| Kil. | Miles. | |
| Carcassonne to Capendu | 18 | 11¼ |
| Capendu to Lézignan | 17 | 10½ |
| Lézignan to Narbonne | 22 | 13½ |
| Narbonne to Coursan | 7 | 4½ |
| Coursan to Béziers | 18 | 11¼ |
| Béziers to Pézenas | 22 | 13½ |
| Pézenas to Mèze | 18 | 11¼ |
| [Béziers to Mèze by Agde | 42 | 26] |
| Mèze to Montpellier | 30 | 18½ |
NOTES FOR DRIVERS
Practically a level road as far as Béziers; after that hilly to Mèze.
PLACES OF INTEREST ON THE ROUTE
Carcassonne.—A dual town: the ancient one, generally called La Cité, is the most perfectly preserved medieval walled city in France; fifty-four towers in the walls and castle; Cathedral of St. Nazaire, twelfth to fourteenth century—a lovely building; one of the bridges across the Aude medieval also. Modern town founded in thirteenth century; churches of—(1) St. Michael, now the cathedral, and (2) St. Vincent, fourteenth century.
Barbaira.—A village with ruined château.
Moux.—Is not interesting.
Lézignan.—A small commonplace town; church, fourteenth century.
Narbonne.—A large town, with great wine business; Roman remains in museum; Cathedral of St. Just, an enormous unfinished building, consisting of a thirteenth-century choir, a fragmentary nave, chapter-house, and cloisters; Archbishop’s Palace, now the Hôtel de Ville, has fourteenth-century towers; the museum is in the Benedictine house of Lamourguier; churches of—(1) St. Paul-Serge, (2) St. Sébastien.
Coursan.—A small town, with busy wine trade; bridge of fifteenth century.