Easter Weekend, day 4

Well, the these days passed quickly, the 4th was already our last day. On the way back to Barcelona we first stopped near Narbonne to visit the Abbey of Fontfroide (Abbaye de Fontfroide). This monastery has a nice cloister and is located in the middle of nowhere, there are just trees, flowers, a river and mountains around it.

Afterwards we continued and near Perpignan we went to Salses-le-Château, where we visited the castle of Salses. This impressive fort built by the Spanish at the end of the 15th century was once important to secure the boarder to France which was here before the Pyrenees contract was signed.

That was the last stop, after Salses we drove back to Barcelona on the motorway.


Abbaye de Fontfroide in a valley and around is only nature.


The Fort de Salses has big and thick walls and was built with the best defences they had at this time.