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The Rough Guide to Languedoc and Roussillon
Brian Catlos and Jean-Christophe Godet (Photographer)
Publisher: Rough Guides Ltd; (paperback; 455 pages; May 2007)
ISBN-10: 1843537907
ISBN-13: 978-1843537908

This handbook covers one of France's most beautiful and surprising regions from the picturesque town of Collioure and the Orb Valley mountain river to swimming at the Pont Du Gard Roman aqueduct. There is practical advice on subjects as varied as hiking trails, boating on the Canal du Midi and the Catalan dances of Roussillon.

Two Vagabonds in Languedoc: Classic Portrait of a French Village
Jan Gordon and Cora Gordon
Publisher: Bene Factum Publishing Ltd (Paperback: 248 pages) (May 2007)
ISBN-10: 1903071119
ISBN-13: 978-1903071113

"Two Vagabonds in Languedoc" - written in 1925 - is Jan and Cora Gordon's charming and evocative ketch of the French village of Najac. If you return today to the very same village on the border of the Departments of Tarn and Aveyron you will find that many of the landmarks mentioned are still there.; "Two Vagabonds" captures all the charm of France.

Languedoc and Southwest France (Drive around)
Gillian Thomas and John Harrison
Publisher: Thomas Cook Publishing (Paperback: 288 pages) 2nd Rev Ed edition (Jun 2007)
ISBN-10: 1841577839
ISBN-13: 978-1841577838

"The Drive Around" series provides a comprehensive but flexible reference source as you tour a region by car. The best of Languedoc's diverse and unspoilt landscapes is included, from the beaches of the coastal resorts to the wild and remote mountain plateaux, such as Cathar country, the Cevennes and the Pyrenees, and the Tarn and Gard regions. A combination of guidebook and route map this book contains everything the self-drive traveller needs en route.

Walking In The Cathar Region: Cathar Castles Of South West France
Alan Mattingly
Cicerone Press; Paperback - 207 pages (Nov 2005)
ISBN : 185284423X

This guide offers 30 walks based on the once strategically important castles that dominate the foothills of the Pyrenees. Each walk has as its focal point a castle or other location associated with Cathar history (mostly the 13th century). Summaries of the historical connections of each location with the Cathar period are given, and together these relate the story of the downfall of the Cathar Church, from the massacre in Beziers in 1209 to the siege at Montsegur in 1244, which ended with the burning alive of over 200 believers who refused to renounce their Cathar faith.

Wanderings by Southern Waters, Eastern Aquitaine
Edward Harrison Barker
IndyPublish.com; Hardback - 220 pages (Nov 2005)
ISBN : 1421928922

First publish in 1893, this is a fascinating account of rural South West France in the late 17th century as experienced by the famous traveller and explorer Edward Harrison Barker author of "Wayfaring in France".