Kil.Miles.
Carcassonne to Capendu1811¼
Capendu to Lézignan1710½
Lézignan to Narbonne2213½
Narbonne to Coursan7
Coursan to Béziers1811¼
Béziers to Pézenas2213½
Pézenas to Mèze1811¼
[Béziers to Mèze by Agde4226]
Mèze to Montpellier3018½

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.