Prosper Montagné Covered Market
about 45 minThe covered market of the Bastide, open Tuesday to Saturday mornings, built in 1768.
The covered market of the lower town, built in 1768 according to the tourist office. Its markets page lists butchers, pork butchers, fishmongers, greengrocers and poulterers, every morning from Tuesday to Saturday. The listing gives it as open Tuesday to Saturday until 2 or 2:30 pm. Reviews mention the vendors, the meat and local products.
What to do there- Browse the butchers, fishmongers and greengrocers
- Buy local produce for a picnic
Bastide Saint-LouisLes Halles, Pl. d'Eggenfelden, 11000 CarcassonneBest: morning, late morningOn the map ›Something wrong?
Hours unverified: they come from its listing and may have changed.
Boulangerie des Halles - Fuster
about 20 minA bakery on Rue Aimé Ramond that makes the Carcassonnais pastry, open Tuesday to Saturday from 7 am.
The tourist office page says all the breads and pastries are made on the spot and names the Carcassonnais, and its brother the Petit Carcassonnais, created in 1935. The listing shows it open Tuesday to Saturday from 7 am to 7:30 pm, closed Sunday and Monday. Reviews mention viennoiseries, the chocolate croissant and quiche.
What to do there- Taste the Carcassonnais pastry
- Pick up viennoiseries for breakfast
Bastide Saint-Louis61 Rue Aimé Ramond, 11000 CarcassonneBest: morning, late morningOn the map ›Something wrong?
Hours unverified: they come from its listing and may have changed.
Café de la Comédie
about 70 minOne of the oldest cafés in Carcassonne, a bar-restaurant in the Bastide facing the Jean Alary theatre; 10 am to midnight daily.
The tourist office describes a bar-restaurant in the heart of the Bastide, opposite the Jean Alary theatre, one of the oldest cafés in Carcassonne. The listing shows it open 10 am to midnight every day. Reviews mention cassoulet, vegan options and the staff most.
What to do there- Order the cassoulet
- Look for the vegan options
- Sit in an old Carcassonne café
Bastide Saint-Louis13 Rue Courtejaire, 11000 CarcassonneBest: lunch, dinner, afternoonOn the map ›Something wrong?
Hours unverified: they come from its listing and may have changed.
Calvary Garden
about 30 minA garden in a bastion of the lower town with the 14 stations of the Way of the Cross in terracotta high-reliefs.
A garden in the bastion, reopened to the public in 2011 according to the tourist office. It holds the 14 stations of the Way of the Cross, terracotta high-reliefs set in niches, and the page says the landscape is interesting too. Open every day from 10 am to noon and 2 pm to 6 pm to the end of 2026. Reviews mention the stations and the city centre.
What to do there- Follow the 14 stations of the Way of the Cross
- Look for the terracotta high-reliefs in their niches
Bastide Saint-LouisRue Voltaire, 11000 CarcassonneBest: morning, afternoonOn the map ›Something wrong?
Hours unverified: they come from its listing and may have changed.
Fine Arts Museum
about 60 minA municipal museum of paintings and ceramics from the 17th century to today, with temporary exhibitions; reviews mention free entry.
The tourist office page says the paintings and ceramics make the museum a survey of European art from the 17th century to the present day, with three temporary exhibitions a year. From 2 November the page shows Tuesday to Saturday, and it adds the first Sunday of each month, 2 pm to 5:30 pm. The page gives no ticket price; reviews mention free entry most.
What to do there- See European paintings and ceramics from the 17th century on
- Catch one of the temporary exhibitions
Bastide Saint-Louis15 Bd Camille Pelletan, 11000 CarcassonneBest: morning, late morning, afternoonOn the map ›Something wrong?
Hours unverified: they come from its listing and may have changed.
Saint-Michel Cathedral
about 30 minThe cathedral of the lower town, 13th-century Languedoc Gothic, with a rose window 8 m wide and 14th-century choir-screen glass.
A Languedoc Gothic church of the 13th century that became a cathedral in 1803, restored by Viollet-le-Duc after the fire of 1849, according to the tourist office. It points to a rose window 8 metres across on the facade and the 14th-century stained glass kept in the choir screen. Closed Monday; open mornings and, Tuesday to Saturday, from 3 pm.
What to do there- Look for the rose window, 8 m across, on the facade
- See the 14th-century stained glass of the choir screen
Bastide Saint-Louis52 Rue Voltaire, 11000 CarcassonneBest: morning, late morning, afternoonOn the map ›Something wrong?
Hours unverified: they come from its listing and may have changed.
Saint-Vincent Church
about 45 minA church of the Bastide whose 54 m octagonal tower has a carillon of 47 bells and a view over the town after 232 steps.
A church of the lower town. The tourist office says its square-based, 54 m high octagonal tower houses a 47-bell carillon, and that a climb of 232 steps leads to a view of the whole town. It opens in the afternoon every day, and on Saturday morning too. The page lists an adult price of 2.50 euros but also says public access is free.
What to do there- Climb the 232 steps for the view of the town
- Look for the 47-bell carillon in the tower
Bastide Saint-Louis79 Rue du Dr Albert Tomey, 11000 CarcassonneBest: afternoon, golden hourOn the map ›Something wrong?