To the North:
-Carcassonne, magnificent fortified medieval city.

-Caves of Cabrespine.

-Picturesque Limoux, medieval Ales-les-Bains, and dinosaur museum at Esperaza.

-Mysterious Rennes le Chateau, set in the Corbieres hills.

To the South:
-Aude valley through gorges to the Capcir and the high peaks.

-The ski slopes around Mont Louis and the huge solar mirror.

-Rambouillet forest and the Tet valley, Prades music festival. Little yellow train from Mont Louis to Villefranche.

To the East:
-Many Cathar castles, Queribus and Peyrepertuse, Gorges de Galamus.

-King's Palace and Castillet. Salses fortress. Narbonne astonishing cathedral.