Cycling holidays in Southern France 


La Ligne verte: walking and cycling holidays in the south of France

Hotel based, selfguided cycling tours in France.

Our home-base in France: The Grands Causses Nature Park
in Tarn basin: Tarn Valley, the Gorges du Tarn, Pays de Roquefort.
Walks in Provence, Dordogne, Corsica and Cathars country.

Very light
Cycling Holidays
in France

Light
Cycling Holidays
in France

Active holiday
Cycling Tours
in France

Sporting Vacation
Cycling in France

 Summary
Cycling Tours in
South of France

Our services, You get :

  • Selfguided cycling or walking holiday trips with detailed route notes and bags transfer.

  • Securized EV-SSL (Extended Validation Certificate) booking facilities.

  • Tailored packages for the same price as our standard cycling & walking vacation tours.

  • Small typical country hotels with character and charm.

  • From ** and *** small family run hotels to *** and **** luxury hotels.

  • Rooms with shower and bathroom en suite in all packages.

  • The excellent service of a local touroperator.

  • Flexible: Choice of accommodation, lenght and level of trip.

  • Accommodation: budget, standard, plus, superior and luxury packages.

  • Last minute bookings: Leaving within a week.

  • E-booking and direct selling rates.

  • Very attractive discount for parties of 3 and more.

  • A virtual visit of Aveyron Grands Causses.

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Hotel based Cycling and mountain biking Tours in South of France
 Grands Causses, Gorges de Tarn, Provence & Dordogne.

La Ligne Verte is a local, family operated company dedicated to a personalized and customized approach of activity tourism since 199Cycling and hiking tours in Southern France2 in Southern France.
We're on the spot all year and work exclusively in the South of France, which by now we have come to know very well.
As locals, we know every site, every back-road, every detail that will make a big difference between the standard tours proposed by some international touroperators and our local, personalized and customized tours. We will help you to discover wonderful remote places and savour the essence of the hidden treasures and the highly preserved local cultures. Tours are really splendid and guarantee an unique experience.
We are a small organization not working on an allotment base and so we can receive you in small, characteristic hotels in remote places which only locals come to know.

Years of cooperation with local suppliers, hotel keepers, taxi drivers, local Offices de Tourisme (Comité Départemental de Tourisme (CDT) de l´Aveyron) and designers and maintenance workers of walking trails and mtb-tracks, resulted in our Southern France network.
As direct seller and E-touroperator, working with the same hotels as British and American tour operators operating in the same area as we do, we can quote competitive rates and still have an outstanding personalized service. Especially for parties of 3 and more persons we have rather attractive small group discounts.
 
We don't have brochures to send to you and no extensive back-offices, but we are on the spot, all year to give assistance when needed. We communicate mainly by this website and by email, but we can also skype, phone or fax you, if you prefer. If you need more info than this website provides or if you want tailored information we will send it to you by email.
Our service and flexibility are the very best you can get.

We love travel and adventure but we also love perfect organization : every detail is checked, every thing is done so that all works out for the best.
 

This part of France is big enough for a great holiday. We are small enough to stay in touch with you.
 

 

 


 

Very Light Cycling tours in France

The very light cycling tours of  La Ligne Verte  are meant for holidaymakers who first of all want  plenty of time to visit all the interesting places and time to stop on the way for a pause, time for taking pictures or for bird, plant- or insect watching. Daily distances will not exceed 40 kms and cycling time will be no more than 4 hours a day.
These tours are also well suited for families with small children, with enough opportunities to stop for a swim in a river or lake or have a canoe trip.

 Level 1 and 2 ( out of 7) :  flat and rolling with some small short and light climbs.

 Days: every night an other hotel; you can book extra nights in any of the hotels.

Very Light Cycling Tours Package Days Details
Family tour Kids 7-10 years,
Pays St.Affriquain and Tarn Valley. 20 kms a day		 budget 5 - 9
days		 B00
Family tour Sud Aveyron standard 7 - 8
days		 B05
Down in the Gorges of the Tarn standard 6 - 8
days		 B04 light
Albi and Haute Vallée du Tarn.
Along the 1937 railway route		 standard 6 - 8
days		 B08
Down in the Gorges of the Tarn plus ** &*** 6 - 8
days		 B04 light
Family tour Sud Aveyron plus 6 - 8
days		 B06c
Dordogne, Lot & Quercy plus
 		 6 - 8
days		 B18
Down in the Gorges of the Tarn standard 6 - 8
days		 B04 light
Family tour Sud Aveyron superior 6 - 7
days		 B06d
Dordogne, Lot & Quercy superior 6 - 8
days
B18
Luxury Gorges du Tarn
Cycling vacation 		luxury ***&**** 5 - 9
days		 B04 light
Dordogne, Lot & Quercy luxury ***  6 - 8
days		 B18

Short break
5 days cycling

Short break
4 days cycling

Mountainbike
 Tours

Luxury
Cycling Tours

 Get here a recommendation for planning  a holiday  in France

 
Light Cycling holidays in France

These cycling tours of La Ligne Verte are meant for holidaymakers who first of all want to have enough time to visit all the interesting places and have time to stop on the way for a pause, time for drawing or for bird, plant- or insect watching. Daily distances will not exceed 60 kms and cycling time will be no more than 4 to 5 hours a day.
These tours are also well suited for families with children, with enough opportunities to stop for a swim in a river or lake or have a canoe trip.

 Level 1 and 2 (occasionally 3) out of 7 : mostly flat and rolling with some small short climbs.

 Days: every night an other hotel; you can book extra nights in any of the hotels.
 
Light Cycling Tours Package Days Details
Family tour Kids 7-10 years,
Pays St.Affriquain and Tarn Valley. 20 kms a day		 budget *&** 5 - 9
days		 B00
Round Larzac:
Causses and Pays de Roquefort		 budget 5 - 9
days		 B05
Down in the Gorges of the Tarn standard 6 - 8
days		 B04 light
Albi and Haute Vallée du Tarn.
Along the 1937 railway route		 standard 6 - 8
days		 B08
Gorges du Tarn & canyons standard 5 - 8
days		 B11
Les 3 Rivières
Cycling family holiday 		standard 10-16
days		 B13
Provence cycling tours
Luberon - Vaucluse - Mont Ventoux		 standard 6-10
days 		B16
Down in the Gorges of the Tarn plus ** &*** 6 - 8
days		 B04 light
Family tour Sud Aveyron plus ** &*** 6 - 8
days		 B06c
Averyon  Côté Sud plus 6 - 9
days		 B01
Pays de Cathares et de Bastides
Luxury Cycling Tour		 superior 6 - 9
days		 B07
Gorges du Tarn
Cycling vacation 		plus 6 - 9
days		 B11
Les 3 Rivières
Cycling family holiday 		plus 10-16
days		 B13
Provence cycling tours
Luberon - Vaucluse - Mont Ventoux		 plus
 		 6-10
days 		B16
Dordogne, Lot & Quercy plus 6 - 8
days		 B18
Down in the Gorges of the Tarn standard 6 - 8
days		 B04 light
Family tour Sud Aveyron superior *** 6 - 7
days		 B06d
Pays de Cathares et de Bastides
Luxury Cycling Tour		 superior 6 - 9
days		 B07
Gorges du Tarn
Cycling vacation 		superior 6 - 9
days		 B11
Dordogne, Lot & Quercy superior
 		 6 - 8
days		 B18
Luxury Gorges du Tarn
Cycling vacation 		luxury ***&**** 5 - 9
days		 B04 light
Dordogne, Lot & Quercy luxury 6 - 8
days		 B18
Short break 4 days all packages 4 B80
Short break 5 days all packages 5 B81


 

Short break
5 days cycling

Short break
4 days cycling

Mountainbike
 Tours

Luxury
Cycling Tours

 Get here a recommendation for planning  a holiday  in France

 

Active Cycling Holidays in France

For all holiday-makers in sufficiently good physical condition to bike 5 to 6 hours a day. These holiday tours are meant for the 35 to 65 years old who particularly like biking in a beautiful natural environment with a hillier profile and some longer ascents and descents in middle range mountains.
Families with sports loving children aged 15 and more can make this tours.  There will be enough time left for rest, lunch, sightseeing or for taking a break beside a river or a lake and going for a swim.
These tours are more challenging. Some longish climbs between 350 m and 750 meters. Itinerary between 350 and 1000 meters altitude.

Daily distances will not exceed 70 kms. Levels  2 and 3;  occasionally 4 (out of 7).
For a description of levels Click here.

Days: every night an other hotel; you can book extra nights in any of the hotels.

Active holidays Package Days Details
Round Larzac:
Causses and Pays de Roquefort		 budget 5 - 9 B05
Albi - Millau: Tarn valley standard 6 - 8 B08active
Southern-Aveyron, 
Land of Templars 		standard 5 - 8 B02
Land of Templars & Spectacular Gorges and Canyons standard 10-13  B03
Drome & Provence cycling tours round Mont Ventoux standard 6 - 8 B15
Drome & Provence cycling tours round Mont Ventoux
with bike rental		 standard 6 - 8 B15
Spectacular Gorges and Canyons standard 6 - 8 B04
Gorges du Tarn & Sud-Averyon standard 5 - 8 B11
Provence cycling tours round Mont Ventoux standard 6 - 8 B16
Provence & Grands Causses
Mont Ventoux and Mont Aigoual 		standard 14 B17
Corsica: from Cap Corse to the Castagniccia. standard 8 B82
Provence cycling tours round Mont Ventoux plus 6 - 8 B16
Provence & Grands Causses
Mont Ventoux and Mont Aigoual 		plus 14 B17
 Land of Templars & Spectacular Gorges and Canyons plus  10-13  B03
Drome & Provence cycling tours round Mont Ventoux plus 6 - 8 B15
Drome & Provence cycling tours round Mont Ventoux
with bike rental		 plus 6 - 8 B15
Spectacular Gorges and Canyons plus 6 - 8 B04
Gorges du Tarn & Sud-Averyon plus 5 - 8 B11
Aveyron  Côté Sud plus 6 - 9 B01
Tarn basin plus 6 -11 B10
Tour de Tarn & Aveyron plus 13 B09
Dordogne Valley plus 6 - 9 B19
Tour de Tarn & Aveyron superior  13 B09
Tarn basin superior  6 -11 B10
Gorges du Tarn & Sud-Averyon superior 5 - 8 B11
Southern Massif Central superior 6 - 9 B14b
Provence cycling tours round Mont Ventoux superior 6 - 8 B16
Provence & Grands Causses
Mont Ventoux and Mont Aigoual 		superior 14 B17
Dordogne Valley superior 6 - 9 B19
Languedoc & Cathars superior 14 - 17 B50
Tour de Tarn & Aveyron luxury 13 B09
Southern Massif Central luxury 6 - 9 B14a
Luxury Gorges du Tarn
Cycling vacation 		luxury 5 - 9 B04
Provence cycling tours round Mont Ventoux luxury 6 - 8 B16
Provence & Grands Causses
Mont Ventoux and Mont Aigoual 		luxury 14 B17
Dordogne Valley luxury 6 - 9 B19
Short break 4 days all packages 4 B80
Short break 5 days all packages 5 B81
Individual Mountainbike inn to inn tours all packages 5 - 14 Mtb

Short break
5 days cycling

Short break
4 days cycling

Mountainbike
 Tours

Luxury
Cycling Tours

 Get here a recommendation for planning  a holiday  in France

 
 
Sporting Cycling Tours in France

For all holidays makers in excellent physical condition, regularly training to be able to bike up to 7 hours a day. 
These tours are meant for the 20 to 60 years old for whom cycling is the primary aim of their vacation, whilst being able to enjoy the beauty of this country with its fantastic views.
Lots of  longer ascents and descents in  middle range mountains. Several climbs a day of more than 300m and  sometimes more than 600m should be no problem for them.

Daily distances from 60 to 90 km a day. More longish climbs (5 - 9km, up to 500m elevation gain). Itineraries between 350 and 1000 meters altitude except for the Mont Ventoux and the Mont Aigoual "hors catégorie".
Levels  2 , 3, 4 and occasionally 5 (out of 7). For a description of levels: Click here.

Days: every night an other hotel; you can book extra nights in any of the hotels.

 

Sporting Vacation Package Days Details
Spectacular Gorges and Canyons standard 11-16 B03
Spectacular Gorges and Canyons standard 6 - 8 B04
Gorges du Tarn & Sud-Averyon standard 6 - 9 B11
Drome & Provence cycling tours round Mont Ventoux standard 6 - 8 B15
Drome & Provence cycling tours round Mont Ventoux
with bike rental		 standard 6 - 8 B15
Cycling in Provence standard 6 - 8 B16
Cycling Provence and Grands Causses standard 14 B17
Cycling in Provence plus 6 - 8 B16
Drome & Provence cycling tours round Mont Ventoux plus 6 - 8 B15
Drome & Provence cycling tours round Mont Ventoux
with bike rental		 plus 6 - 8 B15
Spectacular Gorges and Canyons plus 11-16 B03
Spectacular Gorges and Canyons plus 6 - 8 B04
Gorges du Tarn & Sud-Averyon plus 6 - 9 B11
Cycling Provence and Grands Causses plus 14 B17
Gorges du Tarn & Sud-Averyon superior 6 - 9 B11
Southern Massif Central Superior Midi Pyrenées superior 6 - 9 B14b
Cycling in Provence superior 6 - 8 B16
Cycling Provence and Grands Causses superior 14 B17
Languedoc & Cathars superior 14 - 17 B50
Luxury Gorges du Tarn Cycling vacation luxury 5 - 9 B04L
Luxury Gorges du Tarn & Cevennes  luxury 8 - 10 B12
Southern Massif Central Luxury Midi Pyrenées luxury 6 - 9 B14a
Cycling in Provence luxury 6 - 8 B16
Cycling Provence and Grands Causses standard 14 B17
Short break 4 days all packages 4 B80
Short break 5 days all packages 5 B81
Individual inn to inn Mountainbike  tours all packages 5 - 12 Mtb

Short break
5 days cycling

Short break
4 days cycling

Mountainbike
 Tours

Luxury
Cycling Tours

 Get here a recommendation for planning  a holiday  in France

 

 

The Accommodation
Tours are offered in 5 hotel accommodation classes: budget, standard, plus, superior and luxury. Shower and WC en suite in all classes. Global price indications of a 8 day (7 nights) tour with 7 dinners, 7  B&B, all luggage transfers, roadmaps, written instructions, assistance when in trouble included. Prices per person, Basic rates double occupancy, two sharing room:
 

Budget
* & **		 7 dinners 7 nights B&B 1* and 2* hotels from € 490  to  € 590 p.p.
Standard:
**		 7 dinners 7 nights B&B 2** hotels from € 600  to  € 680 p.p.

Plus:
** & ***

7 dinners 7 nights B&B 2* and 3* hotels from € 670  to  € 750 p.p.

Superior:
*** & **

7 dinners 7 nights B&B 2* and 3* hotels from € 750  to  € 950 p.p.

Luxury:
***&****
 

 7 dinners 7 nights B&B 3* and 4* hotels from € 850  to  € 1.400 p.p.

  • Standard packages are in ** hotel accommodations (often Logis de France and owner runned hotels) with shower and bath en suite and much "vieille pierres" as they call here natural stone built houses. In the best of family hotels we have come to know over the years (no chain hotels!). Quality of these owner run hotels in Aveyron is more than can be expressed in the number of stars!

  • Plus packages have one or more nights in *** hotels and exceptionally in guesthouses ("gîtes de charme" with pool).

  • Superior packages have more *** accommodations, but not all ***.

  • Self-guided tours, (group guided tours when asked for; minimum of 6 persons needed); but as much support from us as needed and asked for when in real trouble.

  • Important group discounts for parties of 3 to 8 persons (5 to 25%).

  • Apart from being a local provider of walking and cycling tours in Grands Causses, Dordogne, Cathars land and Provence we also have partners in other parts of South France: Corsica. See our walking and cycling pages.
     
 
La Ligne Verte

Address:
La Ligne Verte - valac
Petrarcalaan 51, 3533HS Utrecht, Netherlands.
Contact
Phone: +31636331294
Skype: laligneverte-valac

 

In France: Contact Francine van Genderen agent of La Ligne Verte in  
La Jourdanie, 12480 Broquiès, Aveyron, France.
Tel: +33565994401 

 

  

With La Ligne Verte you will get the commitment and service of a  local, owner operated, tour operator. A direct seller, working primarily with local, family run hotels (from 4 to 30 rooms category  *,  ** and *** ) to ensure you get an attractive, cycling or walking hiking holiday, the French way of life and "Vacances à la Carte" on beautiful hiking and walking trails or the enjoyable roads for your biking and mountainbiking holiday trip. You'll benefit from our network we built the last 10 years, from our direct selling rates and above all from our personalized and customized tours without any extra charges: WYS=WYG: no hidden prices, supplements, reservation costs etc.

 

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