Europe > France > Narbonne: Weather, Climate and Travel Guide

City of the Aude, south-western department of France, Narbonne has about 52,000 inhabitants and offers the traveler several possible lines of business: whether in historical perspective with an old past 2,500 years, through its heritage of antiquity or the Middle Ages, or through a system based on the vineyards and gastronomy, one can not fail to discover with pleasure this city rich in its different facets. City of art and history, Narbonne, however, lost most of the monuments of the Roman era, but you can see the ancient Domitian, in the square of the City Hall, the remains dating back 120 years av. JC. Its medieval heritage, admire the Sant-Just-et-Saint-Pasteur Cathedral, the 13th century, with its magnificent Gothic choir and its high arches over 40 meters, and the archbishops palace, blending Gothic and Romanesque architecture and now houses the town hall, the archaeological museum and the museum of art and history. Take as you stroll Merchant's Bridge, once formed 7 arches, only one of which now serves the passage of the Canal Robine, others welcoming the cellars of the houses that line the bridge. Renaissance, you find the house of the Three nannies, with its mullioned windows, or the hotel of Archdeacon. Les Halles are for their a fine example of architecture from the early 20th century, and many parks adorn the city, like the garden of the revolution or the Campane Park and the banks of the Robine Canal. Narbonne is accessed by the Deux Mers motorway, which connects the city to Toulouse and Bordeaux via Carcassonne, and Montpellier or Barcelona. The train can reach Bordeaux, Sète and Port-Bou. For travel in the city, there is a bus network.