Grandstand in the great amphitheatre overlooking the Mediterranean, the Lozère is the first to receive the warms rays of the sun in Languedoc-Roussillon. Walkers here can feel the deep but gentle excitement of closeness to the skies embracing the rounded summits of Mont Lozère, the Margeride and the Cévennes. They discover the sweet spring waters of the gorges of the Tarn and the Jonte in one of the most beautiful natural sites in Europe.
For Lozère abounds in natural diversity and landscapes sculpted by its geological history. The limestone of the great Causses of Sauveterre and Méjean was used to build vaulted farmhouses of perfect proportions. The volcanic basalt of the Aubrac was the material for the huts where shepherds sheltered and milked their sheep when the west wind blew. The evidence left by our builder ancestors is legion here Gallo-Roman vestiges, now restored, the Gothic cathedral of Mende, the Romanesque churches of la Margeride, the Protestant churches of the Cévennes, plain bread ovens and village crosses the mark of mankind is stamped throughout the history of the Lozère.
Though it is now it is open and accessible to all of Europe by up to date means of communication, Lozère remains a natural preserve where a population of 73.000 confronts its future by combining custom with modernity ; the peasant farmers carry on the tradition of mountain agriculture by growing crops based on quality labels; the craftsmen work wood and stone and all those who receive visitors - innkeepers, campsites,gîte owners-provide warm hospitality and an insight into the love they have for their region.
Whether you seek active discovery or well-being by getting back to nature, a family holiday or a weekend break to get away from it all in the Lozère, here you will find an unaffected welcome.
With its widely diversified landscapes, lozère covers four great natural of sculted mineral, dressed in totaly unspoilt nature worked and enlivened by its human population which goes back to very ancient times.
AUBRAC
Land of basalt with wide plateaux and extinct volcanoes
The Aubrac is a vast mountain prairie of basalt fed by rivers and lakes. Its landscape punctuated by shepherds' huts and pastures enclosed by one walls is a gentle one bathed in wonderful light. This is a land of traditions perpetuated by its people with warmth and friendliness, a land of good food where they breed the Aubrac race of cattle whose milk is used to make tomme cheese, the basic of the famous aligot.
Land of granite
La Margeride spreads out its grasslands, fast-flowing rivers and deep forest in undulating upland ofmedium altitude. Set atop of this immensity like strange herds of liverstock are around and oval blocks of granite polished by the aeons. This is a land of quiet, a haven of peace in a natural setting of greenery, beautiful forests and bright waters.
GORGES OF THE TARN AND THE JONTE, GRANDS CAUSSES AND THE VALLEY OF THE LOT
Land of limestone
The gorges of the Tarn and the Jonte bite deeply into the Grands Causses (plateaux) of Sauveterre and Méjean to form a magnificent landscape of international renow, while further to the north the valley of the Lot, near to its source, separates the Causse of Sauveterre from the Aubrac and the Margeride. Here may still be found many remains of a rich and prestigious past.
The singular architecture of the Causses, the astonishing rock faces carved out like ruined villages and the vast lands with their flocks of sheep are a peacefull incitement to ramblers and nature lovers.
Land of shale and granite
South of Lozere are the Cévennes, protected by National Park status, rising above the plains of the Languedoc and the Mediterranean. The Cévennes is a maze of deep valleys with winding rivers of clear waters and hill slopes covered in forests of sweet chestnut along with the mulberry which was planted in days gone by for feeding the silkworms bred in the mills called magnaneries.
A country of rebellion and tradition, the Cévennes gradually reveals a bit more of itself at each bend in its winding roads or on a path where it is pleasant to stroll.
Marne
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Tarn
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From the Montagne Noire, the southern tip of the Massif Central, to the wide, tranquil plains of the Agout and Tarn rivers, and from the rugged unspoilt Ségala region to the rounded hills of the Vaurais, gateway to the sprawling plains of the Lauragais, the Tarn offers an enormou...
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