Foix

Get around

The city centre is congested on market days, Monday mornings, and especially Friday mornings.

There are plenty of parking options. The easiest paid parking lot to find is on Allées de Villote, which you'll inevitably find as it's the city centre's main artery, but it's not available on Mondays and Fridays (the market is held there).

There is free parking in the south of the city, near the cultural centre, a 5- minute walk from the centre of town. It is usually possible to find a space there.

See

The castle of Foix is the main attraction of the town. A visit to the old town is complemented by a tour of the old town, but the 18th- and 19th-century houses, often poorly restored, have lost most of their character. There are still several pleasant alleys and beautiful half-timbered houses. thumb|Foix Castle thumb|Saint-Volusien Abbey

Eat

There is no shortage of restaurants in old Foix, between the town hall and the Saint-Volusien abbey. During the summer season, the pedestrian street of Faurie, where the restaurants are now elbow to elbow, becomes a vast open-air terrace where the onlooker must squeeze between the tables, chairs and parasols. The cuisine is more or less the same everywhere, it is honest but without much originality. In winter, some restaurants remain open, the clientele then being made up of civil servants and employees of the city prefecture.