The old Cité of Carcassonne looks like it’s been lifted straight from a medieval movie set – and to be fair, it has. Most famously, it stood in for Nottingham Castle in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991), A guide, with everything you need to know for the independent traveller

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