Location: Midi-Pyrenees < France
Nearest Airport:
Toulouse or Carcassonne at 70
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Nearest Train:
Pamiers at 5
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Nearest Motorway:
Villeneuve du Pareage at 4
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Car: necessary
Ferme Christine lies midway between the medieval market towns of Mirepoix and Foix. It can be reached in 50 minutes from either Toulouse on the autoroute (A66) or from Carcassonne. Pamiers rail station is a few minutes away. It has direct lines to Toulouse and Paris, plus a spectacular Pyrenean rail crossing to Barcelona.
Pamiers is among spectactular Cathar castles at Montsegur, Foix, Carcassonne and Roquefixade. The natural beauty of the Pyrenees can be sampled by walking, canoeing, or simply motoring to charming locations such as the thermal spa town of Ax-les-Thermes. The area is rich in caves of geologic and prehistoric interest.