Cycling the Larzac, Templars and Pays de Roquefort.
Bike tour in South Aveyron

A journey through the quiet, sparsely populated Parc Naturel Régional des Grands Causses.
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St. Affrique - Camarès - Brusque - Ceilhes - Fondamente - Nant - Gorges de la Dourbie - Millau - St. Affrique

Planning a tour with us

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

More info on the scenery .

For a stage to the Cevennes and through the canyon or the Dourbie river you can book the 8 days trip. Every trip can be extended with extra (i.e. second) nights in one or the standard hotels for a rest-day or for a extra cycling day in a smaller or larger loop around the hotel you opt for.

More pictures on Pays de Roquefort.

South or the Tarn river, water acting on the limestone plateaux created caves, subterranean rivers, gushing springs.The most famous or the caves is now still used for the ripening or sheep cheese: Roquefort, king or cheeses, cheese or kings.

Pays de Roquefort

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 or Camarès with its Cistercienzer Abbaye de Sylvanès. St.Affrique, a small Southern town, is the starting place or many walks and cycling tours. The landscape exudes peace and unspoiled natural beauty.

Saint Affrique in Sud-Aveyron

In this part or (Southern France, 'le midi') genuine countryside . A district with an extraordinary diversity or landscapes, that you will get to know when hiking and cycling through this far South part of the Massif Central: 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 and you will get a warm welcome.