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When Robert Louis Stevenson travelled through the Cévennes and the Gorges du Tarn with his donkey Modestine in the autumn of 1878, he remarked “si le jardin d’Eden existe, c’est dans la vallée du Tarn qui descend sur Florac”.  It’s a spectacular, wild, dramatic river valley starting on the high plateau of the Cévennes National Park, plunging into narrow gorges (where the route partly traces the water’s edge and partly climbs high above the ribbon of turquoise water) to wind underneath soaring cliffs, where vultures drift lazily on the thermals.

Our bespoke route will take you on a journey through varied landscapes alongside the Tarn as it descends from Mont Lozère into the narrow, dramatic and famed gorges, before widening into the more bucolic countryside at Le Rozier.  On the way you’ll be walking past fields and meadows, on pretty woodland paths suffused with the scent of Mediterranean pines, or up on the causse enjoying breathtaking and far-reaching views, exploring to villages only accessible on foot.

Signage is generally good, and with our On Foot Holidays Companion App, you should have no navigational issues (GPS tracks and printed route notes also available).  Accommodations vary from simple village hotels or converted mills to the sophisticated, but always with good kitchens to sustain you with meals to be complemented by a choice of the local Gaillac wine, harvested from one of France’s oldest viticultural areas.