  | What's your pleasure?
A brisk stroll? Rock-climbing? Nothing more strenuous than hunting for plunder (a.k.a. antiques)? Languedoc-Roussillon and vicinity are well-endowed with options. Among other things, you can: - swim and sunbathe on Mediterranean beaches (forgot your suit? you won't need one on the nude beaches at Cap d'Agde, Europe's largest naturist resort)
- kayak and canoe past towering limestone cliffs, on the swift-flowing Hérault
- hike the steep cobbled lanes of medieval towns or head for the many mountain-crest trails
- bike the backroads of this largely rural (and, in the mountains, virtually empty) region; bicycling isn't the top French sport for nothing
- track down antiques and other previously owned treasures: Pézenas alone has dozens of dealers, and every Saturday morning a large flea market sets up shop on the road from Valros to Béziers
- let the world drift by on a Canal du Midi day cruise
- look at rocks. For those who are stirred by stones, the region offers a wide variety: limestone caverns, ancient volcanoes and lava flows, fantastic eroded formations, and the dizzy canyons of the Gorges du Tarn
|  | | A topless-bikini vending machine on the streets of Aigues-Mortes. "Bottoms only" is the norm on Mediterranean beaches. |
Valros has public tennis courts a couple of minutes’ walk from the house. But remember: this part of France is HOT in the summer, with very little rain.  | | Festivals abound: jazz in Perpignan, theatre and art in Pézenas, bullfighting in Béziers, water jousting in Sète. |
| | Bring the sun block.
| | | Average Temperatures in Languedoc Roussillon |
| | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | | Centigrade | 12º | 12º | 13º | 18º | 20º | 27º | 28º | 28º | 26º | 21º | 16º | 14º | | Fahrenheit | 54º | 52º | 55º | 64º | 68º | 80º | 83º | 83º | 79º | 70º | 60º | 56º |
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