Hotels near Carcassonne Airport - CCF, Carcassonne

Pennautier is a beautiful town. Very quiet, but many beautiful things to see. The Boulangerie just down the road from La Beytina makes the BEST caramel muffins I have ever had. I also recommend the quiche – YUM. We were so excited to stumble across a food truck in town serving New Zealand and Pacific Islander food! I recommend the fish and chips and Honey Soy Chicken. As we were in town for a wedding, we didn't spend much time sight seeing in Pennautier or Carcassonne. Next time we return, we will definitely stay at La Beytina, so we can tour the area a bit more.

It is a beautiful small city with a lovely calmness to it very picturesque sitting having coffee ands vino watching the world go by in the busy world we live in it was quite soothing . The massive trees that line the streets are so so gorgeous ( it was pretty windy which made the trees rustle and wave about against the beautiful blue skies looked fabulous.

Carcassonne is a great place for a city break. You need at least two maybe three days to do both the Medieval city and Carcassonne. Bus transfers from the airport into Carcassonne are easy. A shuttle bus meets every flight and drops off at the Rail Stn, the town and the medieval city for 6 Euro per person. Transfer is 4km and takes about 20 mins. We stayed at Le Chevaliers which is situated between the two towns and whist it is an uphill walk to the medieval city it is possible with a reasonable level of fitness (10 Euro's in a taxi). The walk around the ramparts is well worth doing but requires you to be able to cope with lots of steps both up and down but the views are incredible.

Great location, perfect for visiting the Carcassonne, both the Bastide & the medieval Cite. Fabulous property, truly relaxing stay, amazing breakfast. Friendly & really helpful hosts, we would return.

Loved Carcassone but had visited before. The old walled city is interesting and beautiful and the town itself is lovely. We visited the castle and surroundings every day but did not venture out oif the area as we only had four nights. Our favourite restaurants were Bistro D'Alice and Agape. The latter provided an interesting and very tasty seven course menu. Its easy to walk around Carcasssone. We just love walking, eating good food and drinking good wine.

With two cities in one, it is a great place to stay for a short break. The old walled city is great to wander around in, plenty of places to stop for a drink etc, great views from the walls. The newer (13th century) Bastide is a little bit more modern, with town centre type shops, plenty of restaurants, quite a bit of history and access to the Canal de Midi. We stayed for 4 nights, if we had stayed longer then a hire car would have enabled exploring further afield.