Prefecture Aude, a county of contrasts :

A country of history and culture.
2 Unesco World Heritage sites : The medieval fortified city and the Canal du Midi.
Beaches and skiing resorts
The vineyards of Corbières and Minervois.

By the motorway linking the Mediterranean sea to the Atlantic Ocean : Within 45 minutes drive of Toulouse, a one and a half hour’s drive from Montpellier, two and three quarters from Barcelona, 45 minutes from the beaches (Gruissan, Narbonne Plage…)
By road : a one and a half hour drive from the skiing resorts (Mont d’Olmes, Camurac),
By plane : Direct flights towards Denmark, England, Ireland, Portugal and Scotland.
http://www.aeroport-carcassonne.com/fr/page/passagers
By train : 5 hours from Paris, 3 and a half hours from Lyons, 3 hours from Marseilles

http://www.audetourisme.com/fr/laissez-vous-seduire/index.php

View 200m behind the house

Access from Barbacane Street

View by night from the 2nd floor

Count's Castle inside the medieval city

Links towards websites presenting Carcassonne and its surroundings :

http://www.carcassonne.culture.fr/
http://www.canalmidi.com/
http://fr.franceguide.com/thematiques/littoral/Les-plages-de-l-Aude.html?NodeID=121&EditoID=191237
http://www.lespyrenees.net/fr/station,3,Camurac.html
http://histoireduroussillon.free.fr/Tourisme/Ski.php
http://www.lespyrenees.net/fr/station,50,Les-Monts-d–Olmes.html
http://www.audetourisme.com/fr/laissez-vous-seduire/gastronomie-et-vins/les-vins-de-l-aude.php
http://www.audetourisme.com/fr/laissez-vous-seduire/gastronomie-et-vins/les-chefs-etoiles.php
http://www.audetourisme.com/fr/a-voir-a-faire/index.php