Hôtel Le Donjon - Cœur de La Cité Médiévale

Historic hotel within the incredible walled medieval city of Carcassone; the location was exactly what we wanted. The winding cobbled streets were just outside, pretty olive trees as our view.

Very nice stay overnight, we were driving to Spain, but the roads were blocked and we managed to get off the Motorway just passed Narbonne, So this was an unplanned visit, the hotel is a great location, we had a very quiet room (so, a good night's sleep) and the breakfast was excellent, As it was Valentine's night we had the most wonderful 5 course meal and wines (a different glass of wine served with each course) at Chez Christine next door - a lovely evening, such good service, it was exceptional. So all in all, we really enjoyed our visit. We would love to come back to explore this amazing castle.

In the medieval city do you can just walk out you are there! Cute hotel with good facilities. Did not have their breakfast. The parking attendant (Lucian) was wonderful. He brought our luggage up from the car park so we could just walk right into the walled city. When we are done, he took it down again and stored it so we could keep sightseeing. Service throughout the city was friendly even at the end of a hot day full of tourists. WE also enjoyed the ramparts tour by night. And the knights show was fun even though we don’t understand French.

We really deliberated to stay inside or outside of the Citadel. We are so glad we decided to stay inside and chose this hotel. Positives: Location - being inside the Citie made it so easy to explore. Close to large choice of restaurants and shops. Room Comfort - we stayed in triple room with one large queen bed and comfy single bed. Both beds great, linen was good quality and good pillows. Bathroom good size with separate toilet. Tea/Coffee facilities and small fridge with bottle of water provided. Hotel staff at checkin good and helpful and we were able to access our room 1 hour early. Nice little garden and grounds. Our room looked over Citie Street and there were lots of people still walking around at 11pm but windows double glazed to minimal noise in room. Easy 15 min walk to main town.

Great location, lovely staff especially at breakfast which was lovely and very clean and refilled all the time The hotel is very historic with thick walls but has modern lift facilities etc I would highly recommend this hotel if you want to be in the centre of the old city