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Carcasonne and Limoux, France

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Carcassonne             The Fortress of  Carcassonne There are only 50 euros returning flight ticket from London to Carcassonne. Worth visiting it, not only for the cheap flight price but for its culture, cuisine and sports. The place is known since neolithic era (between 10 200 - 2000 BC) especially because of its good place  between  Atlantic Ocean  and  Mediterranean Sea .  The first information of settlement in this area has been dated to around 3500 BC though.  The city was under Celtic, Roman  and French occupation and the original spoken language here is  Occitan  - similar to Catalan dialect. As I listened to it, it sounds like something between French and Italian, with few German influences as well.              In front of the   Hôtel de la Cité Carcassonne The city is famous especially for the  Cité de Carcassonne...