With less than two hours

THE PARC OF THE PREHISTORY

In the middle of one of the most beautiful landscapes of the Pyrenees, leave for an astonishing walk in time, in a park of 13 hectares which will make you live a whole day as 13,000 years ago.

In this space, various workshops of animations are which offer a ludic approach for the knowledge of the Life and the Art of the men to Magdalénien: workshop of archeology, workshop of hunting, workshop of Parietal Art ...
http://www.sesta.fr/parc-de-la-prehistoire.html 

 

FORTIFIED CITY OF CARCASSONNE

Located on Right Bank of the Aude, the City of Carcassonne dominates in a spectacular way the valley of the Aude and the city.
This strengthened medieval city, whose origins go back to the Gallo-Roman period, owes its fame with its double enclosure adding up nearly 3 kilometers of ramparts and comprising 52 turns.
Witness of a history marked by the catharism and the crusades, this single medieval whole in Europe east registered with the world heritage of UNESCO since 1997.
http://www.carcassonne.culture.fr 

 

DISCOVER ALBI

Built at the edge of the Tarn, red Albi it (the buildings are built with typical red brick of the area) gave its name to the Cathar heretics: “Albigensians”. Episcopal city, it was selected to show the re-establishment of the authority of the Church in Languedoc with the impressive cathedral-fortress Sainte Cecile. It is also the town of Toulouse Lautrec which has its museum in the palate of Berbie.
www.albitourisme.com 

 

THE CASTLE OF FOIX

Exceptional fortress, the castle of Foix is an imposing and remarkable building. From the top of its impressive rock, it dominates the city, controls the access towards the high valley of Ariège, supervises the low country, is protected behind impregnable walls.
Built a little before the year Millet by the comtale family of Carcassonne, it was until the end of the Middle Ages the symbol of the powers of a powerful seigniory: the county of Foix.
http://www.sesta.fr/chateau-de-foix.html