Château de la Prade — Hotel in Carcassonne

This past month 4 of us had a marvellous two weeks in the gite attached to the hotel's main building.|The gite, we understand, is only available during the summer months and is a real find! Equipped more like a home than a commercial apartment, it as a spacious lounge/diner with an adjacent galley kitchen (microwave/oven/hob unit/dishwasher/coffee maker, etc). Reasonable wi-fi and multi-channel TV are available. The two bedrooms have double beds and en suite bathrooms, equipped with toiletries and with large walk-in showers and open out onto a small terrace where one can sit outside (under the awning if it gets too hot) for meals. A few metres away form the gite lies a small but clean swimming pool, which barely used by others during our stay. Use of a washing machine and a tumble-dryer in the main building make long stays more manageable if you are traveling with luggage limitations. We were able to borrow bikes to cycle along the adjacent Canal du Midi (access through the back gate onto the towpath). For those evenings when we decided not to cook, we booked the hotel's three-course set menu (Euro 24pp) with a good range of wins offered to accompany a varied range of home-cooked food. George and Roland deserve many plaudits for making our stay more like a visit to friends than to a functional hotel with a welcome and service to match. Our two gite-mates cycled into nearby Bram each day to buy fresh bread and croissants for breakfast. The town holds a market on Wednesday and Sunday mornings with local produce on sale and well-worth a visit.|The only two drawbacks were the mosquitos (bring or buy Deet spray and you should be fine) and the lack of A/C, but George and Roland lent us electric fans to mitigate this. I would definitely recommend this place as a great base for exploration of the region's many Cathar castles and towns as well, of course, Carcassonne itself, just...

We stayed at Chateau de la Prade in Sept 2023. The Gite, as part of the Chateau, was our home for 3 weeks. The Gite had two bedrooms, each with a bathroom, a full equipped kitchen with two ovens, large fridge and large freezer. We love to cook, so this was a perfect Gite for us. The view on the garden with the huge trees was fantastic. The Gite was a nice base for trips to Rennes le Chateau, Montsegur, Mirepoix and ofcourse Carcassonne. The Chateau is at the canal du midi. You can walk to the locks in a couple of minutes. We also saw a lot of cyclists staying at the Chateau for a couple of days. The owners really gave us the feeling to be at home. We can advise everyone who want to visit the Cathar area to stay at Chateau de la Prade. We certainly would come back if...

We stayed at Chateau de la Prade in Sept 2023. The Gite, as part of the Chateau, was our home for 3 weeks. The Gite had two bedrooms, each with a bathroom, a full equipped kitchen with two ovens, large fridge and large freezer. We love to cook, so this was a perfect Gite for us. The view on the garden with the huge trees was fantastic. The Gite was a nice base for trips to Rennes le Chateau, Montsegur, Mirepoix and ofcourse Carcassonne. The Chateau is at the canal du midi. You can walk to the locks in a couple of minutes. We also saw a lot of cyclists staying at the Chateau for a couple of days. The owners really gave us the feeling to be at home. We can advise everyone who want to visit the Cathar area to stay at Chateau de la Prade. We certainly would come back if...