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Visit Carcassonne: Highlights and Tourist Information

IMPORTANT: this is a summary of local highlights. For detailed visitor information see Carcassonne travel guide

Location: Carcassonne is situated in the Aude department (Languedoc-Roussillon region) in the south of France - it is the prefecture (capital) of the Aude department. (General information: Carcassonne is 628 km from Paris and 861 km from the port at Calais).

Tourist classifications for Carcassonne: Protected historical centre (fr: secteur sauvegardé) (see also historical French towns); Heritage site;

Market days in Carcassonne: weekly market: Tuesday & Thursday & Saturday; (markets take place in the morning unless indicated)

Popular places to visit near Carcassonne: these include Saint-Hilaire at 14 km and Montolieu at 16 km. Carcassonne City is a listed grand site of france at 1 km and Gouffre de Cabrespine is a listed site of natural beauty at 18 km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.

Photos taken within 10 km

Selected places to visit and attractions near Carcassonne, France

Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Carcassonne

photo of Limoux
Limoux 21km
photo of Saissac
Saissac 23km
photo of Minerve
Minerve 35km
photo of Soreze
Soreze 36km
photo of Camon
Camon 38km
photo of Aigne
Aigne 39km
photo of Revel
Revel 40km

See France This Way travel guides for Aude and Languedoc-Roussillon (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Carcassonne.

Note that all distances from Carcassonne shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.

Carcassonne holidays and travel

If you are planning a visit we suggest you see our hotel search (from a leading hotel agent and with a great selection of hotels and a best price promise).

For a longer visit popular choices include apartments and holiday rentals. For these we suggest two popular options: holiday villages in Languedoc-Roussillon and Aude gites and villas

Markets near Carcassonne

  • Carcassonne: market every Tuesday & Thursday & Saturday (0km)
  • Bram: market every Wednesday (20km)
  • Limoux: market every Friday all day (21km)
  • Olonzac: market every Tuesday (31km)
  • Mazamet: market every Tuesday & Sunday & Saturday (31km)
  • Lezignan-Corbieres: market every Wednesday (32km)
  • Esperaza: market every Thursday & Sunday (33km)
  • Castelnaudary: market every Monday all day (35km)
  • Labastide-Rouairoux: market every Thursday (37km)
  • Labruguiere: market every Friday (37km)
  • Revel: market every Saturday (40km)
  • Quillan: market every Wednesday & Saturday (40km)
  • Mirepoix: market every Thursday & Monday (42km)
  • Saint-Pons-de-Thomieres: market every Wednesday & Sunday (45km)
  • Belesta: market every Tuesday & Thursday (49km)

Tourist attractions nearby

Below we show places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Carcassonne and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Carcassonne map below.

Grand Site Of France Carcassonne City (1km)

Most Beautiful Village Lagrasse (25km); Minerve (35km); Camon (38km)

Recommended Detour Limoux (21km); Revel (40km)

Regional Natural Parc Haut-Languedoc (47km)

Site Of Natural Beauty Gouffre de Cabrespine (18km); Fontaine Intermittente de Fontestorbes (49km)

Map of places to visit near Carcassonne & Location Information

Geographical Information

Commune: Carcassonne

Canton: Carcassonne

Arrondissement: Carcassonne

Department: Aude

Region: Languedoc-Roussillon

Postcode: 11000

Distance to Carcassonne

from Carcassonne (local prefecture): 1 km

from Paris: 628 km

from Calais: 861 km

from Nice: 400 km

from Bordeaux: 296 km

from Strasbourg: 728 km

* distances are direct not by road!

More information

We have 8 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Carcassonne): Berriac, Cavanac, Cazilhac, Palaja, Pennautier, Villalier, Villedubert and Villemoustaussou.

Getting here

For driving distances to Carcassonne from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

This page in French: Visitez Carcassonne