The very Heartbeat of France
All over the world each one has her/his own mental image of France,
a postcard of an idealized and timeless country
where everyone lives a hundred years eating cheese.
No matter how much people love France when they visit it,
it’s never really the same than what they fantasized, except here,
in the eternal heart of France.
DAY 1
- Albi and its cathedral
- Cordes-sur-Ciel the village in the sky
- Najac and its castle
- Night in Villefranche-de-Rouergue 73 kms – 8 hours
DAY 2
- Bournazel castle & gardens
- The fairy tale village of Belcastel
- Rodez with its historic center & cathedral
- Night in Rodez 69 kms – 8 hours
DAY 3
- Salles-la-Source & its cascade
- Marcillac valley with wine tasting
- Conques with its abbey church
- Night in Conques
40 kms – 8 hours
DAY 4
- Le Fel and its trail in the vines
- Le Don du Fel, European pole for contemporary ceramics
- Estaing, a village out of time
- Laguiole with its cheese and its knives
- Night in Laguiole
84 kms – 8 hours
DAY 5
- Sainte-Eulalie-d’Olt, our favorite village
- Bozouls and its downtown canyon
- Viaduct de Millau, the highest one in the world
- Peyre, semi troglodyte village
- Night in Millau120 kms – 8 hours
DAY 6
- Visit of the cheese caves in Roquefort-sur-Soulzon
- La Couvertoirade, the templars stronghold
- Drop off in Montpellier
130 kms – 8 hours
