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![]() AVEYRON and TARN ![]() Albi and Tarn Valley up to Millau Millau, Larzac, Tarn Valley, Pays de Roquefort, Gorges du Tarn Millau and Albi
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"le Midi" in South-Aveyron Far away from all the hustle and bustle, at 700km South of Paris, the Tarn river flows from the Cevennes through the departments Lozère, Aveyron and Tarn and the Grands Causses area. Here le "Midi" (South of France) begins: A nice climate, : 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. No fast food here, but the French cuisine, honest food in small family-run hotels where you will get a warm welcome. |
La Ligne Verte has settled in a small village in the Valley of the Tarn,
60 km from Millau and Albi, called Broquiès. This part of the course of
the Tarn is called the "Gorges des Raspes" and is attractivefor those who
like quiet, simplicity and unspoiled nature. It lies in the Parc Régional
des Grands Causses in South-Aveyron.
Aveyron is also a rich source of (ancient) culture: the district of Templars, medieval cloisters and places of pilgrimage. And... apart from the cyclists and hikers, a renowned district for bird-watching, mountain-biking, (fly-)fishing, but above all a region for those who seek nature, quiet and vistas of mountains, valleys and plateaus, called Causses. Albi is a nice start for accessing the Grands Causses nature park.
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Three geologically distinct landscapes to enjoy in the Parc des Grands
Causses
More info on Parc des Grands Causses in www.tourisme-aveyron.com Find here some pictures with views on Sud-Aveyron. |
Tarn Valley, Between Albi and MillauMore pictures of Tarn Valley.
![]() ![]() From Millau, a pleasant small Mediterranean alike city, also the gateway to the better known canyons of the Gorges du Tarn and an important centre of activity holidays, you'll start the Tarn Valley walks under the worlds highest viaduct from where you will be heading towards Albi. From the second half of June the chirring sound of cicades will go all along with you as if you were in Provence.
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Pays de Roquefort. More pictures on Pays de Roquefort in South of Aveyron. South of the Tarn river, water acting on the limestone plateaux created caves, subterranean rivers, gushing springs.The most famous of the caves is now still used for the ripening of sheep cheese: Roquefort, king of cheeses, cheese of kings. ![]() Cycling or walking in Pays de Roquefort you will cross the Causse du Larzac and some Medieval Templars garrisons from where crusades set out in 10th-13th centuries. In the Redlands of Camarès you will visit the Cistercienzer Abbaye de Sylvanès. St.Affrique, a small Southern town, is the starting place of many walks in this walking area.
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Gorges and Causses, Cevennes, Gorges du TarnSee some pictures of Gorges and Causses.![]() East of Millau 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 and cycling 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 or at Château de Creissels. Walking tours in the Gorges du Tarn
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Tarn valley, Pays de Roquefort and the Canyons of the Gorges and Causses
are part of the Parc Naturel des Grands Causses. |
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