- Type
- Monument
- Town / region
- Carcassonne, Occitanie
- Visitors per year
- 643,882 · published figure, 2025
- Hotel stock in town
- 4 upper-tier · 85 keys recorded
- Palace properties in town
- Hôtel de la Cité, Le Domaine d'Auriac, Hôtel du Roi & Spa
- Nearest gateways
- Toulouse–Blagnac (TLS), Montpellier–Méditerranée (MPL)
- Access
- Toulouse and Montpellier split the region between them. Ground distances are long — roughly three hours from Toulouse to the coast, which has to be built into itineraries.
- Also on file in the region
- Musées et sites de Toulouse (3,130,000), Sanctuaire de Lourdes (3,000,000), Pont du Gard (1,500,000), Gouffre de Padirac (532,045)
- Region volume
- 56.0 m overnight stays in 2025 across Occitanie, 13 departments
- Season
- June–September
- Events in the region
- Festival de Carcassonne (Jul), Carnaval de Limoux (Jan), Feria de Nîmes (May), Jazz in Marciac (Jul)
- The regional market
- The second camping region with 29.6m stays. Mediterranean coast plus the Pyrenees and heritage — Carcassonne, Pont du Gard.
- From Paris by rail
- Montpellier — 3 h 10 by TGV, Toulouse — 4 h 10 by TGV
Figure published by the operator or the national monuments authority for 2025. verified 26 August 2026.