What is the history of the Gorges du Tarn?
What is the history of the Gorges du Tarn?
- Back in 1905, in the very early days of motoring, the "route des Gorges du Tarn" was one of the very first specific tourist roads to be built in France, on the instigation of the young "Touring Club de France" which had established a purpose-built hotel, the Grand Hotel de la Muse, at Mostuéjols, near le Rozier.
Quels villages visiter dans le lot ?
Ils sont six ! Carennac, Loubressac, Autoire, Saint-Cirq-Lapopie, Capdenac-le-Haut et Cardaillac. Parce que leurs toits de tuiles brunes, leurs pierres ocre, leurs fenêtres sculptées ou encore leurs pigeonniers carrés leur donnent un cachet exceptionnel, ces villages incarnent à eux seuls l'esprit du Lot.
Where are the Gorges du Millau?
- Millau lies on the A71- A75 motorway route to the south of France, between Clermont Ferrand and the Mediterranean coast. Easiest access to the deepest part of the gorge is to leave the A75 at exit 38, follow the N88 east in the direction of Mende, then turn south at Chanac or Balsièges, following signs for the Gorges du Tarn and Sainte Enimie.
How to get to the gorges in France?
- The pretty village of Peyre, near Millau, in early spring. After visiting the cheese cellars or caves in Roquefort, take the D31 then the D993 to the small town of Saint Rome du Tarn, where you actually join the Tarn and start your journey up the valley and the gorges.
Where is the gorge of Veyre?
- This is a very pretty part of the Tarn valley, but not the actual "gorge"; the road up the river valley, on the north bank, is small and twisting; but follow the D96 until you reach the D41, signposted for Comprégnac. Shortly after Comprégnac, the very pretty village of Veyre, built into the rock on the north side of
