Carcassonne Favorite Tips by LizC

Take a walk back in time in and around the Cite

Favorite thing: Walk and take pics of the 52-tower and 3 km long double ringed wall, take time to enjoy the awesome architecture, the city view down below, and let your imagination take you back in time, to as far back as Louis IX when the town was part of the royal estates, becoming the seat of the Senelschalsy, that's when the outer wall was built, or as far back as 13th century, back to the time of Philip the Fair, that's when the inner wall (the remainder)was built.

If you are interested, you can find historical sites located in the Cite: Viscount's Castle (11-13th century), Basilica Church of St. Nazarius and St. Celsus, open-air theatre, Hotel de la Cite, St. Sernin's Church, Pace du Grand Puits, and Inquistition House (13-17th century).

Fondest memory: The Cite! The walk around the Cite!

Sqare Gambetta

Favorite thing: Centrally located in Bastide Saint Louis, short walks to the Cite, train station in the north, and other points of interest in the new town, like Covered Market, Roux d'Alzonne Mansion, Jesuit Chapel and Secondary School, Seneschal's House, Cavailhes de Rolland Mansion, Murat Mansion, Montmorency Bstion, Jacobins Gate, St. Michael's Cathedra, St. Vincent's Church, Harbour on the Canal du Midi, Place Carnot, Notre-Dame Chapel, Old Bridge, Notre-Dame de l'Abbaye, De Pelletier du Claux Mansion, Montmorency House, and St. Gimer's Church.

Pont Vieux (Old Bridge) and l'Aude (River Aude)

Favorite thing: The view of the Cite from the Pont Neuf and Pont Vieux is unreal, and the old bridge straddle over river Aude is quite beautiful by itself.