This tour starting from the Lévézou plateau at 1000m
alt. at the Lake of Pareloup follows the trails down into the Valley of
the Tarn at 250m alt. to go up again via de lake of Villefranche de
Panat to Salles Curan on the Lévézou plateau.
Flying Ryanair from London Stansted to Rodez
you will be at 50 km from the airport to start this trip in Salles Curan
at Lake Pareloup
In the friendly Valley of the Tarn, where you can
do some easy canoeing in the Tarn river at
Broquiès
you'll be visiting 4 medieval castle towns before you go back and up
to the Plateau du Levezou. You will be at two od the four lakes od this
plateau.
Country inns with their exquisite food (menus du terroir) will give you the
finest Aveyron cuisine. In Ayssènes you can have a very delightful vegetarian
dinner too if you want. The cook Maryvonne also gives cooking classes on the subject.
The descent back to the Tarn valley will have splendid
farsights over the Causses, the Cevennes and the Monts de Lacaune in the South
and from the plateau you will walk towards the Monts de l'Aubrac in the North. On century old footpaths in Tarn Valley
you walk through chestnut woods in a territory rich in animal and plant species,
where the film Microcosmos has been turned. You can see the insects museum
Micropolis if you have a car.
We can arrange a transfer from the airport of Rodez.
Costs: € 90 to Salles
Curan (Return included). If you prefer you can book an extra night B&B (€55
p.p.) in Rodez. So you can visit the town with its great cathedral before
the transfer to Salles Curan the next day .
http://www.tourisme-aveyron.com/visite_virtuelle/index_uk.htm
The scenery along
the tracks in Tarn valley.
