Carcassonne is the beautiful medieval fortified city in the south of France. Linked by engineering feat that is the Canal du Midi to Béziers, Carcassonne offers a real taste of a long forgotten France.

The area that Carcassonne is reported to have been settled in around 3500 BC, however the hill site named Carsac, by the Celts and Carcasum by the Romans was fortified and recognised as a town around 100 BC. The city has known a great deal of history since it inception and by the middle ages the fiefdom of Carcassonne was recognized as a truly impenetrable fortress.

A UNESCO heritage site the city is a marvel of architecture, however the city is not just towers and old ramparts. It is still a thriving place that houses all you would expect form this part of the world, from small French cafes and shops, to well respected Michelin stared restaurants such as La Barbacane.