Gastronomy and tastings

After your cycling efforts come the culinary rewards! Discover the great variety of local specialities and products made with love around the Canal des 2 Mers à Vélo cycle route.

Seek out the friendly atmosphere of village markets and country inns, or the many more formal Michelin-starred restaurants.

Aude, Cathar Country with a long culinary history

Discover the wide range of the département (French county) of Aude’s culinary products and fine wines, be it at local markets, in specialist delicatessens, in country inns, at Michelin-starred restaurants, at wineries or at wine cooperatives.

Stretching from the Mediterranean coast to the mountains, the Aude’s varied lands provide produce to excite your palate year-round, so get tasting!

Le Pays Cathare, a quality label for the Aude

The registered label, Le Pays Cathare®, distinguishes a range of quality products and services offered by passionate Aude men and women.  In all, at time of writing, the label concerns 32 sectors of production and services, involving some 900 professionals who have to abide by a quality charter and who welcome you across the Aude.