Villages – Countryside

You will discover many typical southern towns and villages when you stay in Bessan.

  • A 29 km de Valras, Pézénas accueille des métiers d’arts comme ceux de la scène, du patrimoine, mais la ville sait encore conjuguer le souvenir de Molière et de Boby Lapointe.
  • A 10 km du Camping, Béziers : Dominant l’Orb et le Canal du Midi, la cité, rendue prospère au XIXe siècle par l’essor du vignoble, recèle des trésors cachésMontez jusqu’ à sa majestueuse cathédrale Saint-Nazaire pour admirer le point de vue.

Follow the narrow streets down to the main street: A statue of Paul-Riquet was installed in the Pierre-Paul-Riquet alleys and plane trees were planted there in 1838.

  • 70 km from the campsite, Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert: This village is a UNESCO World Heritage site on the Camino de Compostela and has also been one of the Grands Sites de France since 2010. You can visit the Infernet Cirque, Hérault Gorges and Clamouse Cave.

Between hiking, mountain biking, swimming, canoeing, kayaking and whitewater fishing in the Hérault Gorges that wind beneath the village, there are many activities to choose from.

  • Many villages surround the Etang de Thau lake: Sète, a traditional fishing village, BouziguesMèzeMarseillan and more.
  • Carcassonne, 90 km from the campsite, is a medieval fortified town. It is an important town on the wine route, connecting the Mediterranean to the rest of Gaul.

To see: the Murat hotel, decorated with Aubusson tapestries – the Fine Arts Museum and local library at place Carnot – the Neptune Fountain (18th century) – The Saint Michel Languedoc style Gothic Cathedral – Saint Vincent Church – the Carmelite Chapel (13th century).