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20 minutes from Carcassonne and Castelnaudary
10 minutes from the exit of Bram's freeway
10 minutes from the Port on the canal du midi in Bram
6 minutes from Montolieu Village du Livre

Point GPS : N43° 18' 17''/ E2° 10' 00''

 

The Abbey Boutique

In the recently refurbished boutique Marie welcomes you with a range of items :

• numerous publications related to Citeaux and the Cistercian architecture and monuments, to the Cistercian Order as well as to life in an Cistercian abbey etc.
• many publications on medieval and more recent gardens and on plants, as well as on the gourd and squash family
• mouldings of the architectural details and capitals of the Abbey of Villelongue, postcards, CD recordings of classical music ranging from the Middle-Ages to the present day
• a whole collection of objects on the theme of the gourds which have become the emblem of our gardens
• essential oils and floral essences from the organic cultures of the Abbaye Cistercienne de Rieunette in the Aude, in a joint venture with the company “Couleur Ciel”
• baskets made in Brittany form the same willows as the abbey garden’s ‘living hedges’.

Times and periods of opening during the year

• Daily (except Mondays) : 10am - 12noon and 2pm - 6.30pm (Saturdays until 4pm – last visitors will be admitted 30minutes before closing time)
• From the 1st July to 31st August
  Every day : 10am – 12noon and 2pm –7.00pm
  (Saturdays until 4pm – last visitors will be admitted 30minutes before closing time)
• Closed for the rest of the year

Entrance

• Adults :5€
  Free of charge for children under 16 and the members of the Association of the Friends of the Abbey of Villelongue
• Group entrance :
  From 10 visitors in a group and with the INTER-SITE card: unguided visit : 4€
  From 30 visitors in a group : guided visit 4€ per person with a flat fee of 70€

Animals are not admitted

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