Short ride from Toulouse to Carcassonne but there was a traffic jam (Saturday) starting about 20 km out of the town. I was staying in a village nearby so I took to the back roads and bypassed the mess.
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- Sunflowers
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- Battle
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- Traffic Jam
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- Back roads
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- Back roads
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- Back roads
My first day in the area was a Sunday, I went for a ride through the countryside and got to see a Country Fair with Jousting Boats.
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- Breakfast
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- Lastours
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- Lastours
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- Fruit
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- River
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- Lastours
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- Stone
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- Waterfall
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- Castles
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- Flower
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- Butterfly
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- Lastours
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- River
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- Flower
Lac de la Cavayere – created by a Dam
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- Lac de la Cavayere
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- Flying Fox
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- Water
Ville de Trebes
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- The Band
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- Village Fair
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- Churros
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- Lunch
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- Ville de Trebes
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- Battle
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- Jousting Boats
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- Jousting Boats
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- Jousting Boats
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- Dinner
Carcassone – Le Cite
Do not visit this place on a weekend or in July and August and avoid the millions of tourist and their kids. You could stay in Toulouse and take the train and the earlier you get here the better. Entrance to the Medieval city is free but you have to buy a ticket E8.50 for the Chateau and the Ramparts , buy the tickets online and you won’t have to queue.
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- Breakfast
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- Free Bike parking at the Entrance
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- First stop
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- Front Door
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- Guy Ferrer
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- T.O.L
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- E.R.A
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- N.C.E
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- Walls
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- Drawbridge
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- Inner Front door
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- Inner Walls
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- Shops
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- Another door
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- Queue for Tickets at 10 AM
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- Chateau
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- Well
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- No thank you
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- Bastion
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- Back door
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- Arrow Loophole
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- Wall
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- Turret
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- Between the walls
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- Complicated
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- Another back door
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- Walls
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- Walls
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- Handpan music
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- Inside the church
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- Stained glass
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- Candles
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- Outside the church
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- Roots
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- Square inside Le Cite
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- Jousting
There is nothing to see in the town of Carcassone itself, shops are closed on Sunday and Monday.
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- Shops closed on Monday
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- Cafe’s in the Square
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- Neptune
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- Clock Tower
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- Entrance
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- Fountain
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- Hotel de Police
Chris's space 