Transport Information and maps

BY AIR:

Carcassonne airport (25mins)

Ryanair flights from: Stansted, EastMidlands, Prestwick, Liverpool, Leeds Bradford, Brussels, Dublin and Cork

If you are not hiring a car at the airport, the best route to the property for a group of four is probably by taxi.  There is also an excellent direct bus link from the airport to Limoux.  This must be pre-booked and may provide a door to door service.

Alternatively you can take the airport bus into Carcassonne railway station, then go by train to Limoux.

Toulouse and Perpignan airports (1hr 25mins approx)

and have departures from London, Bristol, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Southampton, Manchester and several other European cities.  Carriers include: Ryanair, Easyjet, FlyBE, bmibaby, Jet2, KLM, BA, Air France and Lufthansa. 

Montpellier and Girona airports (2hr 30mins)

Ryanair flies to Girona direct from Edinburgh, Burmingham, Bristol and many other UK and European cities.

BY RAIL:

From the UK there are trains from Waterloo via Toulouse to Carcassonne and then Limoux.  Waterloo/Toulouse return fares start at around £50 from rail europe.

For French rail information (all in french!) try the websites of the sncf (the french rail company)

 

BY ROAD:

Travelling by car is straightforward, there are also coach services depending on the season. 

Finding routes between locations in France is easy using the french based website mappy if you know departure and arrival place names and codes. Pieusse is 11300 and 11000 will be good enough for most other locations in the Aude departement.

The map on the left shows Carcassonne and Pieusse in relation to London, Paris and the rest of Europe.  Flights are also available to Toulouse (90 mins to the north), Perpignan (90 mins east on the Mediterranean coast), Montpellier (2hr to the north east on the Mediterranean coast) and Girona (2.5hr to the south in Spain).

 

The map below shows the layout of the Aude Departement and the location of Cathare castles, ancient abbeys, spas and canoe/kayaking centres on the River Aude.  This map can be downloaded in pdf format to allow zooming in.

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