Travel Guide Aumelas

Aumelas provides pleasant walks in the heart of the garrigue, far from the city's nuisances. During the hike, the remains of the past are seen. The castle of Aumelas, from the top of its hill dominates the whole garrigue, the view extends even to the sea. Former possession of the Guilhem of Montpellier, there are still vestiges of the ramparts, a huge dungeon, and the seigneurial logis. The Saint Sauveur chapel is almost intact. Further away, the Saint-Martin-de-Cardonnet chapel, a beautiful vestige of Romanesque art, is located near the small lake of Estagnol, this unique church with its harmonious proportions. But his bell facade was added only in the seventeenth century.