If you are heading north from Lavelanet in the direction of Carcassonne, it is definitely worth taking a look at MIREPOIX , a late thirteenth-century bastide built around one of the loveliest surviving arcaded market squares in the country. The square is bordered by houses dating from between the thirteenth and the fifteenth centuries, and a relatively harmonious modern halle on one side, but its highlight is the medieval Maison des Consul... [More]