anywhere

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