La semana pasada, aprovechando que teníamos unos días de vacaciones, decidimos hacer una escapada al país vecino, Francia. El lugar escogido fue Carcasonne, ya que era una ciudad que nos quedaba cerca y nos habían dicho que era una ciudad muy bonita.
Como no teníamos prisa por llegar a Carcasonne, decidimos hacer la ruta de los castillos y visitar alguno de ellos. Nuestra primera parada fue Gorges Galamus que es un cañon natural creado por el río Agly, en la que se encuentra la ermita de Saint-Antonie de Galamus que esta excavada en la propia roca. Un lugar maravilloso para visitar.
Last week, we had some days of holidays and we decided to do a trip to the neighboring country, France. The chosen place was Carcassone, because it's a town near from Barcelona and we had listened that it was an amazing town.
As we weren't in a hurry to arrived to Carcassone, we decided to do the Castle Tour and visit some of them. Our first stop was Gorges Galamus that it's a natural canyon created by the Agly river and where is placed Saint Antonie of Galumus hermitage that it was made in the same rock. An amazing place for visiting.
After paying the ticket, we went up about 15 minutes and we arrived to the first part of the castle, because this castle is bigger than Queribus Castle. There are a second part that you have to climb steep stairs, but the views are amazing.
The next day, we got up early to visit the town. Carcassone is divided in two parts: The Cité and the Bastide. Our hotel was situated in the center of the Bastide. Then we started our tour for this part. We visited the Carnot Square, Saint Michel Cathedral and Jacobins Door.
De ahí, nos dirigimos por el puente Neuf a la Cité, que es la ciudad medieval y la parte más conocida de Carcassone. Entramos por la famosa puerta Narbonnaise y estuvimos recorriendo sus calles y después nos dirigimos a visitar el Castillo. La verdad es que esta muy bien conservado y te puedes hacer una idea de como era la vida dentro de él. Después estuvimos recorriendo la muralla hasta llegar al auditorio y de allí, a la Catedral de Saint Nazaire.Then, we went to the Cité that is the most famous part of Carcarsonne. We passed to Neuf Bridge and we entered for the famous Narbonnaise Door. We visited its streets and we went to visit the Castle. It is very good conserved and you can do an idea of the life in there. We walked the wall until we arrived to the audience and Saint Nazaire Cathedral.
Cuando acabamos nuestra visita a la catedral, decidimos comer algo y cuando salimos de comer, estaba lloviendo, así que llegamos al hotel empapados y no paró de llover en toda la tarde.Al día siguiente, recogimos las maletas y antes de volver a casa, decidimos visitar la ciudad de Toulouse que se encuentra a 100 km de Carcasonne. La verdad es que es una ciudad que nos sorprendió gratamente, ya que tiene un aire más similar a Paris con edificios más señoriales y muchísimas cosas que ver.Nosotros empezamos nuestra visita por la Catedral de Saint Etienne que nos encantó, desde allí nos dirigimos al puente Neuf para cruzar el Garona y después visitamos la plaza du Capitol que estaban montando el mercadillo navideño que se abría al día siguiente y es donde se encuentra el Ayuntamiento y el Teatro Nacional. De ahí nos dirigimos a la Basilica de Saint Fermin que nos impresionó por su gran amplitud. When we finished our visit to the Cathedral, we decided to eat something and when we finished, it was raining and then, we arrived soaked to the hotel and it didn't stop raining in all the rest of the day.
The last day, we did the baggages and before return home, we decided to visit Toulouse that it's 100 km from Carcassone. It's a city that we were pleasantly surprised, because it has a similar air to Paris with more stately buildings and a lot of things to see.
Our visit started to Saint Etienne Cathedral that we liked. Then we went to Neuf Bridge to crossed the Garona and after that, we visited Capitol Square that they were riding the Christmas Market and is where is placed the city Council and the National Theatre. Our last visit was the Saint Fermin Basilica that we were impressed by its large breadth.
I hope you liked the post of the day. Thanks for your visits and comments. I will see you next Tuesday with a new post.