Chateau View – B&B / Chambres d’hotes
We invite you to consider our beautiful riverside house for your next holiday or short break. Situated on the banks of the River Aude in picturesque Quillan, “Chateau View” is the ideal base from which to enjoy all sorts of holiday activities and to explore this part of the Languedoc-Roussillon region of southern France. So whether…

Fishing
Fishing in and around Quillan is excellent, as is the fishing throughout the Languedoc. The River Aude is a category 1 trout fishing river, teeming with Mediterranean brown trout, and there are other fish in the Aude as well as several other small rivers and lots of streams nearby. There are some excellent lakes too not too…

Skiing
The Pyrenees mountain range runs along the border between France and Spain, with the small country of Andorra nestling in the middle. It is about 400km long and 70km wide. Although the Alps attract millions of tourists each winter season the ski slopes of the Pyrenees tend to be less crowded and less expensive than…

Wine tasting
Explore the wonderful wines produced in the area here around Quillan, in the southern Languedoc. Languedoc is one of France’s longest-established wine-producing regions, probably because of its Mediterranean location. Wine has been produced here for thousands of years. Greeks started colonies here as early as 6 BC and began cultivating vines. Apparently, the Roman historian, Titus…

Orthodox monasteries
There are three Orthodox monasteries less than two hours away from Chateau View. The nearest is the monastery at Cantauque, near Limoux, about a 40-minute drive from here. This monastery publishes the guide to Orthodox monasteries in France (Petit guide des monastères orthdoxes de France), which includes a map (left) and a detailed listing for…