Carcassonne Car Rental Guide
This page gives you information about car rental in Carcassonne. It also provides some useful facts and tips that you should know when visiting the city and renting a car there.
Rental Restrictions
Driving Restrictions
The minimum age of a driver is 18 years. Children must be at least 10 to sit in the front seat, otherwise they have to be in the rear and in a child seat. Seatbelts are compulsory for all passengers. The legal blood alcohol limit is 0.5‰.
“Do not enter” is indicated by a flashing red light; “Caution” by flashing amber and “Yield” by flashing yellow arrows.
When you pass bicyclists, you must give them a clearance of at least 1 metre.
A section of road where passing is allowed is indicated by broken centre lines. Where three or five lanes exist, the middle one should be used for passing by traffic going both directions. A double-thick white line marks the mandatory slow line.
Do not park where the curb is painted yellow. Parking on the left side of a street is only allowed on one-way streets. When parking in dark streets, the parking lights must be on.
You are allowed to use the horn only in cases of extreme and immediate danger.
In France, pay-and-display machines are widely used. Unless indicated otherwise, parking is free of charge from 7 pm to 9 am and on weekends, public holidays, and in August.
Speed limits:| Area | Limit |
| Expressways | 130-unlimited KM/H |
| Outside the City | 90 or 110 KM/H |
| In the City | 50 KM/H |
Emergency Numbers
Police/Ambulance Service: 17
Fire Service: 18
Road Tolls
In France, the majority of motorways have tolls. Tickets are issued upon entering a motorway and can be paid for with any major credit card. The payment depends on the distance you are travelling and also on the type of your vehicle. Trunk roads have no tolls.
Some useful expressions for tourists visiting France
Car – voiture
Car rental – loyer de voiture
About Carcassonne
Whichever direction you are coming from, you cannot miss the gigantic silhouette of
Carcassonne. Let yourself be carried into the heart of the Middle Ages and feel the magic of the city’s past glory: it is protected from the would-be invaders by 52 defensive towers arranged along a row of fortified walls.
If you go to Carcassonne, you will definitely enjoy the beautiful scenery surrounding the city. You can visit the towers and be impressed by the mechanisms set up to protect the city. Do not miss any of the shows that will get you to the heart of mediaeval times either by presenting the way of life at that time or demonstrating the beautiful birds of prey trained according to mediaeval tradition.
Area:
Population: 47,000
Country: France
Time Zone: GMT/UTC +1 (Central European Time)
Telephone Area Code:
Monetary unit: Euro
