Lodève to Lagrasse

Today was mostly a travel day. We did our usual morning things and then hung about the hotel packing and relaxing. After our usual lunch, we set out for our next stop, a small town (about 600 people) called Lagrasse, which is in the Corbières wine region between Spain and the Mediterranean. On the way, we made a small detour to a winery which was, unfortunately, closed on Sundays. For the entire 150 km trip we were in sight of a vineyard.

We found a great restaurant for dinner tonight - Les trois grâces. It is only about 100 metres from our nice little gîte (apartment) in the village centre. We have two rooms on the ground floor (separated by the hallway leading to the upper floors where the owners live). In effect, a mini-suite, which we enjoy.

Dinner was excellent - we both had the plat du jour which was coquelot rôti au parfum de reglisse - very different and very good. We ordered a 50cl bottle of wine only to realize once we had it that we've drunk it at home and possibly still have a bottle of it in our cellar! It was good, but broke our rule of only buying wine that we can't get normally.

Today's weather: a not uncomfortable 1.5.


Our hotel (we had the three windows just above the ground floor) and our favourite spot for café (on the far left) in Lodève


We stopped to buy chèvre here (near Lagrasse) for lunch tomorrow