Fraisse-sur-Agout is a small village in the Haut Languedoc Regional Nature Park, near St Pons de Thomières. It sits at the junction of fine roads into the Monts de Lacaune and the Monts de l'Espinouse, surrounded by chestnut forests and granite hillsides.
The village makes a good base for exploring the park on foot or by car. There is an excellent campsite on the river Agout, and the walking trails lead through some of the least-visited countryside in southern France. The main draw is the Saut de Vésoles waterfall, reached via the dramatic Chemin des 1000 Marches — a steep thousand-step path dropping from the Lac de Vésoles reservoir above. The plateau surrounding the village also holds several Neolithic standing stones, including the Menhir de Picarel, evidence of prehistoric settlement in these hills.