Badens: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

Badens is located in a broad landscape corridor between the Montagne Noire to the north and the Monts Alaric to the south.

For their stay in Badens, travellers can search for or rent a holiday apartment.

Culture and History

The Sainte-Eulalie Church has a single-nave structure with three bays and a polygonal apse with a six-part ribbed vault.

The oldest written reference to Badens as “VILLA BADENCUS” is found in a document from 993.

Local Character

Château Borie Neuve offers the opportunity to adopt 12 grapevines. The grapes from the respective plot are made into artisan wine every year, bottled under the adopting person’s name and with a personalised label.

Château La Grave has a tasting cellar built into the stone, which combines historical and contemporary elements following a renovation.

Boulangerie Jacques Cros is a third-generation family bakery. It produces Badenques à l’olive, Craquets, Régalets, Badins, Badenoix and Le Garriguet, a cake from the Pays Cathare brand described as a “Gâteau de voyage”.

Nature

The Maison de la Chasse et de la Nature in Badens organises guided tours and nature excursions for schoolchildren and adult groups. It includes a collection of taxidermied animals and insects.

It also offers parking, play equipment for young visitors, opportunities to identify the tracks and trails of wild animals, and information boards.

Experiences

The escape game “L'Atelier de l'Alchimiste” is located at Château Sainte Eulalie on the Chemin de Sainte-Eulalie in Badens.

“Le Chemin Vert” is described as a 23 km route along the former “MOUX/CAUNES MINERVOIS” railway line. The Grand Carcassonne wine route map lists Badens in connection with this route.

Other places: Villalier, Arzens, Caunette-Sur-Lauquet, Félines-Termenès, Saint-Michel-De-Lanès, Salsigne, Villarzel-Du-Razès, Paziols.

To the higher-level travel overview: Aude.