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Hiking in the Cevennes National Park
Cevennes, Causses, Gorges du
Tarn, Gorges de La Jonte,
Mont Aigoual, Mont Lozère, Languedoc Roussillon, Southern France

View on the Cevennes valleys off the Mont Aigoual
picture A.
LAGRAVE
More information about :
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the cevennes causses and gorges du tarn
The Cevennes National Park created several interesting hiking tracks in the
"Vallée Française" and surroundings to discover the Cevennes heritage.
Well indicated and explicated short walks with a brochure at the starting point to explain
the Cevennes culture.
Amazing flora, fauna, history, landscapes, architecture etc.
Discovery-paths of the ECO-museum of the schist Cevennes : Landscape-path of Barre des Cévennes 3 km:
discovery of the village (history, evolution, architecture, geology, religion)
and the surrounding landscapes
Under the shelter of the "Castelas" - a so-called
rockformation, Barre des Cévennes with it's lined up facades in an old urban model
makes remind its rich and very animated history.
The map realised after the land registry of 1826 will historically mark your visit
in these cute narrow streets.
The path will lead you from the fountains to the kitchen-gardens, from the temple to the
church, by the former famous market- and fairs- squares to surprise you at the end
with beatiful points of views to the Can noire and the Malzac-valley.
Footpath la Roquette ( 2,5 km) at Molezon
to discover a quarter of the high-Cevennes : architecture,
organisation of a hamlet, the terraces-system, the sweet chestnut orchard, the
apiaries and the history of Protestantism.
From the D 983, Sainte Croix Vallée Française to Barre des Cévennes take the little
road at your right at the exit of Pont-Ravagers. Go on about 5 km to park your car
at the right side. Departure close to the mill in between Ste Croix Vallée Française and
Trabassac, take a guiding-brochure which is available at the start.
The Trabassac-brook valley
To discover the different aspects of this "mas cévenol" (farm consisting out of
a real hamlet) and its environment, you have to walk around to feel the atmosphere.
The path gows up in between rocks and chestnut-trees and then crosses the
brook. Like in the most cevenols hamlet you can admire the old apiary with beehives out of
a hollow chestnut-trunk with a big slatestone and the bread-oven.
Then you'll climb up the terraces and the little footpath arrives in between two walls
under oaktrees. Finally you'll arrive at the slatestone buildings with behind the modest
cimetary with sepulchres only marked by two stones and a cipres symbolising the flame of
eternity.
Also at Molezon in the Vallée Française: la
Magnanerie de la Roque: " le fil de la mémoire" (the memory-thread)
building constructed for silkworm (magnans) keeping click-here
for it's description(French)
Footpath of the Canourgue tower: Vestige
of a XIIth century defence system, which fonctionated till the XVth
century.
It was a signal-tower network connecting Anduze to Florac. The traject of 3 km (to
and fro, 1 hour) passing by a abandoned hamlet approaching differents themes. You can park
your car on the departemental road from Ste Croix Vallée Française to Barre des
Cévennes, close to "château du Mazel". The guiding-brochure is available at
the parking.
The Cevennes offers besides nature
and culture also everything of what a gourmand is dreaming of : pelardon(goatcheese), chestnuts,
confitures, and very good pork-butchers
with fresh trouts...
For those who prefer to leave the cuisine to someone else there are very varied and
renown restaurants and guesttables (table d'hôte). Please have a look on hotel-restaurants and chambres d'hôtes...
Ones tired of al this hiking, biking eating and admiring there are all kind of different
accomodations to stay, choose the section which fitts to your taste and budget in tourism

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GORGES
DU TARN

Canoeing in the Gorges du Tarn : Blajoux, :Ispagac
Florac,
Millau, Prades,
Le rozier -Peyreleau, Les Vignes, La Malène, Ste. Enimie, Click here for
further information.
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Real estate Cevennes
Gorges du Tarn
Southern France
houses, properties,
farmhouses, mas, manors,construction
plots, etc....
Cevennes , Causses & Gorges du Tarn, Gorges de la Jonte,Mont
Lozère, Mont Aigoual.
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Discovery
of the PNC
The Parc
National des Cévennes decided to
create ecomuseums, differing from classical museums like in Le Pont de Montvert (the Mont
Lozère) to spread them out in the landscape like on the highlands and in the Cevennes valleys
to valorize interesting heritage elements at the spot, there were they are created
and did functionate - in their historical surrounding.
The Parc also proposes a "Festival Nature" guided visits with different themes, mostly in
summer, but also in autumn and spring you might enjoy flora, deers, mushrooms etc.for
free.
PNC, BP 15, website
48400 Florac, France
tél 00 33 4 66 49 53 00 |
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