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Yes, but Carcasonne was entirely refurbished during the XIXth Century...
It was some sort of Disneyland in the XIXth Century.
For Cathars, you must go to Mont Segur.
We spent one night in 15th century Borthwick Castle outside of Edinburgh; it was very atmospheric, I could definitely imagine Mary Queen of Scots holed up there.
Maybe it's my cynical nature, but when people start raving about castles I remember most were built by invaders who used them to steal land and dominate the local population. They wetre not built to be pretty ruins for tourists. Same goes for country mansions, which are just pretty castles built on the back of the surrounding peasantry.
Yes, whether you call it feudalism or whatever it's true that those who did most of the work probably did not sleep in the master bedroom.
I guess it's the same thing with Egypt's pyramids.
And America's presidential residence, the White House, built with slave labor (and Jefferson's Monticello.)
We still have a ruling class today, but I suppose that is for another thread.
One thing to remember: most castles were supposed to be a place of refuge for the peasantry during sieges, etc.
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the Uk has Hundreds 
