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Walking holiday in France

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Comfortable hotels and guesthouses, quiet countryside, easy hiking trails. Enjoy your holiday!

Rambling on quiet footpaths is a nice way of experiencing the very divers French countryside. All along Tarn river nature will please bird- and plant and quiet lovers. ast and under the viaduct of Millau (a beautiful design of a British architect) you will walk into Pays de Roquefort and Tarn valley.From Millau you walk in Western direction under the Millau viaduct in a loop of several days back to Millau.

Towns and interesting places along the walk: St. Georges-de-Luzençon - Viaduc de Millau - St. Rome-de-Tarn - Castelnau Pégayrols - Viala-du-Tarn -  - Montjaux - Millau.

• 5 to 8 trekking days with option of extra (rest or walking) days.
• Optional: alternately canoeing and walking stages from Millau towards Albi. Ask us!
• Superior (B&B+all dinners in ** and *** hotels and one ***gîte).
• Walk: grade 2 to 3 on scale 0-7.
• ***  and ** Hotels with toilet and shower/bath en suite in room. One ***gîte with pool.
• Dogs allowed without extra costs.
• Start and end in Creissels at 2 km from Millau from March 15^th to October 31^st.
• Bags transfers included. 
• Not included: Lunches. Price of lunches (take away picknicks) : 10 - 15 EURO.
• Cancelling plus package possible.

In a Provence like scenery you'll walk over the Larzac Causse to medieval towns such as St. Rome-de-Luzençon and St. Rome-de-Tarn.

In Tarn valley you'll walk to Castelnau Pégayrols, a UNESCO protected site. In a beautifull guesthouse with pool you'll stay one or two nights.

Past a small hamlet in a dead-end valley and after a climb to Montjaux you will enjoy the farsights on Causses, the Cevennes Mountains and the Millau Viaduct.

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The hotel-keepers will pamper you with their outstanding cuisine.
Starting day: every day.
Elevation gains: once or twice 200 - 400m a day
Day distances: 11-21 km. A daily maximum of 14 kms is possible. Ask for it at booking.
 

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Pictures of the Tarn Valley
 

As with all other tours of La Ligne Verte you'll spend 90% of the walk on (single) tracks and unpaved roads. Villages you will pass are old (houses and churches from 14th century) small villages with up to 200 inhabitants. Millau is a town with 20000 people. In between the villages, with the necessary stores, you will pass farms but will need to take your lunch with you. The hotels can provide a take away picknick (price € 8,- to € 12,-).
You will walk 3 to 4 kms an hour.