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H26 |
Sud-Aveyron - Pays de Roquefort |
Superior |
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Around St. Affrique |
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H26 |
Sud-Aveyron - Pays de Roquefort |
Superior |
In this walking holiday - Superior (*** and ** hotels) package you will walk from the Tarn valley to the Sorgues valley before walking back through Roquefort country to St.Rome-de-Tarn. You will walk past the Cistercian abbey of
Sylvanès and the Medieval Château de Montaigut. This walk starts and ends in
St. Rome-de-Tarn to the heart of the Roquefort cheese producing country of farmers
and shepherds.
You'll first be heading to St.Affrique. You'll
be walking in unspoiled nature (in May and June thousands of orchids) and see
farming harmoniously going together. Les menus du terroir à déguster in
all places you'll pass. South of the Tarn river, water
acting on the limestone plateaux created caves, subterranean rivers, gushing
springs. You will see an underground river resurging at 100m from you luxury
guesthouse in Sorgues like in Fontaine de Vaucluse. The most famous of the caves
is now still used for the ripening of sheep cheese: Roquefort, king of cheeses,
cheese of kings. Pays de Roquefort also includes the Causse du Larzac with its restored Medieval Templars garrisons from where crusades set oput 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. Shepherds will be your only company during hours of walking.
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| Parties of 3 persons : 10 % p.p. Parties of 4 persons : 13 % p.p. Parties of 5 persons : 15 % p.p. Parties of 6 persons : 17 % p.p. Parties of 7 persons : 18 % p.p. Parties of 8 persons : 20 % p.p. |
| Itineraries H26-Superior | 5 days | 6 days | 7 days | 8 days |
| St. Rome-de-Tarn *** pool Roundwalk: 9 or 14 km | day 1 | day 1 | day 1 | day 1 |
| St. Affrique ** Walk: 17 km | day 2 | day 2 | day 2 | day 2 |
| Gissac *** pool Walk: 12 (with transfer) 20 or 22 km | day 3 | day 3 | day 3 | day 3 |
| Château de Sorgues
pool **/*** (transfer to Col de Notre-Dame or Moulès) Walk: 16 or 20 km |
day 4 | day 4 | day 4 | day 4 |
| Fondamente ** Walk: 15 km | day 5 | day 5 | ||
| St. Jean d'Alcas *** Walk: 20 km or Roquefort ** Walk: 20km+ transfer | day 6 | |||
| St. Rome-de-Tarn *** pool. Transfer to Roquefort + Walk 21km | day 5 | day 6 | day 7 | |
| Last day, leave after breakfast | day 5 | day 6 | day 7 | day 8 |
| H26 itineraries day details | Distance | Elevation gains |
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St. Rome de Tarn - St. Affrique
Today you’ll walk from the Tarn valley, the Sentier de Bouissierres to the dolmen up to Tiergues and after you’ll descend to St.Affrique. The walk will give you a first impression of the Pays de Roquefort, with its sheep, hills and panoramas. You are in limestone mountains which means lots of flowers, orchids in May and June. This walk over a mountain ridge shows you the Pays de Roquefort scenery as well as this small city of St. Affrique. You are walking in a prehistoric landscape with Dolmens. |
15 or 20 km | + 300m -200 |
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St. Affrique - Château de Gissac
Until Montaigut (medieval Castle) you will walk on the ridge separating the Sorgue valley from the Dourdou valley and the Rougiers and enjoy panoramas on both sides: the Causse du Larzac left and the Lacaune mountains right. |
20-22 km | + 400m |
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Château de Gissac - Château de Sorgue
Today you will enjoy beautiful views over the Plateau de Guilhaumard, the Causse du Larzac and the Monts de l’Hérault. In a rather deserted area you will have a good time admiring the space and the beauty of nature. You will end up at the resurging underground river of Sorgues. |
12 or 17 km | - 250 + 200m |
Château de Sorgue - FondamenteThe first part of the walk will take you over the Causse du Larzac to Cornus and then a beautiful ascent to the Plateau de Guilhaumard before you will get down into the valley of the Sorgues at Fondamente |
11 or 19 km | + 300 - 350m |
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Château de Sorgue - St.Affrique Transfer naar Versols or Château de Montaigut Today you will walk on the ridge above Sorgues valley all the way to St. Affrique and have panoramas on the Causse du Larzac and the Cevennes. You will see the village of Lapeyre |
11 or 19 km | + 300 - 300m |
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Fondamente - St.Affrique Transfer to Versols of Château de Montaigut Today you will walk on the ridge above Sorgues valley all the way to St. Affrique and have panoramas on the Causse du Larzac and the Cevennes. You will see the village of Lapeyre |
11 or 19 km | + 300 - 300m |
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Fondamente - Roquefort Today you will walk on Causse du Larzac and visit the cheese caves of Roquefort |
18 km | + 300 - 200m |
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Roquefort - St.Rome-de-Tarn Today you will walk back to the Tarn valley partly along the river Tarn. |
16 or 20 km | + 200 - 300m |
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