Fontjoncouse: Holiday apartments and holiday homes

Culture

Fontjoncouse combines impressive evidence of its history with distinctive landscape features. The Église paroissiale Sainte-Léocadie and the adjoining fortifications in Fontjoncouse have been listed as historic monuments since 14 April 1948. The main construction phases of the Église paroissiale Sainte-Léocadie date from the 12th, 13th and 14th centuries.

The fortifications adjoining the Église paroissiale Sainte-Léocadie form an irregular oval with just one gate. The Pic Saint-Victor also bears an early historical trace: an “Ecclesia Sancti Victoris” is documented there around 963.

Nature

The 422-metre-high Pic Saint-Victor offers views of the Montagne Noire, the étangs, the sea and the Pyrenees. The Pic Saint-Victor can best be approached on foot; the summit lies in the municipality of Fontjoncouse.

La Ronde des Corbières is a 104-kilometre circular route around 14 municipalities, marked entirely in yellow and green.

Wine, cuisine and beekeeping

At Domaine de Couchalou in Fontjoncouse, guided tours and tastings are offered, introducing visitors to the estate’s winegrowing and olive-growing practices. Cellar tours are available there by appointment. The Caveau of Domaine de Couchalou sells organic wine and organic olive oil.

The menus at Auberge du Vieux Puits in Fontjoncouse are based on regional products. The Auberge also has a wine cellar with just under 900 wine references, 80 percent of them from Languedoc.

At the Miellerie de Fontjoncouse, visitors can discover the local flora and the garrigue together with the beekeeper. Honeys from rosemary, garrigue, maquis and chestnut, as well as other beehive products, are presented there.

Anyone wishing to rent a holiday apartment in Fontjoncouse should focus their search on the town.

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More destinations

More places in the same destination:

Lanet, Caunes-Minervois, Laurac, Canet, Pomas, Trèbes, La Serpent, Cabrespine.