This are the Minervois Geocaches:
- Minervois 1 – Panorama 1 (mystery, regular, 1/3)
- Minervois 2 – Cesseras (traditional, small, 1/1)
- Minervois 3 – Olonzac (multi, small, 1/2)
- Minervois 4 – Dolmen des Fados (traditional, micro, 1/1)
- Minervois 5 – La Livinière (traditional, small, 1/1)
- Minervois 6 – White Rock (traditional, small, 1/1)
- Minervois 7 – Panorama 2 (traditional, regular, 2/1)
- Minervois 8 – Cantignergues (traditional, regular, 2/2)
- Minervois 9 – Minerve (multi, small, 2/2)
- Minervois 10 – Panorama 3 (traditional, regular, 3/1)
- Minervois 11 - Anciennes 1 (traditional, small, 1/1,5)
- Minervois 12 - Panorama 4 (traditional, regular, 1,5/2)
- Minervois 13 - Notre Dame du Cros (multi, regular, 2/2,5)
- Minervois 14 - Anciennes 2 (traditional, small, 1,5/2)
- Minervois 15 - Curiosité de Lauriole (mystery, small, 1/1,5)
A short stroll through the famous village of Minerve. Minerve is the historical capitol of the Minervois and is visited each year by almost 300.000 tourists. It is listed as ‘Plus beaux villages de France’ and is built on a big rock in a canyon almost like an island. The canyon is formed by the two rivers Cesse and Brian.
Minerve is not only famous by his good wine but also by the tragically history of the Catharses. There is a museum in the center of the town where you can find some more information.
You can park your car at the above coordinates. The parking fee is 2 euro in the period from half April to half October. If you don’t want to pay you can park your car at N43 21.203 E2 44.500
Important!!! You need a flashlight to find the cache.
Point 1
N43 21.245 E2 44.672
A = what’s the number here (see picture 1)
Point 2
N43 21.240 E2 44.753
B = how many letters do you see here (see picture 2)
Point 3
N43 21.237 E2 44.811
C = what do you see here? (see picture 3)
WC = 195
Telephone = 286
Wheelchair = 396
First Aid = 485
Point 4
N43 21.266 E2 44.780
D = what’s the date here (see picture 4)
Point 5
N43 21.277 E2 44.755
E = what’s the date here (see picture 5)
Just follow the road for a while and take the little steeply path down.
Point 6
N43 21.241 E2 44.740
F = what’s the number here (see picture 6)
Cache:
N43 21.(D – E – F – C) E2 44.(D – E – F – 100)
You are standing at the entrance. From here you have to walk +/- 80 steps and then turn right. The cache is situated in a big hole on the upper part (see spoiler picture)
Good luck!
Team GPSearching & Les Héros
Small note on cache maintenance: I work for an outdoor organisation and we are located not far from the cache at a place called Cantignergues. I'm there more times in a year.