Moderate cycling tour along Tarn river between Albi and Millau, so almost
flat if you want or hilly if you prefer on the hills (slopes of the valley)
from 300m alt. up to 700m.
6 - 8 days cycling tours along the 1937 railway line along Tarn
river.
Self guided cycling hotel-tour with baggage transfer.
Suited for family and youngsters 14 years and older.
Standard ** packages: ** hotel accommodations, some with a pool.
You can start this tour any day of the week between March 15th
and October 31th.
Many opportunities forcanoeing and swimming in Tarn river.
Start and end in Albi.
Bags transfers included.
Not included: Lunches. Price of lunches (take away picknicks) :
8 - 11 EURO.
Not included in basic rate: Bike rental, electric bikes can be rented
too!
Important group discounts for parties from 3 to 8 persons (10 tot
23 %!).
Included: all luggage transfers.
All hotel wireless internet
Tarn valley.
Whenbiking the whole old railway line up to St. Affrique (8-day
tour) you will ride past 6 railway bridges and through 10 railway
tunnels. For holiday makers who don't like tunnels: you will
be able to avoid the longer ones (more than 100m).
Albi is a beautiful, Southern Italian like town along the Tarn
river. With its famous architecture, alike Toulouse, from which
it is only 75 kms away, its cathedral, of the times of the Cathar
and its Museum Toulouse Lautrec it is a perfect start and end for
a family cycling holiday. Restaurants and hotels in this trip are
of excellent quality. Albi, UNESCO World Heritage Centre.
On the banks of the Tarn river in south-west France, the old city
of Albi reflects the culmination of a medieval architectural and
urban ensemble. Today the Old Bridge (Pont-Vieux), the Saint-Salvi
quarter and its church are testimony to its initial development
(10th -11th centuries). Following the Albigensian Crusade against
the Cathar heretics (13th century) it became a powerful episcopal
city. Built in a unique southern French Gothic style from local
brick in characteristic red and orange colours, the lofty fortified
Cathedral (late 13th century) dominates the city, demonstrating
the power regained by the Roman Catholic clergy. Alongside the Cathedral
is the vast bishop's Palais de la Berbie, overlooking the river
and surrounded by residential quarters that date back to the Middle
Ages. The Episcopal City of Albi forms a coherent and homogeneous
ensemble of monuments and quarters that has remained largely unchanged
over the centuries.
Albi
Viaduc de Millau
On your way to and from Millau you will ride under and above the viaduc
de Millau.
You will be cycling daily 50-60 km average (a Challenging tour is with
max 100km daily is possible too) through the friendly Valley of the Tarn.
Near Broquiès you can make a canoe trip. In Albi and Millau you will
stay in a ** B&B Hotel.
For booking this tour we ask you to complete our booking form.
The old medieval villages and towns in the gorges des
Raspes du Tarn on your
way will add to your feeling connected with ancient times.
Lunches are not included. The price of a take-away
lunch varies from 9 to 13 Euro. You can order it from the hotelkeeper the
evening before departure. Supplement twin rooms (with 2 beds): € 3 per
night per person. Solo all-in: add 71% at basic rate. Supplement single
room included, bike rental not included.
