Location: Limoux
Top Things to do in Limoux
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Limoux in France, from Europe region, is best know for Gift & Specialty Shops. Discover best things to do in Limoux with beautiful photos and great reviews from traveller around the world here!
Restaurants in Limoux
1. Coucou Limoux
Overall Ratings
5 based on 86 reviews
Coucou Limoux is a craft workshop/gift shop in centre ville Limoux. Classes are held in both English & French. If you're visiting , small, lightweight projects can be arranged! As an official stockist of Chalk Paint™ Decorative Paint by Annie Sloan, Merrilees also runs full and half day Chalk Paint™ workshops. Come buy artwork, jewellery, furniture, home decor, nick-knacks, gifts & more!
Reviewed By deelox - London, United Kingdom
I stumbled on Coucou Limoux quite by chance. What a stroke of luck – this is a gem of a workshop that offers a great range of courses and classes for all abilities and seems to attract amazing people. Lovely atmosphere – relaxed, welcoming, and terrific fun. Merrilees, hugely talented and creative, gently steers her students to produce quite wonderful results. I particularly enjoyed mixed-media card-making, decoupage and jewellery workshops. It's a very special place.
2. Abbaye de Saint Hilaire
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 124 reviews
Reviewed By 34210king - Dublin, Ireland
An abbey with a chequered past. It's a place of preserved simplicity and in parts quite beautiful. The church is still in use. I suspect some more restoration funds would bring this visitor experience on considerably. Worth the visit. Thank you.Hello, Thank you for your nice review. Indeed, we're still looking for extra grants to complete our restoration plan. We need more visitors ;) With best regards. Fabien
3. Domaine J.Laurens
Overall Ratings
5 based on 9 reviews
You will have an explanation on how to make the sparkling wine of Blanquette & Cremant de Limoux, a tasting and if it's possible a tour of the winery. We speak english and will be delighted to answer all your questions. We are a small producer of sparkling wine only with good references such as New York Times, the Telegraph, the Financial Times, Le Monde...
Reviewed By brencam - Sydney, Australia
Found Domaine J Laurens on the web and we were treated to a personal tour of the wine making facility through every step - we didn't have a booking, just arrived and were warmly greeted by Corinne. The tasting was enjoyable as is the amazing pre-Champagne history of the Limoux Blancs. We took home the La Rose No. 7. They bottle 200k each year and more than 75% is exported. An enjoyable day and a great host. Merci beaucoup.
4. Domaine de Baronarques
Overall Ratings
5 based on 10 reviews
The estate Acquired in December 1998 by Baroness Philippine de Rothschild and her two sons, Philippe Sereys de Rothschild and Julien de Beaumarchais de Rothschild, this old estate, that already existed in the 17th century, has been subject to a major renovation of its vineyards and winemaking facilities. The 2003 vintage, Year 1 of Domaine de Baronarques, is one of the first to be awarded AOC Limoux rouge appellation. Due to the quality of its soil and its wines, Domaine de Baronarques takes it rightful place alongside the famous Rothschild family’s other estate, including the illustrious Château Mouton Rothschild. We welcome you from Monday to Friday between 10am and 5.30pm, and the weekend by appointment, for a visit and tasting.
Reviewed By scott_stowell
I visited the winery the first week of June, and had an informative tour and tasting. The young woman who led the tour and conducted the tasting was knowledgeable, and very pleasant. I had an interest in the wines that were being produced at Chateau de Baron'arques, having previously visited Mouton Rothschild in Medoc in late May. The vineyards are located in the Limoux wine growing region, and tthe first and second label wines from this winery were very enjoyable.
5. Abbaye d'Alet les Bains
Overall Ratings
4 based on 79 reviews
Reviewed By talaha - yukon
The abbey is just beside the tourist info place in Alet-les-bains, a beautiful little town near Limoux. The cost was about 6 euros for 2 adults and 1 child. It is much larger than it appears outside, with many rooms to explore. We spent about an hour here. Getting here is easy from Carcassonne using the 1 euro train.
6. Maison Guinot
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 100 reviews
Come and discover the magic and secrets of the “Bubbles” with the oldest wine grower and producer of Blanquettes and Cremants in Limoux since 1875, from father to son for more than 5 generations. Discover this quirky place and let your imagination run wild ... Come and discover our 2500 m² wine cellars, our aging galleries and our stiring rooms enanhanced with incredibles sound and light shows. You will discover during our lively visit (explanations, questions/answers) our traditional cellars as well as our ancestral methods like: ageing of the wine on lees, the turning of more than 30 000 bottles per day by hand, and the traditional disgorging “ a la Volee “. You will be able to taste the oldest sparkling wines in the world like the Blanquettes and Cremants from Limoux (AOC). -> Guided visit of our 140 years old cellars with eplanations of the production of the Blanquettes and Cremants of Limoux, the greatest sparkling wines AOC from this region. -> Video projection with CG Images -> Light and Sound Show -> Historical reenactment -> Light effects/show along the visit
Reviewed By Maurice P
In the nice village Limoux we went for visiting Maison Guinot, based on the positive feedback from Tripadvisor. It was very informative and the guide translated everything in prefect English. For the children (16 and 14 yrs old) it took a bit too long (1 hour) but we found it very interesting. Never knew that Limoux is the first worldwide to created sparkling wine, even before Champagne! Also bice to see all phases of the production untill the packaging. The tasting afterwards was also nice and we bought 3 different Imperial Limoux and nice glasses.
7. l'Atelier des Vignerons
Overall Ratings
5 based on 82 reviews
The Atelier des Vignerons is a showcase for Languedoc wines. Carefully selected for their quality and the care taken in their production, each wine has a story to tell which Laurence or Julien will be delighted to explain. Quality and refinement reflect the charm of the Venitian style atmosphere, making the Atelier des Vignerons a place not to miss to discover the region's rarest and most delicious wines.
Reviewed By maggiavelli - Henley-on-Thames, United Kingdom
We visit the Atelier every time we come to Limoux and also order wine from there when we are at home in the UK. Richard and Julien are very knowledgeable about all the wines of the region and have given us some great recommendations, whether it's one bottle we are looking for or several cases.
8. Jardin aux Plantes Parfumees la Bouichere
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 81 reviews
Scented botanical gardenIn Limoux, in the High Valley of Aude, is hiddena garden of thousand and one scentencesPerfumed Rose garden, dry Garden, medieval garden with plants from the Cathar century.An enchanting place at 15 minutes from the city of Carcassonne.2 hectares, 2500 items of plants, waterpond, donkeys, exotic birds...rare plants selling, shop, salon de the, icecreams with fruits of the garden...At 1 h from Toulouse, from Narbonne and from Perpignan
Reviewed By garhuff - Atlanta, Georgia
A nice place to while away an afternoon, but not a world class botanical garden. The collection was interesting and well thought out, but the upkeep was not top notch. This is a great garden in need of additional funding, but the current state is still well worth a vist.
9. Basilique Notre-Dame de Marceille
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 40 reviews
Reviewed By psychprofessor - Mississippi
With our small tour group, we visited Basilique Notre-Dame de Marceille in Limoux. Inside, the church is beautiful. There's a black Madonna whose head was stolen in 2007. The head that's there now is a reproduction of the original. The 14th century basilica (so called because the Pope has visited it) has beautiful statues, a high and lovely ceiling, stained-glass windows, and a miraculous Fountain outside. It's a pilgrimage stop. A man was there when we visited, and he let us into a small museum. No photos were allowed, unfortunately. There were priests' vestments, silver engraved hearts, and framed flowers with photos. Many were given in thanks for some miracle. When we visited the grotto, the guide moved the grate over it, wet her hands in the water, then touched our hands with the water. When the man who let us into the museum appeared, she sheepishly said she wasn't supposed to do what she had done with the grate and water. The man just laughed.
10. Musee des Automates
Overall Ratings
4 based on 88 reviews
Reviewed By GrahamDale - Limoux, France
For a small town like Limoux, this museum is excellent. good value, well presented and interested staff, including one of the model makers
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