Cathar Country - Languedoc Tours
Specialist Tours in South of France
Cathar Castles in the Languedoc.
 Tours
Dates
Dates
2013. Sunday 16th June to Sunday 23rd June
2013. Sunday 1st September to Sunday 8th September
Group Size
  Groups
sizes are typically between 6 and 15 people.
Topics Covered
- Who Were the Cathars?
- Cathar Beliefs
- Historical Context - The High Middle Ages
- Primary Sources
- Where did Catharism come from?
- Medieval warfare
- The Albigensian Crusade
- Cathar Castles
- The Inquisition and the end of Catharism
- Some Interesting Questions
- Consequences, Vestiges and Ramifications
Included is information on related topics such as techniques
of medieval warfare, heraldry, feudalism, the role of the Catholic
Church, the Count of Toulouse, Occitan culture, medieval politics,
and source documents.
Places Visited
- Arques (optional) - castle + museum
- Carcassonne - cité, castle & basilica
- Lagrasse - Abbey + medieval town
- Fontfroide - Abbey
- Minerve - castle
- Montsegur - castle
- Peyrepertuse - castle
- Puilaurens - castle
- Puivert - castle
- Queribus (optional) - castle
- Peyrepertuse (optional) - castle
- Puilaurens (optional) - castle
- Termes - castle
- Toulouse - historic sites
- Villerouge - castle
Itinerary
This is a provisional itinerary to give a flavour of the schedule
for 2013 - to be confirmed.
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Arrive at Hotel in Quillan
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6 pm
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Reception at the Château St Ferriol
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7 pm
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Introductary talk about Catharism
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8 pm
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Dinner at the Château St Ferriol
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Guided visit to the medieval cité of Carcassonne
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Guided visit to the medieval castle of Carcassonne
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Guided visit to the Abbey of Fontfroide
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Guided visit to the Castle of Minerve
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Guided visit to the castle at Termes
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Visit to Lagrasse
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Guided visit to the castle at Villerouge
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Free Day - optional visits to the castles at Arques,
Queribus, Peyrepertuse or Puilaurens &
the museum at Arques.
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Depart Hotel in Quillan
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Guided visit to the castle at Puivert
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Guided visit to the castle at Montsegur
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Arrive Hotel in Lavaur
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Toulouse - visit to the Capitol, Les Jacobins,
the Cathedral of St Etienne, the musee des Augustins
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Depart Hotel in Lavaur
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Cost
The tour price for June and September 2013 scheduled tours is
2,500 Euros per person. This includes accomodation, meals, wine
with meals, a banquet at the Chateau St Ferriol, entrance fees
and transport.
The tour price excludes travel to the Languedoc, airport collection,
bar bills, snacks and Lunch on the free day. A single room occupancy
supplement is 210 Euros for the whole week.
If you are flying in and would like picking up from any local
airport - Carcassonne, Toulouse, Perpignan, Bezièrs, or
Puivert private airport - please let us know and we will help
you make arrangements. (Ryanair Flies to Carcassonne airport from
England, Ireland, Scotland, Belgium, Denmark, Holland and Portugal)
If you are driving there, we can provide detailed instructions.
Flexibility
We aim to be as flexible as possible. Just let us know if you
have any special requirements and we will try to accommodate them.
We can be especially flexible with large parties - see our Specialist
Group Tours for more information.
These tours are primarily historic, factual and focused on the
Cathars, though we do touch on some of the mythology now attached
to them - "Languedoc Mysteries", including beliefs concerning
Mary Magdelene, Rennes-le-Château (a neighbouring village)
and its reputed treasure, Bugerach (a nearby "sacred mountain"),
Languedoc Templars, the Medieval Kabbalah, and the Voynich Manuscript.
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