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The Albi - Millau Walk in Tarn Valley
H35

Daily walks 16 -24 km

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A 5 to 9 days walk with long stages through the friendly valley of the Tarn.
These walks are hotel based hikes for experienced walkers.  The walk starts in Albi and ends in Millau. You can go back to Albi by bus. 

The landscape of the Tarn is Mediterranean in character. The beautiful pink city of Albi (UNESCO World Heritage) nestles on the River Tarn's banks, dominated by its magnificent cathedral whose fortifications are testimony to more turbulent times during which Albi and surrounding settlements such as Ambialet were attacked first as part of the crusades to suppress the Cathar heresy and later in the Wars of Religion. As you follow the course of the river Eastwards on wooded hills and along mellow stone-work villages in Tarn Valley,  you  discover the valley unspoiled and full of cultural interest. Staying in comfortable hotels, you will discover the distinctive, rich cuisine of the region, and its excellent wines, such as the flinty Gaillac whites.

Terrain: riverside tracks and woodland paths
Daily stages up to 24 km with bags transfer.
Altitude: 200 - 600m
Hotels: 2** and 3*** hotels (standard & plus packages)
Climate: this southern region enjoys a lovely Mediterranean climate, with a hot summer and warm spring and autumn. Temperatures average 19°C in May and October, 25°C in June and September, and 27°C in the height of summer.

Pictures of the valley: Haute Vallée du Tarn and the Raspes du Tarn.

Starting point: Albi. The hotel is located in centre of town at just one minute walk from the main sights.


ALBI is a beautiful, midi (southern) town along the Tarn river. With its beautiful lively orange-red brick old streets, alike Toulouse, from which it is only 75 kms away, its cathedral, of the times of the Cathares and its Museum Toulouse Lautrec it is a perfect start and end for a cultural, gastronomic and active (walking as well as cycling) vacation.

 

 
The valley near Brousse-le-Château

  • On your last day transfers back to Albi is included for the 6 days package only.
  • In the 7, 8 and 9 days packages you will walk through to Millau or Creissels, near Millau, where you can take the train or bus if you want to .... Montpellier, Rodez or Albi.

  • Picnics / lunches can be ordered by yourself at the reception desk. (Price 8 - 11 EURO).

  • Extra nights - restdays or extra walking loops are possible in any of the stages.


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Hotels and schedule W35 6 days 7 days 8 days 9 days
Albi **  d 1  d 1  d 1  d 1
Ambialet ** pool  d 2  d 2  d 2  d 2
Brousse-le-Château **  d 3  d 3  d 3  d 3
Broquiès **  Pool & Canoe base        d 4
St.Affrique **  d 4  d 4  d 4  d 5
St. Rome-de-Tarn *** Pool    d 5  d 5  d 6
Castelnau Pégayrols **/*** Pool      d 6  d 7
Albi ** B&B  d 5      
Creissels *** (Plus) or Millau ** (Stnd)    d 6  d 7  d 8
Leave after breakfast  d 6  d 7  d 8  d 9



Tracks H35
 Day stages with longer of max 22 km. Walking grade 3 (of 7).		 Walking
distance
Albi > Marsal > Ambialet
The day starts with a short transfer out of the city. The route then leads along the south bank of the river, through hamlets and woodland along tracks and country lanes that echo the twists and turns of the river. After a short but quite stiff ascent towards the end of the day, you are rewarded with superb views of the river.
Elevation gains: 3 times 200m+ and 200m-.

Accommodation: Hotel du Pont (**), Ambialet. Located by the bridge into the village, with gardens leading down to the water's edge, this friendly, comfortable hotel has been run by the same family for over two centuries.

16 km
Ambialet  Transfer to Villeneuve or Coupiac. Walking to Brousse-le-Château
Walk onto the plateau where you get panoramic views at Cevennes mountains. The route leads across rolling countryside of open fields and woodland. There are lovely views of the château as you approach your destination, the delightful village of Brousse-le-Château, and reach the Tarn once more.

Accommodation: Relays du Chasteau (**), Brousse-le-Château. This pretty auberge has been run by the same family for several generations and its restaurant is popular with the locals.
Elevation gains 200+ and 400m-uisine		 16 or 25 km
Brousse-le-Château > St.Izaire > St.Affrique
On the North bank with splendid views on the Grands Causses Nature park and the Cevennes Mountains.
Elevation gains: 200m+ and 200m-

Accommodation: ** hotel in nice small town at Sorgues river.

 11 or 22 km
Brousse-le-Château > Broquies
On the North bank with splendid views on the Grands Causses Nature park and the Cevennes Mountains.
Elevation gains: 200m+ and 200m-

Accommodation: ** hotel with a pool at a canoe base on Tarn River.

 12 or 23 km
St.Affrique > St. Rome de Tarn
On the South bank with splendid panoramas on the Grands Causses Nature park and the Cevennes Mountains.
Elevation gains: 200m+ and 200m-

Accommodation: ** hotel with pool. Possibility of canoe trip in July and August.

 15 or 18 km
St. Rome de Tarn > Castelnau Pégayrols
On the North bank with splendid panaoramas on the Grands Causses Nature park and the Cevennes Mountains.
Elevation gains: 400m+

Accommodation: ** hotel with pool at river side.Possibility of canoe trip in July and August.

 17 or 23 km
Castelnau Pégayrols   >  Creissels or Millau.
In the footsteps (fossiled) of dinosaurs you walk towards the Viaduct of Millau and down to Millau at the Tarn.
Elevation gains: -400m + and 100m-

Accommodation: 2**-*** hotel.

 19 km
St. Rome-de-Tarn > Creissels  and Millau.
Walk along the river bank and under the Millau viaduct to Millau and the waterfall of Creissels.
Elevation gains: 100m+ and 100-

Accommodation: ** or **-*** hotel.

 10 or 22 km

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