We spent the afternoon in Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert (that's a mouthful, right?!?) - it's one of the designated "Plus Beaux Villages", one of the prettiest villages in France, and the most visited place in our department of Hérault.
It was a beautiful day, a fairly easy 1 hour drive, and we got there in time for a late lunch - we parked near the gorge at the base of the town, and snagged a nice table on the terrasse of L'Oustal Fonzes.
This was our view from my chair...
We were both tempted by the bluefin tuna (thon rouge) - and it was fantastic!
From lunch, we meandered through town
This is the Giant's Castle
We turned around and walked back to the upper parking lot, where Rick could wait while I got the car. It turns out that only those who live in town can drive the (narrow!) streets. So you only have a choice of parking at one end or the other.
We drove back towards home, and stopped off at the Devil's Bridge parking lot - we decided to skip this though, as it would have added a good half hour of walking to our trip.
This was a good test trip for us - we're just poking our heads out of the coronavirus cocoon. We're keeping all this in mind for when we plan our upcoming trips 🙂.
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For more info on St-Guilhem, see:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Guilhem-le-D%C3%A9sert
For more photos (including a couple just for Dad), see the album.
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