In the Hérault Valley, a tourist season under the aegis of beauty and sustainable development

Launch of the season in the heart of the Clamouse cave, in the presence of local elected officials. -Paul Caraci

The year 2024 will be that of the celebration of several important anniversaries and various events which promote the territory of the Hérault Valley, always appreciated by visitors. The tourist season was launched this Friday, April 12, at the Clamouse cave. which celebrates 60 years of its discovery!

The tourist season has launched in the Hérault Valley, and all reception points have opened their doors to welcome and advise travelers.
The Intercommunal Tourist Office has chosen to call this season "A year of celebration". It’s indeed a year full of birthdays. There has already been the youngest, the 10 years of Oyas Environnement (our edition of Tuesday March 26), as well as the 10 candles for the AOP les Terrasses du Larzac. And the 21st edition of the Circulade vigneronne in Jonquières will give the opportunity to discover this terroir, the wines, their stories, and the professions.

Clay figurines created by potters on the soil of Clamouse

The potters of Ubeda, guests of honor at Saint-Jean de Fos

The potters' market, which highlights ancestral know-how from here and elsewhere, will celebrate its fortieth edition. This year, the guests of honor will come from Ubeda, Andalusian artisans who, like in Saint-Jean de Fos, work with green glazed earth.

Finally, the Clamouse cave which welcomed all the actors on this Friday, April 12, opened the ball, with the beautiful pretext of the 60 years of its discovery and its opening to the public in 1964. Remarkable by its exceptional concretions, the cave attracts 100,000 people per year.

Fantastic animals on the Clamouse cave route

A gentle tourism

The tourist office, by the will of the elected representatives of the Community of Communes Vallée de l’Hérault (CCVH), wants to devote itself to "protected and sustainable" tourism, a &quot ;gentle tourism" as described by Claude Carceller, vice-president of Tourism. 700 000 € are invested, "this shows the importance we attach to tourism".

Jean-François Soto, president of the CCVH, recalls the efforts undertaken to “move towards beauty, and maintain it”: the Grand Site de France approach, its Quality Tourism brand, its actions with all stakeholders in the region. Winner of the Call for Expressions of Interest on Sustainable Mobility, he joins the partners of the "Montpellier-Languedoc" Destination Contract. and the European dynamic that this implies.

The potters' market in Saint-Jean de Fos is celebrating its 40th anniversary, an unmissable event.

Proximity and development

"Proximity and development, these are two virtues of regional planning" underlines for his part Jean-Louis Gely, vice-president of the Departmental Council in charge of tourism. He also pleads for “slow tourism”, that is to say peaceful and fun. And above all, work cross-functionally. A transversality which is expressed wonderfully in Clamouse: until the end of the season, we will discover, during the tour in the cave, works of 12 potters from Saint-Jean de Fos. On the theme of "fantastic animals", the sculptures dot the ground and become one with the clay and minerality of the place, as if they had always been there…< /p>

Winegrowers’ tours in the AOP Terrasses du Larzac ©Emmanuel Perrin – ©Emmanuel Perrin

Some dates to remember

Fête de la Nature, from May 22 to 26: activities in several towns, and the Saturday May 25, day at the Pont du Diable. The program on www.cc-vallee-herault.fr

"Journey to the center of the earth", Clamouse cave, Saint-Jean de Fos, until’ to June 1st.

Place in the terroir : from June 7 to January 19, 2025, in different villages of the Vallée de l’Hérault.

Circulade vigneronne, à Jonquieres, Friday July 5 and Saturday July 6 (online reservation from May 13 on the site: reservations.languedoc-aoc. com/evene-
ment/circulade-vigneronne-en-terrasses-du-larzac-2024

Marché potters, Saint-Jean de Fos : Saturday 10 and Sunday 11 août

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