Narbonne Travel Guide

Narbonne "Crossroads of Southern Europe” is still the slogan that greets your arrival here from the west. Offering excellent transport communication links to the rest of Europe, the A61 and A9 motorways meet here, as do two main railway lines running south from Bordeaux and east-west along the Mediterranean coast from Italy through to Spain.
Narbonne is still a very traditional and beautiful town in which to stay with the Canal du Robine (which joins the Canal du Midi) running through the centre of town and edged with shady plane trees and a profusion of flowers, shops, bars and restaurants. Halles is an award winning covered market here which is over one hundred years old and said to be one of the best in France. Open every day between 6.00 am and 1.00 pm, it is a wonderful place with over 80 stalls where you can purchase fresh local produce including fish and seafood, fruit and vegetables with piles of melons, peppers and tomatoes, a large variety of charcuterie (cooked meats) and cheese.