Carcassonne Medieval City

Same routine again today - breakfast on the terrace to begin, and then jump in the car and go out for a while.

Today, we went to the beautifully restored medieval city of Carcassonne - absolutely breathtaking and very interesting to see. Have a look a the album below for yourself.

Craig decided the four course "Menu Cathar" was …

Yesterday morning after a delicious breakfast, swim in the pool and a late check out we drove to Perpignan and met up with mum and D. The place that we stayed in was really nice. We had our own level which is set up like an apartment, having 3 bedrooms, each with their own bathroom and a lounge/kitchen. Its an old villa style place, very beautiful …

Yesterday we were walking around inT shirts - today it is raining, windy and very cold. Our destination was Carcassonne - a walled medieval city. On arrival, we were struck by how perfectly intact the walls and structure was but on entering, we realised that it had been turned into a tourist venue with shops and restaurants. Noone lives within the …

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When we were talking to our friends before we left Turkey they asked if there was any place specific that we wanted to go. The main place that I could think of off the top of my head was Carcassonne. Neither of them had heard of it, but they would look it up and we could figure it out. Once …

Allan organized for us to have a couple of days away all by ourselves! The kids felt brave enough to be on their own and they knew our 'neighbours' well enough to feel very safe in our 'couvent apartment' so we headed off to Carcassonne. Carcassonne is a completely intact, lived in medieval city about an hours drive from Pezenas. Allan had …

Finally, we arrived in Carcassonne, France. Carcassone is a fortified French town in the Aude department, of which it is the prefecture, in the former province of Languedoc. It was founded by the Visigoths in the 5th century. This place was added to the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in 1997. Also, Carcassonne was the starting point for a stage in the …

... . Our last eveng we spent in the not so magical lower quarters (outside La Cite) down the hill in the new part of town. This enabled us to look up in awe and take some amazing night time shots of this magical medieval city. Definately worth a ...

... what the fuss was all about. Found an Ibis Hotel in the centre which had WiFi and a Lavomat next door!! Walked up to the medieval city. This is stunning!! There is a double wall around the city which dates back to the 11th century and has maintained its ...

Today we visited the city of Carcassonne. It's a medieval city with surrounding remparts, a fortified city. The city was like a catholic stronhold against the nearby cathares. The remparts were build and re-built over centuries.The old town is incredibly ...

... ,his old combat company where he was a combat soldier. This morning Tuesday we went with Tonton Didier to the Medieval City of Carcassonne - unfortunately the weather was not at its best, no sunshine and the windy mistral was here to greet ...

La Cite', a fairy tale medieval city, filled with narrow cobble streets, and  enclosed by two rampart walls punctuated with 52 stone towers. We enjoy the afternoon exploring the castle, wandering through the narrow streets stumbling across ...

In Carcassonne, we spent the morning in the real village, and the afternoon in the medieval city. Our quest (well, mom's) was to find record of one of our ancestor, Claude Guité, who was supposedly baptized there. We asked at some churches, some ...

... , stopping first at Carcassonne in the Languedoc region of France.  The main attraction is the Cité which is a medieval city entirely enclosed within fortress walls.  It's full of narrow lanes, tempting restaurants and cafes along with the ...

... a 3 month tour of Europe and we compared notes. We all decided to get some dinner together the next night. Camila was checking out Carcassonne the next day, Terri had plans to bike, and I wanted to do a day trip to Toulouse. My stay in Carcassonne was a ...

Carcassonne is a walled medieval city in the south of France that is amazingly well preserved and also amazingly touristy. We arrived there after Bordeaux and immediately went to the tourist information office hoping that they could help us locate a ...

Best preserved medieval fortress city anywhere! Well, the outside, ...