Tourism

Culture

	The cathare castles and impressive citadels : Quéribus, Peyrepertuse, Puilaurens also Arques and Termes.
	The amazing fortifications of the medieval city of Carcassonne (an UNESCO World Heritage)
	The abbeys and Romanesque churches.
	Cucugnan : the Theatre of Achille Mir
	The Prehistoric Museum in Tautavel
	The Museum of Dinosaurs in Espéraza
	The summer festivals in Carcassonne and Montolieu.
	The mystery of Rennes Le Chateau

Nature :

	Numerous walking routes
	Le pech de Bugarach (1231 m)
	Les gorges de Galamus (canyon)
	The caves and chasm in Cabrespine and Limousis.
	Thermal spa and health restoring institutes: Rennes-Ies-Bains, Alet-les-Bains

Sports:

	numerous hiking tours for novice and advanced walkers.
	several tracks for bikes and motorbikes.
	aquatic sport : canyoning, rafting, canoeing and kayak
	rock climbing and speleology
	ski resorts in the Pyrenees 30 minutes to one hour
	The Mediterranean is one hour's drive away.
	Horse riding.
	Hot air balloon

Useful links

	Departmental tourism committee of AUDE : abbeys, castles
	The Cathars country.
	The city Carcassonne and surrounding area.
	The Couiza region (in French): Activities in open air, thermal spa, Calendar of manifestations ...
	The community of tourist communes in Aude: the sports and the culture (free touring maps)

By aeroplane

Toulouse

Flybe.com : Birmingham

Easyjet.com : London and Bristol

Jet2.com : Leeds, Belfast and Manchester

British Airways : London

Aer Lingus: Dublin

- By bus or coach: Coach transfers to the city centre and railwaystation run every 20 minutes and take about 30 minutes
- Rent a car at the airport of Toulouse.

Carcassonne

CHEAP with Ryanair from Dublin, Stansted, Nottingham, Liverpool, Shannon.

- Rent a car at the airport of Carcassonne.
- The airport shuttle takes you to the city of Carcassonne and railwaystation.

Perpignan

Airport of Perpignan to Manchester, Dublin , Southampton, London with Ryanair, Air Lingus, Flybe, Air France

- The airport shuttle takes you to the city of Perpignan and railwaystation.

By train

Eurostar directly from London Waterloo to Toulouse
With Eurostar from London Waterloo to Paris North and from Paris Austerlitz to Carcassonne (with Corailteoz)
Toulouse - Carcassonne - Narbonne with TGV , Corail or TER
Carcassonne-Couiza-Quillan : with TER regional train
Rent a car at the railwaystation Carcassonne (Bastide St Louis) at Ada, Hertz or Avis

By car

The A61/E80 motorway up to Carcassonne (exit 24) .
Then take D118 towards Limoux.

To Bugarach : take D118 up to Couiza

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