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TARN, AVEYRON, LOZERE and CEVENNES,  Parc des Grands Causses

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Millau-Grands Causses

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 and 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" 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. Albi is a nice start for accessing the Grands Causses nature park.
By the lovely Tarn valley you will reach Millau in 2, 3 or 4 days cycling, 7 or 8 days walking.

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Three geologically distinct landscapes to discoverin the Parc des Grands Causses


More info on Parc des Grands Causses in www.tourisme-aveyron.com
 

Some pictures with views on Sud-Aveyron.



Tarn Valley, Between Albi and Millau


More pictures of Tarn Valley between Albi and Millau.

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Albi, pink city - with a beautiful old brick-built centre, the Toulouse-Lautrec museum and a stonebrick Cathedral - to Millau, in the center of Parc des Grands Causses, you will be moving along Tarn river valley.

Millau, the Pont le Rouge and the viaduct

Down in the valley between two hilly plateaux rising up to 700m altitude River Tarn flows swiftly to the West through a beautiful valley and by the Raspes du Tarn . You'll see and visit old castles in Brousse-le-Chateau, Coupiac, St.Izaire and pitoresque villages like Ambialet and St.Rome de Tarn to arrive at the viaduct of Millau.

Tarn Valley walking and cycling tours


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.



Very Light cycling tours in Tarn Valley B00B08
Light cycling tours in Tarn Valley B06 - B08 - B01 - B01sup - B035sup
Moderate cycling tours in Tarn Valley B06 - B08 - B10 - B01
 
Walking holidays in Tarn valley: H33


Pays de Roquefort.


Pays de Roquefort, walking and cycling tours

More pictures of 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.


Very Light cycling tours in Pays de Roquefort: B06
Light cycling tours in Pays de Roquefort: B06 - B08 - B06plus
Moderate cycling tours in Pays de Roquefort: B02 - B10 - B03 - B11 - B08Moderate
 
Light walking holiday in Roquefort and Sud-Aveyron


Gorges and Causses, Cevennes, Gorges du Tarn

See some pictures of Gorges and Causses.

Walking or cycling the Canyons of the Grands 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 of the 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.

Very Light cycling tours in Gorges and Causses: B04 light 
Light cycling tours in Gorges and Causses: B04 light - B01 - B10 - B06-plus - B11
Moderate cycling tours in Gorges and Causses: B04 - B10  - B03 - B11 - B12 - B20
 
Walking trips in the Gorges du Tarn

Walking on Causses and Gorges in France

Tarn valley, Pays de Roquefort and the Canyons of the Gorges and Causses are part of the Parc Naturel des Grands Causses.
Millau lies in the centre of this nature park and is the centre of activity holidays in France. The National park of the Cevennes and the Grands Causses Nature Park are contingent nature parks.




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