Entrance to the part of the Abbey which is open to visits is through the park facing the village cemetery. The visit includes most of the medieval parts of the monument.
               The sections of the main residence surround a small courtyard which is remarkable for its Romanesque capitals which came from another edifice and have been re-used.
            Saint-Barthélémy's Abbey chapel (end of the 13th century) spreads over two levels. The doors of the lower level, whose function is still undetermined, has doors decorated with the coat-of-arms of Abbot Auger. The upper chapel, preceded by a painted vestibule, is entered by an elegant Gothic door. It still contains the vestiges of frescoes.
              The courtyard's eastern side is continuous to the cellars and storerooms. These vaulted rooms are dimly lit by rectangular windows. On the first floor, the wide dormitory, where the monks slept, adjoins a Pre-Romanesque tower, the oldest part of the abbey.
             In the lapidary display, you will see casts of sculptures by the Maître de Cabestany and an exhibition about this 12th century artist. 
           The "salle des gardes” (guards' room), dominated by a monumental fireplace (16th /17th centuries), is home to a photographic presentation of the heritage of local villages.
             Since 2004, two audiovisual presentations are available for viewing: one is about the history, art and architecture of Lagrasse; the other one is about the abbey chapel. 
               In the village, next to the marvellous Gothic parish church, the "heritage house” presents an exhibition about Lagrasse's architectural, ethnographic and artistic heritage. You will also be able to admire all the different examples of civil architecture, mostly medieval (bridges, halls, covered stalls, half-timbered houses...) of this former fortified city