Languedoc, South of France
A loft below the walls of the Cité
A top-floor apartment for two in the Bastide Saint-Louis, ten minutes on foot from the walled city, with the market square at the end of the street.
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The ApartmentInside the loftIt is a genuine loft rather than a marketing word for a small flat. The ceilings are high, the beams are structural,…
The ApartmentCooking here is the pointThe kitchen is compact. It is also better equipped than most holiday lets, because the assumption is that you will a…
The ApartmentWho it suits, and who it does notIt is a two-person apartment up four flights with no lift. That single fact rules it in or out for most people, so i…
The ApartmentGetting here, and what to do with the carCarcassonne is easier to reach than its size suggests. It has its own airport, sits on the main Toulouse to Narbonne…
Carcassonne & the CitéVisiting the Cité without the crowdsThe Cité is the largest fortified town in Europe and it receives the visitor numbers you would expect. Timing is alm…Carcassonne & the CitéThe one ticket worth buyingYou can wander the Cité for nothing. The castle and the walkway along the inner walls are ticketed, and they are the…Browse by section
The ApartmentThe loft itself: the rooms, the kitchen, who it suits and what to know before you arrive.Carcassonne & the CitéThe walled city, the newer town across the river, and how to see both without queueing.Around the LanguedocWine country, the canal, the coast and the day trips that make a week here worth it.