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Aug 11, 2014

2014 summer vacation

This year, we decided to spend the first August week near the Mediterranean Sea in

Cap d’Agde

A volcanic lava flow from an eruption 1 million years ago created Cap d'Agde




























In the Languedoc-Roussillon, Southern France, lays the Cap d'Agde, the coastal resort of the town of Agde, in the department of Hérault









It is one of the largest leisure ports on the Mediterranean Sea,
offering 14 kilometers of fine sandy beaches in the Golfe du Lion







At the Cap d’Agde harbor we took the DIANE 1 boat trip out to sea along the rocky cost and to the Fort Brescou, the Alcatraz of France, a prison island 






Brescou Fort is over 400 years old and was built on a volcanic island in 1586, 1500m from the coast of Agde

In the 18th century it was a state prison, and now an interesting place just for tourist visit like us











Among garrigues and ponds, Sigean is a town in Languedoc-Roussillon 15 km south of Narbonne, near the Mediterranean coast







Very famous in Sigean is the Réserve Africaine de Sigean which opened its doors to the public  the Apr 08, 1974












On a 6 kilometers circuit, you are able to drive around this park and look at the animals from your car 

There is also a walking circuit of 2 to 3 hours to see the less dangerous animals!





On the Réserve Africaine de Sigean more than 3 800 animals share an area of more than 300 ha. Lions, Tibetan bears, alligators, giraffes, rhinoceroses, flamingos, bears, monkeys...... and a pedestrian tour to meet elephants, dromedaries, chimpanzees, alligators…






































As you pass beside the lagoons, you'll be amazed by the sight of more than 1000 birds: flamingos, ibis, storks, pelicans and many more... 



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