EURO CITY BREAK

Carcassonne is a place that feels like it has been ripped straight from the pages of a fantasy novel. It is a city of two distinct halves separated by the River Aude and 600 years of history. On the hill stands the Cité Médiévale which is a UNESCO World Heritage site and a jagged skyline of turrets, towers and double walls that looks too perfect to be real. Below lies the Bastide Saint-Louis or the "lower town" which has its own charm with grid-like streets, lively squares an