Editing Carcassonne (section)

==<FONT COLOR="#66CC00">'''TIPS'''</FONT>==

===<FONT COLOR="#33FF33">'''Free Internet/Wifi Access'''</FONT>===

'''Internet access''' is possible at the cyber café called '''ALERTE ROUGE''' at 73 Rue de Verdun - Carcassonne. There is also a Wifi spot there. 
You also have a place near the Cité de Carcassonne, at the video club '''Univers Vidéo''' at 103 av Gén Leclerc - CARCASSONNE. Speaks English and very friendly. A good place to have a coffee or a drink is Place Carnot, the main square where there is the market on Saturday mornings. It is great to sit there and soak up the sun.

Here are some places where you can get some Internet/wifi Access:

* '''Centre d'Information et d'Initiatives des Jeunes Audois (CIJA)''' - ''Adress: 48 rue Antoine MARTY BP 855 - Tel: 04 68 25 12 25''
* '''Espace Culturel Multimédia''' - ''Adress: La Roseraie - 25,avenue du Général Leclerc - Tel: 04.68.77.71.99''

===<FONT COLOR="#33FF33">'''Nice & Cheap Places to Eat'''</FONT>===

You are in Carcassonne but have not yet meet up with your host, you are hungry. A nice place to go is "Place Carnot" in the Bastide. You have a few Coffees shops:

* '''Le Ptit Moka''' for a drink; coffee, coke, or beer.
* '''Arpin''' (next to the Petit Moka, to the right) for a croissant, pain au chocolate or sandwich.
* '''Le Florian''', nice restaurant if you want good quality for a good price. They serve between 12 and 13H30. Afterwards it’s too late, so Be on time. ;)<br/>

AVOID: '''La Mie Calin'''; rip off and unfriendly. The use pre prepared croissant and food. Not good quality and not traditional.

===<FONT COLOR="#33FF33">'''Nightlife'''</FONT>===

'''In the Cité :'''
* '''Bar à vin''' (6, rue du Plô) : Wine and tapas in a warm and friendly atmosphere, with a garden ! Open 11 am – 2 am.
'''In the city center (Bastide) :'''
* '''Café de nuit''' (31 boulevard Omer Sarraut) : Drink upstairs, dance downstairs ; if you’re lucky, you’ll see the transformist show on Monday, or why not, some Chippendales. Open 9 pm – 4 am
* '''The Celt''' (5 rue Armagnac) : Irish pub, concerts mostly on Thursdays (lively music) and Sundays (more relaxed and english-speaking atmosphere –free mike on last Sunday of the month) ; free internet, darts, air conditioning, outdoor seating. Open until 2 am
* '''O’Sheridan''' (13 rue Victor Hugo) : The other irish pub, darts too, concerts too, a bit smaller, different atmosphere. Anyway both are not very far so you can try both in the evening. Open 5 pm – 2 am
* '''Métronome''' (3 avenue du Maréchal Foch) : Near the train station (where you see the lights and all the people outside). There, you can eat till 11 pm, sing on karaoke nights (Thursdays), drink, and even dance ; lovely warm owners and atmosphere (maybe slightly too warm in the summer though…). Open until 2 am.
* '''Carpe Diem''' (29 rue du pont Vieux) : Between the city center and the Cité, in fact. This bar, opened on two different streets, offers wine and tapas, open mike on Fridays, and 2 concerts per month. Feels like family, there…
* '''Opera bouffe''' (7 place Davilla) : Half of it is a restaurant, the other half is a bar with dance music (tango, salsa, jazz, or more recent rythms), and salsa dancing groups every week from september to june.

===<FONT COLOR="#33FF33">'''What to do with your bags ?'''</FONT>===
It is often a problem when you arrive in a town early, and your host can't pick you up immediately. How can you avoid dragging your luggage around all day? Before, there used to be "consigns" in the train stations. Since the terrorist attacks, these consigns have been taken away. 
In Carcassonne you can:

- leave your bags at some hotels in exchange of about 3 Euros; ask the tourist office for the hotel name.

- be brave, buy a baguette and explain your situation to the "baker" and ask if you can leave your bags at his place. Of course it does not always have to be a baker, try the shoe shop or any other place... It does work!!!

===<FONT COLOR="#33FF33">'''Tourist Office'''</FONT>===
The main one is situated "Rue de Verdun" in the bottom part of Carcassonne. you will also find a small office after the main entrance of the Cité and another office towards the train station just before the Canal du Midi.

===<FONT COLOR="#33FF33">'''Buying a plane ticket'''</FONT>===
The best travel agency I have found to buy a plane ticket from is "NOUVELLES FRONTIÈRES" :72 rue de Verdun, Tel 04 68 71 23 01 in the "Bastide" part of Carcassonne. They have good prices (often better than on internet), speak English and are very helpful. The also sell trips with hotels, car rental etc...