Carcassonne A World Heritage Site

By Jérôme Sabatier

Travel guide updated in February 2019.

Words are difficult to find when seeing this medieval city unfold before your eyes. Few places in the world have so much to tell. Carcassonne possesses an exceptional legacy of a fortified city from the Middle Ages. Immerse yourself in an ancient world and soak up the atmosphere, in this city that transports visitors of all ages into a medieval dream.

Here you’ll find all the information necessary to prepare your trip and your stay in Carcassonne in order to discover this exceptional site of indisputable universal value. You will find the following under the sections for the site : the reasons for its selection for the World Heritage list, the history of the site, many practical informations (Tourist Offices, suggested tours, museums, events, transports), and a selection of accommodation and restaurants. Prices and opening hours shown are for 2019.

But most importantly, this "Carcassonne, A World Heritage Site" travel guide also offers a suggested itinerary for visiting each site and monument. You'll also find tips (transport, pricing, activities ... ), anecdotes and all the possibilities for family-friendly visits to encourage children and families in their discovery.

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• Language: English
• Publisher: Jérôme Sabatier
• Release date: May 28, 2018
• ISBN: 9791096111640

Jérôme Sabatier

A word from the authorVisiting a Unesco World Heritage site is more than just simple tourism.It's a journey toward the discovery of cultures, history and nature.It's the opportunity to explore places that have contributed to the construction our history and our humanity, and that protect this heritage even today.It's the experience of being enriched by the collective universal memory that helps us understand the world around us.The sites on the World Heritage of Humanity list all have one thing in common: their universal nature. They teach us that the world – since antiquity – has been fashioned by often commercial crossroads encouraging cultural, scientific and religious fusions. They teach us that openness to others and exchange are indeed sources of prosperity for all societies.To travel to the heart of these World Heritage sites is to choose to embark on an ethnological, anthropological, sociological, historical, architectural, cultural or religious voyage ... or all this at once! In short, it represents a tourism based on tolerance among civilizations and on respect for future generations.Let's protect our fragile universal heritage. And let's pass it on to our children.

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Table of Contents

Cover

Discover the Medieval City of Carcassonne

CARCASSONNE - MEDIEVAL CITY

Maps

World Heritage

History

Tourist Office

Museums

Events

Transport

Sleeping and Eating

Fortifications

Château Comtal

Basilique Saint-Nazaire and Saint-Celse

The Lower City (non classified)

The 10 criteria used by UNESCO for World Heritage classification

This Travel Guide

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Discover the Medieval City of Carcassonne, classified as a World Heritage site by UNESCO. Find all the information necessary to prepare and enjoy your stay. 

Enjoy reading and especially, … bon voyage !

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Here you’ll find all the information necessary to prepare your trip and your stay in Carcassonne in order to discover this exceptional site of indisputable universal value. You will find the following under the sections for the site : the reasons for its selection for the World Heritage list, the history of the site, information on Tourist Offices and suggested tours, general information about museums in the area, an events calendar, practical information on transport (getting there and getting around at the site), and a selection of accommodation and restaurants. Prices and opening hours shown are for 2019.

But most importantly, this Carcassonne, A World Heritage Site travel guide also offers a suggested itinerary for visiting each site and monument. You'll also find tips (transport, pricing, activities ... ), anecdotes and all the possibilities for family-friendly visits to encourage children and families in their discovery.

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CARCASSONNE - MEDIEVAL CITY

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Words are difficult to find when seeing this medieval city unfold before your eyes. Few places in the world have so much to tell. Carcassonne possesses an exceptional legacy of a fortified city from the Middle Ages. Immerse yourself in an ancient world and soak