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Pays Saint Affricain, Tarn & Dourdou Valley.
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  • 5 - 9 days half board cycling hotel tours. Very light bike tour through Pays Saint Affricain and Tarn Valley: The Gorges des Raspes du Tarn in Parc des Grands Causses.Max 30 km a day (or longer if you wish).

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  • extra nights in any of the hotels of the package for a rest-day or an extra cycling day.

  • Self guided cycling hotel-tour with baggage transfer for family and kids 10 years old.

  • Standard ** packages: ** Hotel accommodations, some with a pool.

  • You can start this tour any day of the week between March 15th and October 31st.

  • Many opportunities for canoeing and swimming in Tarn river.

  • Start and end in St. Affrique.
  • Included: All dinners (except in Millau), all bags transfers, route maps and written instructions, information about en route attractions and interest sites
  • Not included: Lunches. Price of lunches (take away picknicks) : 8 - 12 EURO.
  • Not included in basic rate: Bike rental.
  • Important group discounts for parties of 3 persons to 8 persons.

VIDEO:budget family cycling tour in Aveyron Grands Causses https://www.tourisme-aveyron.com/fr

A light cycling tour along Tarn river through the friendly Valley of the Tarn.
Start and finish in St.Affrique.
You will ride partly on the old railway track that never got operational. The trip can be light because we will transfer you to the plateau du Lévézou, so you will have long distances where you will be freewheeling down and back to the valley and enjoy the beautiful views on the St.Affricain hills.



In Broquiès
you'll have an opportunity for canoeing and swimming with the children in Tarn river (an adventurous, but not dangerous trip of 2 hours).
At the lake of Villefranche-de-Panat you can swim.

Suited for family's with children from age 8.
Two transfers to bridge elevation gains of more than 300m altitude are included.

Restaurants and hotels in this trip are 2* average.
Maximum daily cycling distances: 12 miles, 24 kms.

You can book extra nights (just for a rest day or a cycling loop around the town) in any of the hotels you wish.


Tarn valley between Brousse-le-Chateau and Broquies
The old railway bridge between Broquiès
and Brousse-le-Château.

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To get an impression of the scenery of this walk follow the link to the pictures and surf here for additional information.

Click here for some pictures of the scenery in Tarn Valley

How to travel to the Grands Causses

Google-map of the area









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B00 standard package
Bags transfers included in basic rate. Basic rate: in € p.p. double room, sharing.
2020 B&B Dinners Lunches Basic rate
p.p. double
room sharing 		Suppl.
July-August		 Suppl.
single room		 Bike
rental		 Tandem,
Carbon road bike,
e-Bike
rental
5 days 4 4 0 € 443 € 1 € 84 € 51 € 81
6 days 5 5 0 € 521 € 2 € 123 € 68 € 108
7 days 6 6 0 € 618 € 2 € 135 € 85 € 135
8 days 7 7 0 € 707 € 3 € 158 € 102 € 189
9 days 8 7 0 € 797 € 8 € 188 € 119 € 216

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Extra nights B&B Dinner Lunch Basic rate
p.p. double
room sharing		 Extra
Route notes		 Supplement single room Bike rental Tandem,
Carbon road bike,
e-Bike
rental
St. Affrique ** yes yes no € 63 0 € 21 € 17 € 27
Brousse-le-Château ** yess yes no € 57 0 € 15 € 17 € 27
Villefranche-de-Panat ** (at lake) yes no no € 40 0 € 36 € 17 € 27
Castelnau Pégayrols *** pool yes yes no € 56 0 € 23 € 17 € 27
Millau ** B&B yes no no € 40 4 € 29 € 17 € 27
Lunches are not included. The price of a take-away lunch varies from 9 to 12 Euro. You can order it from the hotelkeeper the evening before.

Solo: add 51% to basic rate. supplement single room included, supplement July-August and bike-rental not included.

Discount on basic rate p.p. for small groups and families
See terms and conditions of group discounts
Parties of 3 persons : 6 % p.p.
Parties of 4 persons : 9 % p.p.
Parties of 5 persons : 11 % p.p.
Parties of 6 persons : 12 % p.p.
Parties of 7 persons : 13 % p.p.
Parties of 8 persons : 14 % p.p.
Additional discount for one child sharing parents room or third child in triple room: € 10,- per night

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ROUTING (distances are minimum kms)

Programme Family budget tour Pays St.Affricain and Tarn Valley 5 days 6 days 7 days 8 days 9 days
St.Affrique **
Arrival day. Short cycling circuit in Sorgues valley. Flat.		 Day 1 Day 1 Day 1 Day 1 Day 1
Brousse-le-Château **. Cycling through the Dourdou valley to the Tarn valley. Visit of 2 castles. (St.Izaire and Brousse-le-Château).
31 km - flat 		Day 2 Day 2 Day 2
Le Truel * Hotel in small village with alarge communal swimming pool.
25 flat km. Possible to make an easy canoe trip in Tarn River from the hotel. 		Day 2 Day 2 Day 3 Day 3 Day 3
Salles Curan ** (or Villefranche-de-Panat). At the lake.
A transfer up to the plateau is included: 20 kms cycling rolling.		 Day 3 Day 3 Day 4 Day 4 Day 4
Castelnau-Pégayrols (guesthouse *** with a pool) Day 5 Day 5 Day 5
St.Rome-de-Tarn *You can go to a sand beach and do a trip on a boat in the Gorges des Raspes du Tarn.
30 km on the Lévézou plateau, rolling with a long descent and magnificent views on the Larzac Causse and the Cevennes. 		Day 4 Day 5 Day 6 Day 5
Millau ** B&B hotel
23 easy flat along the river Tarn or 42 km going up and down the Muse valley to the along the Tarn river. Ride under the Millau Viaduct.		 Day 6
St.Rome-de-Tarn *
15 km down to the valley. You can go to a sand beach and do a trip on a boat in the Gorges des Raspes du Tarn.		 Day 7
Cycling to St.Affrique ** (34 kms ; start with a soft ascent in the Gorges des Raspes du Tarn followed by a flat part and end with a descent.)
From Millau back to St.Affrique: 55 or 39 km.		 Day 4 Day 5 Day 6 Day 7 Day 8
Leave after breakfast Day 5 Day 6 Day 7 Day 8 Day 9

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