This is a well maintained castle with 3 km of ramparts. It dates back over 2,000 years and conjure…read morevisions of troubadours and knights. History buffs should probably take a tour, but I was more interested in walking the grounds. I took a one hour train ride from Toulouse. I recommend staying elsewhere and visiting the castle as the city itself is not a stand out culturally and architecturally. From the SNCF station it is about a one mile walk to the Narbonne Gate in the Old City. I used AllTrails to navigate the castle as it is large and it is hard to distinguish where you are otherewise. It took me 90 minutes to walk the circumference of the lower outer gates and the inner city. The castle is FREE but the ramparts are ticketed. Advice: Everyone told me the food is not good here so pack a lunch and eat at the walls or the park at the gate. Many restaurants in the city if you choose otherwise. Sunscreen if it is a sunny day. If you take the train, there are markets along the way even on Sun.

Do you like history, castle at Carcassonne you got served. I did an audio tour. It was well…read moredescribed, the architecture, the view. Carcassonne has a rich history. Walking on The rampas give you a nice view of the city. I watched a medieval fight. It took us a good 4 hours and I am pretty sure there is a lot more to see.

I stayed a week in Carcassonne below the old cite, so I walked across this bridge daily to get to…read morethe business, restaurants and markets on the other side of the river. It is a very sweet bridge with a lovely park below. It gives you a sense of the paths one had to take to cross over bodies of water centuries ago. Lovely walk and well worth the time to visit the area...dont miss the church !

From the owner: Reliant la cité à la Bastide Saint Louis Le Pont Vieux fut construit aux alentours de 1315, il…read moredevait remplacer un ouvrage féodal situé plus en amont. Un impôt spécifique fut même mis en place pour la construction de ce pont. Douze arches constituent la totalité de cet ouvrage médiéval, les diamètres d'ouverture de ces arches ne pas identiques, on peut ainsi penser qu'il a été construit au fur et à mesure et selon les moyens et les ressources. Aujourd'hui le pont ne possède plus que huit arches, il demeure une balade agréable et surtout un point de vue sur la cité médiévale absolument magique.

From the owner: Un ouvrage architectural et militaire étonnant La porte Narbonnaise est un ouvrage architectural et…read moremilitaire étonnant constitué de deux tours jumelles. Ces deux tours sont renforcées sur leurs faces avant par des becs pour dévier les tirs des assaillants. Des meurtrières ainsi qu'un assommoir complète le dispositif de défense. A l'intérieur elle est parfaitement aménagée : salon, cheminée, citerne, on comprend ainsi que les sièges pouvaient durer longtemps.