Alet-les-Bains

Between nature, culture and heritage, the village of Alet-Les-Bains offers an exceptional and relaxing setting for vacations with family or friends. Ideally located at the crossroads of the great sites of the Cathar Country, nestled at the gates of the Haute-Vallée de l’Aude and crossed by its river, our city will offer you a timeless stay. Bordered by hills and mountains that can reach up to 750m of altitude, you will be amazed by the quality and diversity of its fauna and flora. Lovers of hiking, mountain biking, fishing and white water sports will easily be able to indulge their passion. The richness of its built heritage with its 21 classified monuments and its splendid and vertiginous vestiges of its Abbey-Cathedral, will seduce as much the most fervent history buffs as the strollers who, while traversing the medieval streets strewn with fountains, will have without any doubt the impression to go up the centuries. Come and discover the astonishing and fascinating story of Pierre CUBAT, a child of Alet, cook at the court of the Russian Tsars for almost 40 years, who served on his tables the mineral water of Alet and the lamb of the Upper Valley. A village of water par excellence, its history and reputation are intimately linked to this natural resource. You will enjoy discovering its fountains, its wash house, its mineral and thermal water basins, its pisicine…