Vias
On Fridays 23 and 30 October, from 10 to 11:30 am, a free guided tour leaves the Vias tourist office to tell the story of the Canal du Midi, the Libron works and the engineers behind them. Groups are limited to 30 people.
Source : canal-du-midi.com →
The Gorges de l’Hérault Grand Site of France celebrates its label renewal: Saturday 10 October in Saint-Guilhem (stands, walks, biodiversity, abbey recital), Sunday 11 medieval visits at Issensac and Saint-Martin-de-Londres. Free.
Run for more than 90 years by the Escolo dai Sarret with the Belles Agathoises, this festival brings folk groups and brotherhoods together around wine freshly drawn from the vats. Sunday’s programme: a costumed parade from the Musée Agathois at 10am, the New Wine mass at Saint-Étienne cathedral with the song “Lou Vi Nouvel”, a grape offering, then folk dancing on the Promenade at 2.30pm, all free of charge.
On Saturday 17 October, guide-lecturer Ronan Jahény shows visitors around the Cassan priory, between monastic heritage and princely residence. The tour takes place in the afternoon; adult tickets cost €16 (€10 for students, jobseekers and people with reduced mobility, free under 7).