Vacations in Quillan South France

Quillan is 5 minutes drive from Hameau de Laval and has a wide range of restaurants, 2 supermarkets (Champion and Ed) a twice weekly market, and a variety of quaint small town French shops.

There is a swimming pool which is open over the summer vacation, a gym, theatre, cinema and an active night life particularly during the summer holidays.

Quillan has a train station which is on the route to Limoux and Carcassonne. Trains are roughly 3 times a day and there are busses every 1 or 2 hours.

Quillan runs either side of the Aude river and includes a popular raft and canoe slalom, this has the thrill of white water, but without the near vertical drops to be found further up the Aude. La Forge (Tel: 0468 20 23 79), located at the centre of Quillan offers white water rafting trips and canoe hire.

Quillan also has 'L'Escalade' - a practice climbing site very close to the town where the erosion of the river Aude has cut into the Pyrenees mountains, to create a beautiful cathedral of limestone, sharp ridges and natural channels.

As well as l'Escalade, there is Forest Grimp (Tel: 04 68 20 23 79), where ropes are suspended between trees to create over 15 aerial games - some up to 200m long on ropes and suspended cables.

For more information on Quillan, please visit the Quillan tourist information site (French only). Or please see the links above for a long-term let or holiday rental in Quillan.

If you're visiting in the summer, we highly recommend the Folklore Festival - a week long
celebration of world music, with musicians playing from around the world each evening.
There are also performances and other events in the town square at other times of the year

Please click any photo above for a close-up of the live music shows in Quillan, Aude, South France.