Walking holidays in France - Raspes & Valley of the Tarn

Millau → Viaduc de Millau → St. Rome de Tarn → Ayssènes → Broquiès → Brousse-le-Château → Castelnau Pégayrols → Millau

5 to 8 trekking days with option of extra (rest or walking) days.
Optional: alternately canoeing and walking stages from Millau towards Albi. Ask us!

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included: bags tranfer, B&B, all dinners except in Millau.

daily walks of 10 - 20 km, average 18 km.
grade 2 to 3 on scale 0-7.
** and *** Hotels with toilet and shower/bath en suite in room
Dogs allowed without extra costs
Start and end in Millau from March 15^th to October 31^st.
Bags transfers included.
Not included: Lunches. Price of lunches (take away picknicks) : 8 - 11 EURO.
Cancelling plus package possible on this walk.

You trip will be in the Tarn Valley and the Raspes du Tarn in Aveyron department. Click here for a virtual visit of Aveyron and here for the Raspes du Tarn.

From Millau following river Tarn you'll walk in Western direction passing under the Millau viaduct in a loop of several days back to Millau. Towns and interesting places along the walk:
Towns and interesting places along the walk:

Viaduc de Millau - St. Rome de Tarn - Castelnau Pégayrols - Ayssènes - Broquiès - Viala-du-Tarn - Montjaux - Millau

Rambling on quiet footpaths is a nice way of experiencing the very divers French countryside. All along Tarn river nature will please bird- and plant and quiet lovers.
Past and under the viaduct of Millau (a beautiful design of a British architect) you will walk into Tarn valley. In Tarn valley you'll walk to Castelnau Pégayrols, a UNESCO protected site. In a beautifull gîte with pool you'll stay one or two nights. Past a small hamlet in a dead-end valley and after a climb to Montjaux you will enjoy the farsights on Causses, the Cevennes Mountains and the Millau Viaduct.

Millau viaduct and the Causses
The hotel-keepers will pamper you with their outstanding cuisine.
Starting day: every day.
Elevation gains: once or twice 200 - 400m a day
Day distances: 11-21 km. A daily maximum of 14 kms is possible: ask for short walks when booking.

Pictures of the Tarn Valley

As with all other walks of La Ligne Verte you'll spend 90% of the walk on (single) tracks and unpaved roads. Villages you will pass are small villages with up to 200 inhabitants. Millau is a town with 22.000 people inhabitants. You will need to take your lunch with you. The hotels can provide a take away picknick (price € 8,- to € 12,-). In some villages you can buy what you need for your lunch
You will walk 3 to 4 kms an hour.

H21a - budget * and ** package: all details		* and ** hotels
H21c - plus and * package: all details		and * hotels
H21d - superior * and package: all details		* and hotels

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Walk H21b - standard Millau Viaduc and Raspes & Vallée du Tarn	5 days	6 days	7 days	8 days	Hotels Standard Tour
Arrival in Millau and short or long roundwalk to the waterfalls of Creissels. Do do the long round walk you should arrive in the morning or else book an extra night. 3 or 13 km. Elevation gains: 100 or 300m.	Day 1	Day 1	Day 1	Day 1	Millau B&B **
Over the Causse du Larzac and along the Viaduc de Millau to St. Georges-de-Luzençon. 16 or 18 km. Elevation gains: 350m. Transfer to your hotel in St. Rome-de-Tarn	Day 2	Day 2	Day 2	Day 2	St.Rome de Tarn ***
In Tarn valley through the Raspes du Tarn; Transfer to Viala-du-Tarn and walk to Melvieu. 21 km. Elevation gains: 300m.		Day 3	Day 3	Day 3	Melvieu /*
Further into the Raspes along the Tarn you walk to Broquiès or make a roundwalk in Ayssènes up to the plateau du Lévézou. 12 or 19 km. Elevation gains: 300m.			Day 4	Day 4	Broquiès **
Further into the Raspes along the Tarn you walk to Broquiès or make a roundwalk in Ayssènes up to the plateau du Lévezou. 12 or 19 km. Elevation gains: 300m.				Day 5	Brousse-le-Château **
After a transfer to Montjaux you walk to the beautiful valley of the Muse. Past Castelnau Pégayrols, a Unesco labeled town. Overnight in a *** gîte with pool. 16 km. Elevation gains: 400m.	Day 3	Day 4	Day 5	Day 6	Castelnau Pégayrols /*
In the footsteps of dinosaurs and past the Millau viaduct back to Millau. 20km . Elevation gains: -300m.	Day 4	Day 5	Day 6	Day 7	Millau B&B **
Leave after breakfast	Day 5	Day 6	Day 7	Day 8

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H21b - standard 2012 Bags transfer included	B&B's	Dinners	Lunches	Basic rate p.p.: 2p sharing room	Supplement 1-person room	Solo All-in
5 days	4	2	0	€ 414	€ 116	€ 650
6 days	5	3	0	€ 524	€ 136	€ 823
7 days	6	4	0	€ 622	€ 143	€ 962
8 days	7	5	0	€ 709	€ 152	€ 1094
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Extra (consecutive) nights	B&B	Dinner	Lunch	Rate p.p. 2 p sharing room Without route descriptions and maps	A map with markings and written instructions for a roundwalk	Suppl. 1-person room
Extra night in Millau B&B **	yes	no	no	€ 40	free	€ 29
Extra night in St. Rome-de-Tarn ***	yes	yes	no	€ 83	free	€ 38
Extra night in Melvieu /*	yes	yes	no	€ 68	free	€ 23
Extra night in Broquiès pool**	yes	yes	no	€ 63	free	€ 12
Extra night in Castelnau Pégyrols /* pool	yes	yes	no	€ 55	free	€ 23
Not included: Lunches. Price of lunches (take away picknicks) : 9 - 11 EURO.

	Sud-Aveyron Millau, Raspes & Valley of the Tarn
H21b	Walking holidays in France	standard