All the information and detail of attractions to help you make the most of your tour:
How to Get Here:
Airport pick up points reccomended for these tours are Toulouse (British Airways, KLM or Easyjet) and Carcassone (Ryanair) which have incoming flights from the following UK airports: London Stanstead, Glasgow, Leeds, East Midlands & Liverpool.
Other possible pick up airport airports in the region include Beziers (Ryanair) serviced by both Bristol & London Luton, whilst Perpignan receives Flybe flights from both Southampton & Birmingham.
There is also a fast TGV train into Toulouse for those not wishing to fly with connections through Paris from London.
Click on the following site for flight information & prices to above airports http://www.skyscanner.net/ or go to ryanair, easyjet or flybe websites direct. Guides to many good Hotels B&B,s near Carcassonne can be found on the following site
http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotels-g187151-c2-Carcassonne_Aude_Languedoc_Roussillon-Hotels.html
Useful information links on Cathars and interesting places in the region:
Who were the Cathars : http://ww.ancientquest.com/embark/cathars.html
http://www.philipcoppens.com/catharism.html
Knights Templar : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Knights_Templar
Albigensian Crusade : http://www.francethisway.com/history/history-cathars-a.php
: www.the-orb.net/textbooks/crusade/albig.html
: http://www.catharcastles.info/120704_minerve.htm
: http://www.castlesandmanorhouses.com/p.php?key=montsegur
Medieval Inquisition : www.cathar.info/1209_inquisition.htm
: http://www.cubieres-sur-cinoble.fr/English/belibaste.html
: http://www.catharcastles.info/120722_montaillou.htm
Cathar Castles : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathar_castles
: http://www.all-free-photos.com/show/showgal.php?idgal=chateau-peyrepertuse&lang=en
Abbeys : www.languedoc-france.info/120502_cistercians.htm
Canal du midi : www.midicanal.fr/
Languedoc wines : www.languedoc-france.info/0414_wine.htm
: http://www.domainegayda.com
: http://www.corbieresweb.com/-Wine-
Carcassonne : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carcassonne
Collioure : http://www.languedoc-france.info/030404_collioure.htm
Ceret : http://www.languedoc-france.info/030417_ceret.htm
Pyrenees : http://www.tourinfos.com/gb/r0011/d0066/m0001/j0024/p000198.htm
: http://www.anglophone-direct.com/Lakes-of-the-Pyrenees-Orientales
Historic caves : http://www.languedoc-france.info/0313_grottos.htm
Mystical : http://behindthenytimes.blogspot.fr/2011/02/february-7-2011-on-top-of- %20mount.html
: http://www.rlcresearch.com/2012/01/07/bugarach/
Sauniere : http://www.rennes-le-chateau-rhedae.com/rlc/creation.html
weather Forcast : ://www.the-languedoc-page.com/languedoc/languedoc-weather-now.htm
How to Get Here:
Airport pick up points reccomended for these tours are Toulouse (British Airways, KLM or Easyjet) and Carcassone (Ryanair) which have incoming flights from the following UK airports: London Stanstead, Glasgow, Leeds, East Midlands & Liverpool.
Other possible pick up airport airports in the region include Beziers (Ryanair) serviced by both Bristol & London Luton, whilst Perpignan receives Flybe flights from both Southampton & Birmingham.
There is also a fast TGV train into Toulouse for those not wishing to fly with connections through Paris from London.
Click on the following site for flight information & prices to above airports http://www.skyscanner.net/ or go to ryanair, easyjet or flybe websites direct. Guides to many good Hotels B&B,s near Carcassonne can be found on the following site
http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotels-g187151-c2-Carcassonne_Aude_Languedoc_Roussillon-Hotels.html
Useful information links on Cathars and interesting places in the region:
Who were the Cathars : http://ww.ancientquest.com/embark/cathars.html
http://www.philipcoppens.com/catharism.html
Knights Templar : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Knights_Templar
Albigensian Crusade : http://www.francethisway.com/history/history-cathars-a.php
: www.the-orb.net/textbooks/crusade/albig.html
: http://www.catharcastles.info/120704_minerve.htm
: http://www.castlesandmanorhouses.com/p.php?key=montsegur
Medieval Inquisition : www.cathar.info/1209_inquisition.htm
: http://www.cubieres-sur-cinoble.fr/English/belibaste.html
: http://www.catharcastles.info/120722_montaillou.htm
Cathar Castles : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathar_castles
: http://www.all-free-photos.com/show/showgal.php?idgal=chateau-peyrepertuse&lang=en
Abbeys : www.languedoc-france.info/120502_cistercians.htm
Canal du midi : www.midicanal.fr/
Languedoc wines : www.languedoc-france.info/0414_wine.htm
: http://www.domainegayda.com
: http://www.corbieresweb.com/-Wine-
Carcassonne : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carcassonne
Collioure : http://www.languedoc-france.info/030404_collioure.htm
Ceret : http://www.languedoc-france.info/030417_ceret.htm
Pyrenees : http://www.tourinfos.com/gb/r0011/d0066/m0001/j0024/p000198.htm
: http://www.anglophone-direct.com/Lakes-of-the-Pyrenees-Orientales
Historic caves : http://www.languedoc-france.info/0313_grottos.htm
Mystical : http://behindthenytimes.blogspot.fr/2011/02/february-7-2011-on-top-of- %20mount.html
: http://www.rlcresearch.com/2012/01/07/bugarach/
Sauniere : http://www.rennes-le-chateau-rhedae.com/rlc/creation.html
weather Forcast : ://www.the-languedoc-page.com/languedoc/languedoc-weather-now.htm