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TARN, AVEYRON, LOZERE and CEVENNES, Parc des 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 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
Some pictures with views on Sud-Aveyron. |
Tarn Valley, Between Albi and MillauMore pictures of Tarn Valley between Albi and Millau. ![]() 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.
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.
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.
Pays de Roquefort.![]() 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.
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Gorges and Causses, Cevennes, Gorges du TarnSee some pictures of Gorges and Causses.
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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Rodez: Musée Soulages and the Cathedral Notre
Dame de Rodez. |
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