What to visit at Carcassonne & arround (South of France)

Rémi BERNIÈRES
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July 14, 2022

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

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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

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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

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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

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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)

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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

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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

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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

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Gruissan, the quiet corner of Mediterranean Sea

  • Its port, like Sète, is well known
  • The best beach is that of the chalets

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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

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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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Andy - Urban Gorilla Boy July 14, 2022

Wow... that is AMAZINg!!!!!!!!

Thank you to take the time to share this @Rémi BERNIÈRES ! beautiful

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July 14, 2022

I prepared this a long time before the 15th of July and took the time to choose what to visit where I live

 

My dad helped me

 

Thank you for your comment

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Andy Gladstone
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July 14, 2022

Wow! This is an amazing virtual tour of Carcassonne!

As an avid cyclist, I'll now be paying extra special attention to Stage 15 & 16 of Le Tour de France this week when it visits Carcassonne. Too bad it was not on Bastille Day when the town is painted in red.

Stage 15

Stage 16 

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July 14, 2022

Yes, but you don't saw in 2006?

You had a Stage Arrival of Tour de France, a show with the famous French TV presenter Michel Drucker AND the firework show at Cité!!

All the mid-town and downtown was prohibited all day long for cars! You needed the parking at the exterior of city!!

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July 14, 2022

@Rémi BERNIÈRES in 2006 I was not yet an avid cyclist, so I missed out on that visit. Although, 2006 was a rough year for cycling in general!

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July 14, 2022

Yes, I remember of that because this year, they started to publish the routes of Tour de France on Dailymotion (only for the 1st one in 2006) and Youtube after

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July 14, 2022

BONUS PIC!! THE 2022 RED DYE PICTURE DID BY ME!20220714_224340.jpg

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July 15, 2022

@Rémi BERNIÈRES stunning!

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July 14, 2022

@Rémi BERNIÈRES Thanks for sharing, very informative.

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July 15, 2022

That's an out of the ordinary post, @Rémi BERNIÈRES - I like it 🤗. Until now I mainly knew Carcassonne from the board game we play every now and then at home:

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Although we've had some tense moments while playing, we never ended up with fiery red skies as in that picture of yours (thankfully)! 🎆

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Thank you for your comment, I like your joke on the last sentence 😆

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July 15, 2022

@Walter Buggenhout the first thing I thought about was the game too - I didn't even know Carcassone was a real place!

@Rémi BERNIÈRES thanks for teaching me something today and sharing your beautiful corner of the world.

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Thank you @Monique vdB 

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July 18, 2022

I came here to comment on the board game too, one of my favorites!!! @Rémi BERNIÈRES these photos are beautiful, I'd love to visit someday!!

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John Funk
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July 15, 2022

Fantastic!! Now I want to go!!

Oh, and I need the recipe for that dish you showed 😊

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July 15, 2022

Great tour @Rémi BERNIÈRES - I agree with @Walter Buggenhout about the game! I love that game and everything I know about Carcassonne was from that game. Now I know a whole bunch more because of you! Love it! 

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July 18, 2022

Wow, great tour thanks for sharing that.

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September 13, 2022

This is amazing @Rémi BERNIÈRES !

Thank you for sharing it! I would love to visit one day... if only I wasn't afraid of planes :/

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September 13, 2022

Yeah, me too I want to discover the Canada but I never travel by plane

Thank you for the comment @Alex Koxaras _Relational_ 

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