Southern-Aveyron: Land of the Templars and Roquefort
In Grands Causses Nature Park
Challenging Cycling Holiday
through the Parc des Grands Causses

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Challenging Cycling holiday in South Aveyron, South of France

5 to 11 days self guided Challenging Cycling hotel-tour with baggage transfer.
Daily cycling distances:82-111 km. Sports tours!
Elevation gains from 100 to 400m, 3 to 5 times a day.
Hotels ** with toilet, shower/bath en suite
All dinners included (starter, main course, dessert), beverages not included.
Optional: extra nights in any of the hotels of the package for a rest-day or an extra cycling day.
Hilly stages in a very diverse area in South of France.
You can start this tour any day of the week between March 15^th and October 24^th.
Important group discounts for parties of 3 persons to 8 persons.
Standard ** packages of this tour are available too.
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A journey through the quiet, sparsely populated Parc Naturel Régional des Grands Causses. https://www.tourisme-aveyron.com/fr

St. Affrique - Camarès - Ceilhes - S.Jean-du-Bruel - Gorges de la Dourbie - Millau - St. Affrique

Causse du Larzac

Through the river valley of the Sorgues and Cernon, up and down the hills of the Monts de l"Hérault you will head to the vast limestone plateau of the Larzacthe domain of shepherds, the providers of the Roquefort. Modern time keeps up at slow pace here. Past centuries-old villages, such as the Templars fortresses of Ste Eulalie-de-Cernon and La Couvertoirade. You bike in a hilly to mountainous area staying in small characteristic **. *** and **** family-run hotels and Guesthouses, where you'll enjoy the special menus of the Aveyron "terroir".
More info on the scenery you"ll be cycling in.

For a stage through the Gorges du Tarn you can book the 7, 8 or 9 days trip. The 8 and 9 trip have stages to Sévérac-le-Château and the Lévézou plateau and Tarn valley.
Every trip can be extended with extra (i.e. second) nights in one of the standard hotels for a rest-day or for a extra cycling day for a small or large loop around the hotel you opt for.

This very typical and characteristic tour of South-Aveyron can be started in St. Affrique as well as in Millau. For booking this tour please complete our booking form .

Pays de Roquefort.

More pictures on Pays de Roquefort.

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.

St.Jean d'Alcas

Pays de Roquefort also includes the Causse du Larzac with its restored Medieval Templars garrisons from where crusades set out in 10th-13th centuries, and the Redlands of Camarès with its Cistercienzer Abbaye de Sylvanès. St.Affrique, a small Southern town, is the starting place of many walks in this walking area. The landscape exudes peace and unspoiled natural beauty.

St. Affrique in Sud Aveyron
Saint Affrique

Here le "Midi" (South of France) begins: A nice climate, : mountains, limestone plateaus (Causses), lush green valleys, roaring rivers (Sorgues, Dourdou). Lots of small villages here. No fast food here, but the French cuisine, honest food in small family-run hotels where you will get a warm welcome.

More pictures of Pays de Roquefort.

Gorges and Causses, French canyons

More pictures of Gorges and Causses.

The second part of this trip, you will go to the Gorges (canyons) and causses (limestone plateaus).

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.

Walking or cycling the Canyons of the Grands Causses
Vase de Sèvres, Gorges de la Jonte

These Gorges are at the heart of the most spectacular cycling area of the Grands Causses Natural Parc. Steep crags of 400m and the typical scenery of limestone plateaux dissected by rivers. You can visit the Grotte Rose of Dargilan, the unusual scenery of the Causses (Le Chaos de Montpellier le Vieux and Roques Altes).

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Packages	Day stages	Prices

2021	B & B	Dinners	Basic rate p.p.	Suppl. July & August	Suppl. single room	Hybrid Bike rental	Carbon Road-E-Bike rental
B02 Challenging plus package	Bags transfers included in basic rate. Basic rate: in € p.p. double room, sharing.
5 days	4	4	€ 621	€ 14	€ 190	€ 54	€ 91
6 days	5	5	€ 806	€ 14	€ 252	€ 68	€ 122
7 days	6	6	€ 921	€ 21	€ 287	€ 85	€ 152
8 days	7	7	€ 1070	€ 21	€ 320	€ 102	€ 183
9 days	8	8	€ 1233	€ 21	€ 359	€ 119	€ 213
10 days	9	9	€ 1323	€ 28	€ 398	€ 136	€ 244
11 days	10	10	€ 1425	€ 28	€ 432	€ 144	€ 252
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Extra nights	B & B	Dinner	Basic rate p.p.	Suppl. July & August	Supplement single room	Bike rental	E-rental
St.Affrique /* Le Vern	yes	yes	€ 57	€ 0	€ 28	€ 16	€ 24
St. Jean-du-Bruel /* Midi Papillon Pool	yes	yes	€ 65	€ 0	€ 32	€ 16	€ 24
Château de Creissels **** Pool	yes	yes	€ 98	€ 0	€ 58	€ 16	€ 24
Take-away lunches are not included. You can order them at the hotel or the host the evening before departure. Solo all-in: add 64 % of basic_rate_pp_double_room_sharing (single room and single bags transfer supplement included) If bike rental is not included you get a discount of € 80 (per pax).

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Discount on basic rate p.p. for small groups and families
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5 and 6 days trips
Parties of 3 persons : 10 % p.p.
Parties of 4 persons : 15 % p.p.
Parties of 5 persons : 17 % p.p.
Parties of 6 persons : 18 % p.p.
Parties of 7 persons : 19 % p.p.
Parties of 8 persons : 20 % p.p.

Packages	Day stages	Prices

	5 days	6 days	7 days	8 days	9 days	10 days	11 days
Stages 5 to 11 days packages
St. Affrique -*	day 1 0, 34 or 63 km	day 1 0, 34 or 63 km	day 1 0, 34 or 63 km	day 1 0, 34 or 63 km	day 1 0, 34 or 63 km	day 1 0, 34 or 63 km	day 1 0, 34 or 63 km
Camarès ** pool	day 2 42, 62 km or 98 km	day 2 42, 62 km or 98 km	day 2 42, 62 km or 98 km	day 2 42, 62 km or 98 km	day 2 42, 62 km or 98 km	day 2 en 3 42, 62 km or 98 km	day 2 en 3 42, 62 km or 98 km
Ceilhes **	day 3 61 or92 km	day 3 61 or92 km	day 3 61 or 92 km	day 3 61 or 92 km	day 3 61 or 92 km	day 4 61 or 92 km	day 4 61 or 92 km
St. Jean-du-Bruel -*pool			day 4 60 or 94 km	day 4 60 or 94 km	day 4 60 or 94 km	day 5 60 or 94 km	day 5 en 6 60 or 94 km
Château de Creissels ** (near Millau)		day 4 68 or 93 km	day 5 57 or 73 km	day 5 57 or 73 km	day 5 57 or 73 km	day 6 57 or 73 km	day 7 57 or 73 km
Brousse-le-Château **				day 6 84 km	day 6 84 km	day 7 84 km	day 8 84 km
Castelnau-Pégayrols ** pool					day 7 52, 78 or 102 km	day 8 84 km	day 9 84 km
St. Affrique -*	day 4 46 or 86 km	day 5 44 or 70 km	day 6 44 or 70 km	day 7 62 or 71 km	day 8 60 or 80 km	day 9 60 or 80 km	day 10 60 or 80 km
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Challenging Cycling holiday in South Aveyron, South of France

Southern-Aveyron: Land of the Templars and Roquefort
In Grands Causses Nature Park
Challenging Cycling Holiday
through the Parc des Grands Causses