Department guide
Aude
Find cities to discover, open their guides and plan a stay around your interests.
Ideas to get you started
Available guides: 2
Ideas to get you started
A selection of city guides to help you choose your base.
Carcassonne
Carcassonne is divided as much by elevation as by history. The fortified Cité occupies a rocky spur, while the Bastide Saint-Louis spreads across the lower town in a regular grid. Pont Vieux links the…
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Narbonne
Narbonne’s centre places a Roman road beneath the towers of a later episcopal city. The Romans founded Narbo Martius in 118 BC on the Via Domitia, the first paved road in Gaul and a route between Ital…
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Places to Visit in Aude
This Aude directory is the entry point to the department’s city guides within the Languedoc-Roussillon section. It brings together the available coverage for Carcassonne and Narbonne, allowing readers to choose a city before moving to the relevant guide.
Explore Aude by city
Carcassonne and Narbonne each have a dedicated page in this travel directory. The links below open the corresponding English city guides, keeping the route from the departmental level clear.
- Carcassonne: continue to the places listed for Carcassonne.
- Narbonne: continue to the places listed for Narbonne.
Using the directory
Choose the city that matches the area you want to explore, then use its page as the next level of the guide. This landing page is an index rather than a ranked itinerary: it keeps the two city routes together without speculation about opening times, admission, access or current visitor services. Detailed entries remain with the city to which they belong.
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