Every year, it is a bit of a Chinese puzzle when it comes to choosing a destination that will be unanimous. We know that. Where can we find ourselves with family to celebrate Christmas and the end of the year, and satisfy the desires of everyone, small and large? In a mountain chalet, with snow for backdrop? It's probably too classical. In Strasbourg, the capital of Christmas, and its famous market? It's too busy. And if this year we changed, we kept the original and we trotted out a mouthpiece, parkas for more aerated clothes. If we were tempted by the Mediterranean, on a land still true and wild, in Narbonnaise, to enjoy the open air, let itself be worn by the fairy-tale of Christmas markets, and immerse itself in unique landscapes just to think of itself and its own.
Christmas balcony
Here in December, temperatures are rather mild thanks to the mild Mediterranean climate. This is an opportunity to oxygenate as never before on the large beaches of fine sand, to explore with family the unusual places filled with this territory: a stop on the edge of ponds, in small fishing harbors that call offshore or in one of the circular villages, to taste the delights of party gastronomy. Christmas, festive animations, Christmas markets and street shows bloom across the territory, and delight small and large.
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To do, to see, to taste the time of holidays in Narbonnaise
Magics Christmas Fevers in Narbonne
In December it is always with the same boiling that Narbonne prepares to live his Christmas Fevers. For a month, a febrile activity impregnates the millennium city and plunges visitors into a fairy tale, where enchanting characters of all acabits, colorful artists compete for the city's historic places. Street parades, grandiose parades, breathtaking scenery for a Christmas to live with, and we're not close to forget.
Oysters, yes, but freshly "picked" in Leucate
A year-end meal without tasting oysters would be sin. In Narbonnaise there is a paradise for lovers and oyster connoisseurs. In Leucate, a charming seaside resort, you can discover a refined treasure, an oyster with fine flesh and a taste of hazelnuts, which are tasted live among oysters. You will be seduced by a feeling of living out of time facing the Mediterranean Sea after a long walk on the beaches. Here, you can taste something unique, and let yourself be guided by the oyster growers. For these timeless moments, we opt for the Christmas muscat of Cape Leucate, which ideally accompanies freshly picked oysters.
Taste the gastronomy Leucatoise
End the year on the beach: tonic and nursery
In Narbonnaise, at this time of year, we have the immensity and an endless stretch of sand for us. And we take full advantage of this: On 50 km of beach, you don't hesitate to stop and take the oxygen bowl that will inspire us over the coming months. The iodinated scents of the sea are breathed into full lungs. And we find time to collect shells or leaves, these floated wood that the sea refers to the shore. A sum of walking that is done on foot, on foot or by bike from Gruissan in Saint-Pierre-la-Mer. And we continue to relax in a cafe on the seafront, tasting a chocolate or a hot wine, right in front of this beautiful horizon.
Relax & detox in balneo to Gruissan
What if we take some time for ourselves just before or after the festivities? A pure moment of relaxation or detox after the excesses of table… It's according to you. In Gruissan, the Balneo center invites you to the world of well-being: salt baths, polyphenols for a youth cure, map of massages… Everyone choose according to their desire in the heart of this space of 10,000 m ² between different universes….
Gift Ideas: unforgettable luxury stay
And most importantly, you can enjoy a dream with this luxury stay in the heart of one of the most beautiful vineyards in Languedoc-Roussillon, in an outstandard hotel, discovering Gilles Goujon's gourmet and refined cuisine. A celebration of the senses to book for an unforgettable gift.
