The Cathar Way: A Walker’s Guide to the Sentier Cathare, a Trail Linking Cathar Castles in Southern France (Cicerone Guide) [ILLUSTRATED] (Paperback)

Review

This handy guide has clear instructions for the stages of the trail along with points of interest, maps and an accommodation listing. In keeping with Cicerone’s walking series, the guide is well laid out with colour photographs and an easily digestible insight into the history of the area. Indispensible for walkers visiting the area. Rating 9/10. France Magazine, August 2006

Product Description

The Cathar Way – the Sentier Cathare – is a popular, well-waymarked trail which links several of the world-famous ‘Cathar castles’ of south-west France. A challenging, fascinating and rewarding route, it is not an arduous mountain trek. The trail runs for about 250 kilometres, from the Mediterranean coast, westward to the historic town of Foix. It can be walked in two weeks or less by anyone who is well-equipped and moderately fit. Good-quality accommodation is available at regular intervals along the entire length of the trail. The trail traverses the dramatic foothills of the Pyrenees mountains, a beautiful countryside which enjoys plenty of sunshine and which is rich in wildlife. The highlights of the Cathar Way are the ‘castles in the sky’ like Queribus, Peyrepertuse and Montsegur. These incredible medieval fortifications will forever be associated with the ill-fated Cathar ‘heresy’, which was brutally suppressed in the thirteenth century.

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