Sud-Aveyron Circuit Templiers & Causse du Larzac Pays de Roquefort and Gorges de la Dourbie
B06d	Light Cycling Tour	Superior

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6 or 7 days; start any day of the week (March to October). Superior *** and **/*** accommodation; hotels with toilet, shower/bath en suite. Packages Stages Prices option one or more extra nights (for a restday or with a bike programme) Average day distances: 35 km. Minimum daily distances: 26 - 36 km Baggage transfers included. Dinners included. http://www.tourisme-aveyron.com/visite_virtuelle/index_uk.htm Cycling along at your own pace, you're able to absorb the sights, scents, and atmosphere in a way you never could on an ordinary holiday. This region of France is a wonderful location for your French cycling holiday with cristal clear rivers clad in green woods and forests. Ancient Templars villages are just some of the delights to see on your French cycle tour in the extraordinary variety of landscapes of Aveyron and the Parc Naturel des Grands Causses.   You'll start in Tarn valley. Quietly cycling under the Millau viaduct you ride to the medieval town of St. Rome-de-Tarn. Pictures of the Tarn valley.   In the second part you'll be riding on the Causse du Larzac, a limestone plateau from where the Templars started their crusades to Jerusalem in th 12th and 13th century, nowadays known because of José Bové's struggle with the globalized world. You'll find Roquefort and its cheese caves on your way (6 days trip). Through the beautiful valley of the Sorgues you'll be heading to Roquefort and visiting the Roquefort cheese caves. If you stay an extra night in Château de Sorgues you will  make a tour to the Templars cities.  From St. Jean du Bruel you will ride via Nant, an old Benedictin monastery, through the canyon of the Dourbie back to Millau/Creissels.       Pictures of Pays de Roquefort and Sorgue valley.     In this part of  (Southern France, 'le midi' ) a district with an extraordinary diversity of landscapes, that you will get to know when hiking and cycling through this far South part of the Massif Central: mountains, limestone plateaus (Causses), lush green valleys, roaring rivers (Tarn, Jonte, Dourbie, Lot, Aveyron, Dourdou). Lots of small villages here instead of large urban areas with dense population. Le Tourisme Vert (green tourism) as they say here. No fast food here, but the French cuisine, honest food in small family runned hotels where you will get a warm welcome.   Travel: The nearest airport to B06 is Rodez (Ryanair from London Stansted) or Montpellier. Transfer from the airport to first hotel in Creissels can be arranged for. With SNCF-bus from Montpellier to Millau (2 hours).   More travel info here.    About us Testimonials Booking this trip contact Terms and conditions

 

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B06d  superior package	Bags transfers included in basic rate. Basic rate: in  €  p.p. double room, sharing.
2010	B&B	Dinners	Lunches	Basic rate p.p. double room sharing	Suppl. single room	Solo all-in	Bike rental
6 days	5	5	0	€ 686	€ 187	€ 1058	€ 71
7 days	6	6	0	€ 795	€ 215	€ 1225	€ 82
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Extra nights	B&B	Dinner	Lunch	Basic rate p.p. double room sharing	Route notes	Supplement single room	Bike rental
Château de Creissels ***	yes	yes	no	€ 96	Free	€ 35	€ 11
St. Rome-de-Tarn *** pool	yes	yes	no	€ 88	Free	€ 42	€ 11
St. Affrique **	yes	yes	no	€ 71	Free	€ 30	€ 11
St. Jean-du-Bruel ** pool	yes	yes	no	€ 65	Free	€ 26	€ 11
Château de Sorgues *** pool	yes	yes	no	€ 98	Free	€ 59	€ 11
Lunches are not included. The price of a take-away lunch varies from 9 to 13 Euro. You can order it from the hotelkeeper the evening before departure.

Discount on basic rate p.p. for small groups and families See terms and conditions of group discounts	Currency converter © Textor Webmasters Ltd
Parties of  3 persons :   6 % p.p. Parties of  4 persons :   9 % p.p. Parties of  5 persons : 11 % p.p. Parties of  6 persons : 12 % p.p. Parties of  7 persons : 13 % p.p. Parties of  8 persons : 14 % p.p.
Additional discount for one child sharing parents room or third child in triple room: € 10,- per night

Programme Superior Light to medium Cycling Journey B06d

 

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Stages  B06d	Hotels	6 days  tour	7 days  tour
Biking round Millau	Château de Creissels *** DBB	Day 1	Day 1
Biking to St. Rome-de-Tarn in Tarn valley and under the Viaduct of Millau. 24 km. Elevation gains: -50 and +50m	St. Rome-de-Tarn   „ *** Pool   DBB	Day 2  ←	Day 2
Biking to Gissac.  Past St.Affrique and through the Sorgues Valley : 38 km Elevation gains: +200m, -200m and +200 or  via Rougiers, Camarès and Abbey of Sylvanès : 45 or 56 ("flat") km. Elevation gains: +200m, -200m and +200	Château de Gissac *** Pool DBB		Day 3
Cycling from Château de Gissac to Château de Sorgues or Fondamente. Through the Sorgues valley: 30 km. Elevation gains: -300m + 100m Cycling from St.Rome-de-Tarn to Château de Sorgues or Fondamente. Past Templars city Ste Eulalie-de-Cernon  in Cernon valley: 42 km. EG: +200m / -200m / + 200m	Château de Sorgues *** or Fondamente ** gastronomique DBB - pool	Day 3	Day 4
Cycling to St. Jean du Bruel Nant over the Causse du Larzac and via Templars city la Couvertoirade. 35 km.. Elevation gains: -300m + 100m	St. Jean du Bruel Hotel **	Day 4	Day 5
Cycling to Millau. Through the Canyon de la Dourbie. 36 km.. Elevation gains: +100m -200m	Château de Creissels *** DBB	Day 5	Day 6
Leave after breakfast		Day 6	Day 7
DBB = dinner + bed & breakfast Cycling distances are minimum distances; you'll get longer options as well.

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