Flying from Manchester Friday 11.22 Arriving Carcassonne 14.25
Flying from Carcassonne Saturday 10.05 Arriving Manchester 11.10
First night to be spent in Carcassonne before heading out to Quillan for a week. The figure in brackets represents the driving time from Quillan.
Quillan
Montsegur and possibly visit to the medieval town of Mirepoix.
Montsegur (49 mins)
https://www.ariegepyrenees.com/en/decouvrir/incontournables/chateaux/montsegur/
Mirepoix (46 mins)
https://www.ariegepyrenees.com/en/decouvrir/incontournables/les-plus-beaux-villages/mirepoix/
Perypertuse (64 mins)
https://www.peyrepertuse.com/en/
Queribus back via Mory and St Paul. (50 mins)
https://www.tourisme-corbieres-minervois.com/en/explorer-nos-incontournables/les-chateaux-du-pays-cathare/le-chateau-de-queribus/
Puylauren. (
https://www.audetourisme.com/en/fiche/puilaurens/chateau-de-puilaurens_TFOPCULAR0110000007/
Puivert. (16 mins)
https://chateau-de-puivert.com/
Coustausa. (18 mins)
https://www.chateau-coustaussa.fr/
Other places of interest
Esperaza market on Sunday morning. (8 mins)
The Yellow Train from Villefranche de Conflent to Latour de Carol near Andorra. https://www.tourism-mediterraneanpyrenees.com/
Ax Les Thermes, spa town in The Pyrenees. A fabulous circular driving route.
Les Orges rock formations
Abbey St Hilaire near Limoux.
Rennes les Bains.
Walks
Roman bridge at Bugarach
Mont Sec
Terre Rouge
Alet Les Bains
Gorge de Galamus
The Plan Options
flying from Manchester and staying in Carcassonne on Friday night. Return on the following Saturday flight from Cardassonne to Manchester..
Possible programme of events
Friday… arrive at Carcassonne 14.25, collect car and drive to Hotel Donjon.
Saturday…From Carcassonne, drive out to Limoux (30 mins) and visit Leclerc supermaché, then on to Quillan (30 mins). A possible short detour of a couple of miles, up to Rennes Le Chateau for lunch. Check in at Quillan is 16.00.
Sunday… Esperaza market in the morning, a 10 minute drive from Quillan.
Monday… drive to Montségur (50 mins) and walk up to the chateaux. Possibly visit the medieval town of Mirepoix in the afternoon (40 mins) then back to Quillan (50 mins).
Tuesday… walk the Terre Rouge, or the Roman bridge near Bugarach.
Wednesday… drive to the wine village of Cucugnan in the Corbieres hills and visit either chateau Perypertuse, or chateau Quéribus.
Thursday… drive up to the spa town of Ax Les Thermes in the Pyrenees and back via a different route. Very scenic all the way!
Or drive to Villefranche (1hr 40mins) and catch The Yellow Train up to Latour de Carol in The Pyrenees near Andorra.
Friday… visit the chateau of Puylaurens or chateau Puivert. Both local, within 20 minutes drive of Quillan.
Saturday… return to Carcassonne airport (50 minutes) to catch the 10.05 flight back to Manchester.
All very flexible and will no doubt be adjusted according to preference and weather. River canoeing is an extra curricular activity that can be made available to those wishing to get wet 😂
Fly drive for 1 week
Flights £100 per person.
Accomodation £929 for 4.
Car hire £432 (Peugeot 3008 from Alamo).
Hotel Donjon £140 (first night).
Airport parking £70
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