I stayed at La Serre for two weeks during october 2010 and it was absolutely charming. I had rented L'Ecurie, that opened in the close courtyard with a garden where we ate three meals a day during our first week. I adored the village of Paziols, small, with one cafe/resto, surrounded with hills and vineyards. We swam in the river, played tennis in the village tennis court, bought our food from the local butcher who came once a week with his truck just like the fisherman and the pastry woman did. We bought our wine in the village vineyard, and in the village of Tuchan, we discovered Le Domaine Rolland where the owner showed us how to produce wine, we tasted them all and decided to buy from him. Louis is a french man that produces his wine with a contagious passion; we walked all around the mountains and came back each day for our night meal "at home". We loved the apt, very comfortable with a kitchen very well equipped. The village is close to Perpignan, Collioure, Narbonne, Carcassonne, Mirepoix and all the Languedoc beaches. We drove 3000 k. all over the area, going to local morning markets in a different village each day. I recommend this place and will definitively go back. The owners were fantastic, helpful and their cleaning lady became a friend. Everyone in this village is kind, very french with their welcoming Bonjour Mesdames each morning.
I recommend going to Perpignan airport which is only 45 min. driving. The place was very clean, beds so good, and we loved having a bottle of wine on the table upon arrival, a nice touch.
Our biggest coup de coeur was the small village of Mirepoix, and le defile de St-Martin en Lys. Dont miss, 5 min from Paziols, Le Musee Europeen de la Prehistoire in Tautavel, a must to learn about the beginning of man in the area, 450,000 years ago and visit all the Chateau Cathars easily accessible from Paziols.I was very lucky to find this place on internet and will recommend it to my friends going to the South of France next year.