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In January, Feluka's planner fills 3 full days in Carcassonne, fitting each place around its listed opening hours and visit length. Here is that plan, day by day, in the order the planner visits them.
The opening hours behind this plan come from each place’s listing and are unverified; they may have changed, so check before you go.
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Day 1: La Cité, La Trivalle Castle of the Counts about 120 min The castle inside the walled Cité, with a ramparts walk, a lapidary museum and guided or audio-guided visits.
What to do there Walk the ramparts and the hoardings See the lapidary museum Watch the film in the projection room Book a guided tour or take an audio guide La Cité 11000 Carcassonne Best: morning, late morning, afternoon On the map › Something wrong?
Saint-Nazaire Basilica about 30 min The 11th to 14th century church of the Cité, Romanesque and Gothic together, with a rose window and stained glass.
What to do there Look at the stained glass windows Compare the Romanesque and Gothic parts of the church La Cité La Cité, Pl. Saint-Nazaire, 11000 Carcassonne Best: morning, late morning, afternoon On the map › Something wrong?
La Barbacane about 110 min The restaurant of the Hôtel de la Cité, a tasting-menu table with a view of the fortifications; lunch and dinner daily.
What to do there Dine on the tasting menu with wine pairing Look out over the gardens and the fortifications La Cité Pl. Auguste Pierre Pont, 11000 Carcassonne Best: lunch, dinner On the map › Something wrong?
Old Bridge about 20 min The pedestrian 14th-century bridge over the Aude that once joined the lower town and the Cité, with a view of the walls.
What to do there Cross on foot to the Cité Take the photo of the Cité from the bridge La Trivalle Rue du Pont Vieux, 11000 Carcassonne Best: golden hour, afternoon, morning On the map › Something wrong?
House of Wool and Cloth about 45 min A small museum on Rue Trivalle about the Carcassonne cloth industry, from wool to dyeing, run by the tourist office.
What to do there Follow the cloth industry from the wool to the dyeing Join a guided tour La Trivalle 77 Rue Trivalle, 11000 Carcassonne Best: afternoon On the map › Something wrong?
La Demeure du Cassoulet about 80 min A restaurant in the Cité given to cassoulet, classic and revisited, open for lunch and dinner every day but Wednesday.
What to do there Order a classic or a revisited cassoulet Try the pan-fried foie gras Listen to live music La Cité 7 Pl. du Grand Puits, 11000 Carcassonne Best: lunch, dinner Website › On the map › Something wrong?
Day 2: Bastide Saint-Louis, La Trivalle Prosper Montagné Covered Market about 45 min The covered market of the Bastide, open Tuesday to Saturday mornings, built in 1768.
What to do there Browse the butchers, fishmongers and greengrocers Buy local produce for a picnic Bastide Saint-Louis Les Halles, Pl. d'Eggenfelden, 11000 Carcassonne Best: morning, late morning On the map › Something wrong?
Boulangerie des Halles - Fuster about 20 min A bakery on Rue Aimé Ramond that makes the Carcassonnais pastry, open Tuesday to Saturday from 7 am.
What to do there Taste the Carcassonnais pastry Pick up viennoiseries for breakfast Bastide Saint-Louis 61 Rue Aimé Ramond, 11000 Carcassonne Best: morning, late morning On the map › Something wrong?
Hours unverified: they come from its listing and may have changed.
Café de la Comédie about 70 min One of the oldest cafés in Carcassonne, a bar-restaurant in the Bastide facing the Jean Alary theatre; 10 am to midnight daily.
What to do there Order the cassoulet Look for the vegan options Sit in an old Carcassonne café Bastide Saint-Louis 13 Rue Courtejaire, 11000 Carcassonne Best: lunch, dinner, afternoon On the map › Something wrong?
Hours unverified: they come from its listing and may have changed.
Saint-Vincent Church about 45 min A church of the Bastide whose 54 m octagonal tower has a carillon of 47 bells and a view over the town after 232 steps.
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-Louis 79 Rue du Dr Albert Tomey, 11000 Carcassonne Best: afternoon, golden hour On the map › Something wrong?
Fine Arts Museum about 60 min A municipal museum of paintings and ceramics from the 17th century to today, with temporary exhibitions; reviews mention free entry.
What to do there See European paintings and ceramics from the 17th century on Catch one of the temporary exhibitions Bastide Saint-Louis 15 Bd Camille Pelletan, 11000 Carcassonne Best: morning, late morning, afternoon On the map › Something wrong?
FloridaBlanca about 75 min A Spanish tapas restaurant on Rue Trivalle, at the foot of the Cité, open Tuesday to Saturday for lunch and dinner.
What to do there Share a selection of homemade tapas Order the octopus Try the homemade aioli La Trivalle 22 Rue Trivalle, 11000 Carcassonne Best: lunch, dinner Website › On the map › Something wrong?
Day 3: Bastide Saint-Louis, La Cité Calvary Garden about 30 min A garden in a bastion of the lower town with the 14 stations of the Way of the Cross in terracotta high-reliefs.
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-Louis Rue Voltaire, 11000 Carcassonne Best: morning, afternoon On the map › Something wrong?
Saint-Michel Cathedral about 30 min The cathedral of the lower town, 13th-century Languedoc Gothic, with a rose window 8 m wide and 14th-century choir-screen glass.
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-Louis 52 Rue Voltaire, 11000 Carcassonne Best: morning, late morning, afternoon On the map › Something wrong?
Le Créneau about 75 min A restaurant on Place Saint-Jean in the Cité with a panoramic terrace facing the castle, open from 9 am to 2 am.
What to do there Eat on the panoramic terrace facing the castle Order the cassoulet Try the onion soup La Cité 6 Pl. Saint-Jean, 11000 Carcassonne Best: lunch, dinner, golden hour On the map › Something wrong?
Hours unverified: they come from its listing and may have changed.
Museum of the Inquisition about 60 min A museum in a 17th-century house in the Cité, with a collection of instruments of torture from the 12th century to the Revolution.
What to do there See the collection of instruments of torture Read the explanations in English, French, Spanish, Italian or German La Cité 7 Rue Saint-Jean, Pl. du Grand Puits 9 rue du, 11000 Carcassonne Best: morning, late morning, afternoon On the map › Something wrong?
School Museum about 45 min A museum in the Cité of a French classroom from 1880 to the 1960s, where visitors write with a nib pen.
What to do there Write with a nib pen See the old school projectors La Cité 3 Rue du Plo, 11000 Carcassonne Best: morning, late morning, afternoon On the map › Something wrong?
Le Plô about 80 min A restaurant in the Cité serving cassoulet and crispy duck breast, with a courtyard, open lunch and dinner every day.
What to do there Order the cassoulet Try the crispy duck breast Sit in the leafy courtyard La Cité 23 Rue du Plo, 11000 Carcassonne Best: lunch, dinner On the map › Something wrong?
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