Roquetaillade: Holiday Apartments and Houses

Roquetaillade lies on a rocky outcrop overlooking the Corneilla Valley. The Pic de Roquetaillade, also known as Pic de Brau, is the highest point in the Limouxin region.

Landscape

The Pic de Brau plateau reaches an elevation of 654 m and slopes down to the west as a limestone causse covered with low-growing garrigue.

Roquetaillade lies on a ridge of basal marine limestone.

From Pic de Brau, the panorama extends across the middle Aude Valley and the Razès, the Montagne Noire, the Corbières, the Cité de Carcassonne and the Lauragais.

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Culture

The Saint-Etienne Church in Roquetaillade dates from 1635. The stone houses of Roquetaillade stand at the foot of a medieval castle.

The village of Roquetaillade was built from stone sourced from local quarries. The path passes the ruins of an old tower on the site of a former castle mound.

Trails

The Sentier agroécologique de Roquetaillade-et-Conilhac is an easy 8.04 km hiking route with an average duration of 2 hours and 55 minutes. It runs between the villages of Roquetaillade and Conilhac-de-la-Montagne through diverse natural and agricultural habitats.

The Sentier des vignes runs between Roquetaillade and Conilhac through vineyards belonging to the Blanquette de Limoux appellation.

The Diane butterfly and 18 orchid species have been recorded along the interpretation trail from Roquetaillade to Conilhac. The trail reaches a viewpoint above the valley.

Further destinations: Montolieu, Cournanel, Rieux-En-Val, Sougraigne, Bize-Minervois, Camps-sur-l'Agly, Montréal, Cailhau.

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