Languedoc-Roussillon Tourism


			Carcassonne	L'Aude Carcassonne : The fortified city of Carcassonne (restored by Viollet-Le Duc) is a masterpiece of history and architecture - 3 km of ramparts and 52 towers. You should also see the Saint-Nazaire basilica (the most beautiful stained glasses of the south), the fine Arts museum, its mansions of the 17th and the 18th centuries and its castle, archetype of the Middle Age military construction (12th century). On your stages, do not miss Castelnaudary, but also Narbonne, Lézignan-Corbières, Limoux (Blanquette), Port-la-Nouvelle (shellfish culture on the pools of Gruisan and of Sigean). Touristic places you should also visit : the Abbeys of Fontfroide (Cistercian -XIIth century), Saint-Papoul, Saint-Hilaire ; You ought to see the Cathar castles of Quéribus, Peyrepertuse, Arques, Puylaurens, Puivert, Montségur. See also the coastal plain of Narbonne, the Limousis grottos.
			Arenas of Nîmes	Le Gard Nîmes : The arenas of Nîmes are famous, as well as the Magne Tower and the Square House. The Fontaine garden (18th century) is an excellent promenade. And do not miss the birth house of Alphonse Daudet. You could also see Aigues Mortes, Beaucaire and its castle, Le Vigan, Roquemaure, Anduze (pottery), Uzès (the Dukes Palace and its Bermonde tower of the 11th century) Other site are not to be missed : the bridge over the Gard river at Rémoulins, the fluvial harbour of Ardoise, the spa of Fumades, and the national park of Cévennes.
				L'Hérault Montpellier : Montpellier possesses the oldest university of medecine (1021). So you could also discover the Fabre (works of Houdon and many painting collections) and Atger (collection of drawing) museums. You ought to see the Plants garden (1st of Europe) and the Peyrou promenade (with the water tower) near the Triumph Ark (erected en 1691 for king Louis XIV glory) ; Other stages are not to be missed as Agde (Saint-Etienne cathedrale of the 12th century), Béziers, Le Grau-du-Roi, small fishing harbour , Frontignan. Do not miss too the national park of Haut-Languedoc, the spas (Balaruc-les-Bains, Lamalou-les-Bains), the abbey of Saint-Félix-de-Montceau and the churches of Florensac (12th century) and Loupian (12th century), the castles of Montlaur and Mirepoix (the later dates from 1400).
				La Lozère Earth of many water sources with the famous gorges of Tarn.
				Les Pyrénées-Orientales Perpignan : According to Salvador Dali, the railway station of Perpignan was the center point of the World. The Saint-Jacques church (14th century) and the Saint-Jean cathedrale (14th-15th centuries), the Lodge of the Sea (14th-16th centuries) with the Venus of Maillol, the palace of Majorca kings (13th-14th centuries) in the middle of the citadel (16th century), the Castillet (military construction of the 14th century) are the must when visiting the city. See also its museums : H. Rigaud, Casa Pairial (settled in the Castillet). Other sites are Collioure and its templar fortress, Prades, Rivesaltes, Banyuls-sur-Mer. The Romanesque Art is very represented with more than 100 churches, abbeys (Saint-Michel-de-Cuxa) ; And finally we can mention some spas as Amélie-les-Bains or ski stations (Font-Romeu, Les Angles...)