The Caune de L'Arago is both a pleasant place to bathe in the basins of the Verdouble, but it is also where the archaeological excavations of the rich Tautavel site which overlooks the stream and the gorges of Gouleyrous.
By the Cathar path and the Gorges du Verdouble, superb and (very) stony… You can arrive at Padern via the left bank of the Verdouble, staying on the GR367.