Château de Montségur: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

The Château de Montségur stands at an altitude of 1,207 metres on the highest part of a rocky spur known as the Pog.

The Château de Montségur is an important site in the history of the Cathars.

Anyone wishing to rent a holiday apartment in Château de Montségur will plan their trip around this destination.

Culture

The present-day Château de Montségur is primarily the result of the reconstruction of a new royal fortress, commissioned by the King of France from the second half of the 13th century onwards after the fall of the Cathar castrum.

The GR® 107, the Chemin des Bonshommes, connects Foix in Ariège with Berga in Spain and includes Montségur as a site of Cathar heritage.

Cœur de tr’âme offers spinning and weaving in Montségur, as well as a discovery workshop on medieval wool processing using experimental archaeology and hands-on educational methods.

At the Musée de Montségur, reconstructions illustrate the organisation of the former Cathar castrum.

Nature

The Massif de Saint-Barthélemy regional nature reserve stretches across more than 1,000 metres of elevation, from the montane to the alpine zone, and includes alpine grasslands and low heath vegetation on its ridges.

Orientation

The Musée archéologique et historique de Montségur is located in the village and can be reached on foot from the Château via a signposted path.

A visit to the Musée archéologique et historique de Montségur takes between 20 and 60 minutes, depending on the visitors’ interests.

Hikes

The Tour du Pog is a route of around two hours around the Pog, offering unusual views from a distance.

The hike to the Jasse de Prémaout takes around two hours and leads to a small shelter overlooking the valley floor of Montségur.

The La Canalette hike takes around one and a half hours and leads through montane grasslands with gentians, holly and rowan trees.

The Tour du Roc de la Mousse is a two-hour circular hike with a difficult section on a steep slope.

Other destinations: Bédeilhac-Et-Aynat, Le Carlaret, Dun, Villeneuve-Du-Latou, Lavelanet, Capoulet-et-Junac, Auzat, Rivèrenert

To the higher-level travel overview: Ariège.