Foix

Foix French and Catalan, Occitan Fois, is a town and French commune located in the department of Ariège in the Midi-Pyrenees region. Situated at the confluence of the Ariège Arget in Pays de Foix called, an area that roughly corresponds to the core of the old county of Foix. If you are hiking in Andorra, this is a very beautiful place to go for a stop. It is about 70 kilometers from the border, but watch the endless stoppages that you can find in the small towns to be crossed, can last forever. Its most outstanding monuments are the castle of the counts (XI century) with three towers of the XII, XIV and XV, and its Gothic cathedral dedicated to St.