Top 3 Castles around Béziers

In the heart of the Grand site d'Occitanie, Colombiers invites you for a peaceful stop along the Canal du Midi, at its charming bucolic little river port.

The castle overlooks Pézènes-les-Mines from the upper part of the village. This castle is private, but its facades, roofs, and enclosure have been protected as historical monuments since 1981. Its history is ancient, but the ensemble we see today is the result of several construction and transformation campaigns. The Romanesque chapel, integrated into the castle, dates back to the 12th century. Its apse was later raised in the 14th century to take on a defensive function. The castle itself underwent significant alterations in the 14th, 16th, and 17th centuries. Two gates were notably built into the enclosure in the 17th century. The defensive elements are still very legible: two gates with arrow slits controlled access to the courtyard and were once protected by a drawbridge. Two towers flank the ensemble, while the enclosure follows the natural irregularities of the terrain. The chapel also retains a rather remarkable detail: its door and some of its bays are decorated with basalt inlays, giving the building a discreet but original polychromy. Pézènes-les-Mines was not always the small village one might imagine today. Pézènes was the capital of a marquisate that grouped the communities of Pézènes, Montesquieu, and Valmascle. The castle was therefore at the heart of a larger seigneurial territory. Little-known information: A plan from 1800 shows that behind the castle stretched a long terrace of about 270 meters, arranged as a garden, promenade, and belvedere overlooking the Peyne valley.

Sweet village with restaurant and general store. Small mountain arrival.

Boussagues is an enchanting medieval village, which seduces with its well-preserved historical heritage. Nestled in a bucolic setting, you can stroll through cobbled streets, among stone houses and the remains of fortifications.

The place belongs to the southern French type of circular villages (Circulades) grouped around a church or a castle. Several houses in the village center are also protected – e.g. the Maison des Emigrants and the Maison des Consuls and of course our house in rue des remparts. Parts of the late medieval town wall (remparts) and two gates still remain.

As a lover of beautiful panoramas, you will fall in love with Saint-Pons-de-Mauchiens and its spectacular views of the Garrigues, the vineyards, the Espinouse mountains, the foothills of the Larzac and sometimes even the Pyrenees!

This pretty village is located on the edge of the Canal du Midi, not far from Béziers. Its banks, its marina and its castle give it an atypical charm.

Nice little place on the Canal du Midi.