Narbonne Travel Guide

Narbonne Travel Guide

Your Traveller's Guide to Narbonne, FranceSituated just nine miles from the Med, the once flourishing port town of Narbonne with southwestern France is enjoyed for its beaches, relaxing boat flights along the canal running through the town core and its proximity on the surrounding vineyards.
Reaching and Around Narbonne
For anyone who is driving to Narbonne, consider the A61 motorway from Toulouse in the west, the A75 if visiting from Paris as well as Clermont Ferrand or the A9 should you be going to the city from on the Spanish border or perhaps from Perpignan in the southern.
The nearest airport is at Carcassonne which is a half hour drive away. The actual airports at Beziers, Perpignan and also Montpellier are also within quick driving distance with Narbonne.
The city is serviced by good railroad and bus inbound links. The regional prepare service connects Narbonne that will Bordeaux, Marseille, Toulouse and Tarascon - Port-Bou. Any TGV high-speed rail also works to Narbonne daily, backlinks the city with Perpignan, Paris, Lille, Toulouse and Lyon. The city themselves has a network of buses, with half a dozen routes servicing town and another six to your outer-lying suburbs.
Things To See and Do in Narbonne
Narbonne dates back towards the Roman period, however much of this heritage has seeing that been destroyed. It then flourished as a big port until the Fifteenth century, at which time a Aude River changed it has the course and the harbor silted-up. Today, the town thrives on visitors to the surrounding wine country.
Canal signifiant la Robine which cuts through the middle of the town and is lined with shrubs and colourful raft after raft. Every Sunday a good industry runs on both sides of your canal. If you continue to keep cruise along the canal via the aqueduct at Guery, the amazing staircase locks offer access to the famous wine-growing areas of Fons to B St-Just avec St-Saveur, a stunning Gothic inbuilt 1272 cathedral featuring stained goblet and tapestries.
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