Cycling travel from Mediterranean Sea to the Cevennes

Cycling travel from Mediterranean Sea to the Cevennes

Throughout Languedoc, Larzac, Gorges du Tarn and Cévennes in South France
7 days / 6 nights

This cycling tour takes you gradually from the Languedoc plain to the Cevennes, passing through the garrigues and the Larzac plateau.
This cycle tour takes you through authentic territories and this, from small roads - reduced car traffic. You will discover the jewels of the Languedoc hinterland and the south of the Massif Central : the vineyards of the Larzac terraces, the Larzac Templar and Hospitaller area, the Grands Causses, the Gorges du Tarn, the Cevennes...
Try the adventure, you will not regret it !

Trip highlights: 

- Montpelliéraines garrigues, Herault gorges and St Guilhem le Désert.

- Larzac and its wide open spaces, land of pastoralism. Couvertoirade.

- The Grands Causses, a territory inscribed on Unesco's World Heritage List as a "living and evolving cultural landscape".

- Tarn gorges between Causse de Sauveterre and Causse Méjean, with the impressive limestone cliffs for scenery...

- The ascent of Mt. Aigoual, summit of the southern Cevennes.

- Descent towards the Languedoc plain passing at the foot of the Pic St Loup,"lord" of the garrigues.

TYPE OF TRIP: 

 

Self - guided tour

We provide you with the maps and the road book. The accommdation and the catering will be reserved for you.

 

LEVEL: 

This biketour is intended for people who are used to cycle on hilly routes. It is better to book this trip if you practise regularly sport all year long.

Pedal in the Cevennes
PROGRAM: 

During this travel, you visit the "Causses and Cevennes" area wich is enlisted by UNESCO to the World Heritage. This natural environment is well preserved. La Couvertoirade, a fortified village and Saint-Guilhem-le-Desert known for being a stage on the Santiago Path.

 

Day 1 - 62 km

Day 2 - 68 km

Day 3 - 56 km

Day 4 - 61 km

Day 5 - 62 km

Day 6 - 78 km

 

PERIODS

 

From April to October

 

Bike travel on Larzac plateau
Cevennes and bike
Tarn Gorges Cycling
La prestation comprend

• Accommodation in hotels or in B&B.

• Breakfasts, packed lunches and dinners.

• The road book and the maps in the self guided trip

La prestation ne comprend pas

• optional : bike hire

• optional : luggage transport

• Personal expenditure

• Comprehensive insurance (4,5%)

COME BY TRAIN: 

We all know the impact of our car travels on the environment. Driving to the holidays location can produce a large amount of CO2 because of the long haul distance to get away...

Nearest train stations : Montpellier.

Check your journey by train with SNCF or OUIGO and contact us for any further information.