For several years, the hospitality services of the community were hampered by a lack of space.
For some time, the canons had been able to offer attractive accommodation in the village through the purchase and restoration of two large houses with magnificent views of the Orbieu and the abbey.
However, the abbey’s guest quarters were cramped and uncomfortable. As the number of groups and families visiting the abbey increased, certain facilities, including adapted kitchens, needed to be upgraded. Now, the new guesthouse completes the abbey’s major restoration project.
These installations were planned before the restoration of the bell tower, transept and church. After all, what’s the point of offering a place of beauty and tranquility if you can’t stay there?
The new guesthouse now occupies the entire east wing of the courtyard, offering visitors a magnificent façade that invites them to rest. As soon as the guesthouse opened after Covid containment, it was overrun, and the joy of its many guests became the community’s greatest reward!
The abbey wants to be open to all. A path for people with reduced mobility now provides easier access to the abbey. A room for people with various physical limitations has also been created. The canons are awaiting administrative visits to validate the proposed itineraries adapted to the listed building.
More than ever, the abbey has regained its soul and seeks to offer a benevolent refuge to all those in search of hope and beauty.
