Superior Walking Tour Gorges du Tarn

Superior

Luxury hotel based superior package with *** and **** hotels. Walks: 5 - 9 days.
This package differs from the luxury package only in the size and luxury of the rooms.

We reserve your hotels on B&B base, so you can choose your own menu's as well as the wines (Except in Château de Creissels, first and last night; here dinner is included).
The price of the menu's : from € 35.

Daily walking distances: every day as long or as short as you want. Transfers to be adapted to your daily preferences.

All (bags included) transfers included.

Walking tour in the spectacular scenery of the Canyons and Causses (limestone plateaus) of the Nature Park des Grands Causses in South of France.

http://www.tourisme-aveyron.com/visite_virtuelle/index_uk.htm

The walks start and end in Millau (Château de Creissels) in a *** hotel.

From Millau eastwards the Tarn river and its tributaries carved out 4 canyon like Gorges: Gorges de la Dourbie, Gorges de la Jonte, Gorges du Trèvezel and the most famous of all the Gorges du Tarn. These Gorges are at the heart ofthe most spectacular walking area of the Grands Causses Natural Parc. Steep crags of 400m and the typical scenery of limestone plateaux dissected by rivers.

You'll  see the Grotte Rose of Dargilan, the unusual scenery of the Causses (Le Chaos de Montpellier le Vieux and Roques Altes). Your walk begins and ends in Millau, where you can visit the new viaduct.

Beautiful scenery, lovely footpaths and remote treasures will be your daily bread. The route will lead you to access magical places.
Here, every step takes you to a visible trace of human history like the centuries old stone-built houses, the lovely villages built during Middle Ages, the awesome monuments of cave-dwellers from prehistoric times.

The main part of the region is built upon a limestone plateau cut by deep valleys and covered with orchids and with small white oaks.
On your way you'll find subterranean rivers and impressive caves, such as the pink cave of Dargilan and vultures high above.

Millau is a friendly small town of 27.000 inhabitants with lots of sporting vacation opportunities.
If you like modern bridge architecture you will enjoy visiting the Millau Viaduct (higher than the Eifel Tower) connecting the Causse du Larzac with the Central Massif.

Customized daily walking distances. Daily transfers by taxi so daily walking distances can be made all customized. If you want you can even skip the walking for some days and go with the bags transfer.

This walk is also available as luxury package.

Surf to this page for pictures of the scenery you'll be walking in.

Rates (the difference with the luxury package are the rooms only)

Château de la Caze  **** La Malène in the Gorges du Tarn

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