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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 XII^th century defence system, which  fonctionated till the XV^th 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