What to visit at Carcassonne & arround (South of France)
Cité de Carcassonne
- 2,500 years of history, it was a Gaulish settlement then in the 3rd century AD
- Lady Carcas has given her name for the city
- The Cité dyes itself red for the national day of France on July 14 with fabulous fireworks
Bram and his circulade
- A circulade is a very special type of construction, the city is built in circles around the church
- It's the largest Circulade of old named country "Languedoc-Roussillon" with 3,5 circles
The Cassoulet festival in Castelnaudary
- Music with a golden cassoulet = good evenings at the end of August
- My aunt won a national competition for the production of Cassoulet in the Amateur category
Lastours and its 4 castles
- Need to take a little height and steep passages? There is no more beautiful than Lastours!
- They have not been habited since the end of the 16th century
- Classified "Historic Monument" since 1905
Limoux, at the gateway to the Pyrenees
- Its "Place de la République" is the center of everything (Coffee shops, Events,...)
- The Aude gorges are great to see too
- This city will be crossed by Tour de France the 2022-07-19
- All that remains is to drink some blanquette (with moderation)
Narbonne facing the sea
- Before the sea, you can visit the most beautiful market in France and its Halles recently elected by the French people
- You can visit the neighbourhood house of Charles Trenet, a famous singer in France between 30s and 60s
The numerous lakes of the Montagne Noire
- Lampy's Lake, The Camazes, The Ganguise are all in Aude
- Not in Aude but Montagnès Lake is good for a fresh rest
- Not in Aude too but not far away: Saint-Ferréol, the first lake that fills the Canal du Midi
Canal du Midi, the famous
- Created by Pierre-Paul Riquet, he doesn't saw the end of him masterpiece
- 63 locks along the 240 km (149,13 miles) some of which are double, triple or even more
Gruissan, the quiet corner of Mediterranean Sea
- Its port, like Sète, is well known
- The best beach is that of the chalets
Others "little" things to visit
- Cabrespine Giant Chasm
- Village of Lagrasse
- The abbeys of Saint-Papoul and Fondfroide (Narbonne)
- Alet-les-Bains and the Casino
Final thing, in France, we use numbers for each country (Departement) and Aude have the number 11
That's all for me, have a nice day or afternoon or night, it all depends where you live and I hope you taken pleasure with this trip of my Departement. Bye!
Rémi Bernieres
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That's an out of the ordinary post, @[deleted] - I like it 🤗. Until now I mainly knew Carcassonne from the board game we play every now and then at home:
Although we've had some tense moments while playing, we never ended up with fiery red skies as in that picture of yours (thankfully)! 🎆
