This week I returned to France to visit the medieval quarter of Carcassonne. Featuring 52 towers and two concentric walls totalling three kilometres of ramparts, this impressive landmark is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Discover why, at the end of my time there, I needed a beer more than ever!
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No need to buy me a coffee … I drink beer!
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Hi Roy! I enjoyed this video very much. I stayed in Carcassonne summer 2024 for 5 weeks ( house/cat sitting), and you're correct: you don't want to go to the Cité Médiévale in the summer. It was TOO HOT and packed full of tourists. It helped that I went in the morning, but when I left it around 2pm, I had trouble getting out of the place like a salmon swimming upstream. At the end of my stay I was to fly to Brussels for a week. I took the train to Toulouse on my way to the airport, same as you, and had a miserable experience as well. I had no idea if the approaching train was mine or not, and I got on anyway. It was so hot and sticky outside, I almost didn't care where the train was headed. Inside was also packed like your train, but for some reason I'll never know, a porter guided me to an empty air-conditioned section. Despite the fact that it was upholstered in velvet in the 1930s, it was a great luxury for 90 minutes. Then more misery in Toulouse as I tried to get an Uber at the train station. Don't do it – get a taxi. Never mind! These are character-building experiences 😆 Stay safe! ~Kat
Summer time – Cas, Casca, Carsca, Carcassonne, is a hell hole. And yes, you sweat buckets as you are shoulder-to-shoulder with other tourists all marching around like angry ants.
Hi Roy, great video. Looks lovely, once you don't visit in the height of Summer.
I'm off to Conwy next week. Have you been there? Is it worth the visit?
Keep 'em coming – and good luck!