Wellness for Mind, Body and Soul

Retreats in France

28 April - 2 May 2025
7-11 July 2025

£1100

Your Retreat

Flights to Carcassonne with Ryanair from Stansted, Manchester and Bournemouth.

Your accommodation is a privately owned, air conditioned chateau set within the Gaubert vineyard. Each room is beautifully decorated with fantastic views of the region l’Occtaine. Each room shares a bathroom with one other room. Each guest has access to the swimming pool. Towels are provided. Wifi throughout. Breakfast is included with accommodation. Lunch and evening meals are not included but are a great chance to enjoy the local French cuisine.

Breakfast is at your leisure served from 8am. Available classes include live sound meditation, flow dance meditation, satsang, yoga, yin yoga, Pilates, tai chi, aquarobics, footwork, foam roller and hip openers. All equipment is provided. Two classes per day. Massages can be booked to suit @ £60.

£200 deposit required and then monthly instalments as required.

ITINERARY

Monday : Arrival Day.

You transfer to Grange Galloise.

Evening meal (included)@ 7pm.

Tuesday:

Breakfast available from 8am

Exercise class, local walk and local bicycle ride.

12pm Visit to la Cite, Carcassonne

6pm Exercise class

7pm Drinks and evening meal at Grange Galloise

Wednesday:

Breakfast available from 8am

9am Visit to Lezignan Corbieres to visit the weekly market. 2pm return.

2pm - 6pm Free Time @ Grange Galloise and massage.

6pm Exercise class.

7pm Evening meal at Bourdasso, a local Italian restaurant.

Thursday:

Breakfast available from 8am

10am Exercise class

1pm visit to laGrasse, a local town and river swim in Ribaute.

7pm Evening meal at Servies en Val, a rustic French taverna.

Friday:

Breakfast available from 8am

10am Exercise class

11am departures to Carcassonne

La Cite at Carcassonne

With its 3 kilometres of defensive ramparts, the old city of Carcassonne is one of the largest surviving medieval walled cities in Europe. As a natural defensive spot beside the River Aude, the site has been occupied and fortified since before Roman times. It was a Roman stronghold, before being ceded in the 5th century to the Visigoth king Theodoric II. From then until the 14th century, the fortress of Carcassonne remained one of the main strongholds in an area that was much fought over by dukes, kings and counts from the north and from the south.

Carcassonne remains one of the finest and most complete examples of a fortified medieval city anywhere in the world. In 1997, the old city's importance was confirmed when it was listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.