Moderate Luxury Cycling Holiday
Albi, Najac, Rodez, Millau, Plaisance, Albi.

B27 Moderate cycling tour in South-West France Tarn, Pays de Bastides

6 - 9 days (arrival day and last day (with breakfast) included)self guided cycling hotel-tour with baggage transfer.
4 dinners included.
You can book an extra night in any hotel of the package for a rest-day or an extra cycling day.
Medium length (60 to 75 km); Moderate : hilly stages in a rolling countryside with lots of medieval towns.
You can start this moderate tour any day of the week between March 15^th and October 31^st.
Bike amnd e-bike rental possible
Alternative versions of this selfguided cycling tour in Tarn and Aveyron:
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Tours	Stages	Pricing

Albi: Centre of town UNESCO World Heritage, Toulouse-Lautrec Museum, Lapérouse Museum, Cathedral Ste Cécile.

Rodez: Musée Soulages, Cathedral Notre Dame de Rodez

Millau: Viaduc de Millau

On the banks of the Tarn river in south-west France, the old city of Albi reflects the culmination of a medieval architectural and urban ensemble.

Albi Cathedral

Today the Old Bridge (Pont-Vieux), the Saint-Salvi quarter and its church are testimony to its initial development (10th -11th centuries). Following the Albigensian Crusade against the Cathar heretics (13th century) it became a powerful episcopal city. Built in a unique southern French Gothic style from local brick in characteristic red and orange colors, the lofty fortified Cathedral (late 13th century) dominates the city, demonstrating the power regained by the Roman Catholic clergy. Alongside the Cathedral is the vast bishop's Palais de la Berbie, overlooking the river and surrounded by residential quarters that date back to the Middle Ages. The Episcopal City of Albi forms a coherent and homogeneous ensemble of monuments and quarters that has remained largely unchanged over the centuries.

Tarn at Gaillac

This cycling holiday starts on the quiet roads of the Gaillac vineyards

West of Albi. You then head North through rolling countryside, visiting wonderfully preserved fortified villages (Bastides), the most famous of which is hill-top Cordes-sur-Ciel. These walled settlements, with grid-pattern streets and handsome squares, are now beautiful reminders of the great conflicts of the Middle Ages. More to North you will head to Najac the famous fortress in Aveyron.

musee soulages
Rodez Musée Soulages and Musée Soulages

albi
Albi market and Cathedral

Winding river valleys, empty roads with just the occasional tractor. Gorgeous Gaillac wines, plus the culture and old city of Albi, with its museums and art galleries, its markets and medieval city centre. Albi is the perfect start of a holiday. Rolling countryside, with half-timbered houses and the walled 'Bastides'(Najac) that go back to the time of the Plantagenet Kings.
You will stay 2 nights in **** hotel Antoine in Albi, a night in a ChâteauHotel near Najac ("L'un des plus beau villages de France").

In Rodez (Hostellerie *** Fontanges) you stay at the 18 holes golf-hotel.

In Millau you will stay at Château de Creissels from where you will ride back through the valley of the Tarn and the Raspes du Tarn towards Albi.

For booking you go to our booking form .

Medieval Cathar city Cordes-sur-Ciel
Cordes-sur-Ciel

Click here for some pictures of this cycling tour in Tarn, Albi & Bastides

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Tours	Stages	Pricing

B27 luxury from Albi Bags transfers included in basic rate. Basic rate: in p.p. double room, sharing.
B27-luxe 2026	BnB	Dinners	Basic Rate MS	Suppl. HS	single room Supplement	Bike rent	e-Bike rent
B00 5 days	0	0	851	0	0	3	3
B27 Luxe 6 days	5	1	1500	77	598	61	119
B27 Luxe 7 days	6	2	1735	78	669	76	149
B27 Luxe 8 days	7	3	2021	101	821	84	171
B27 Luxe 9 days	8	4	2267	103	892	97	191
Booking a tour with La Ligne Verte
Extra night	BnB	Dinner	Price p.p. MS	Suppl. HS	single room Supplement	Bike rent	e-Bike rent
Albi Hotel Mercure ****	Yes	No	108	14	109	14	28
Najac Château de Longcol	Yes	No	93	15	93	14	28
Rodez Hostellerie de Fontanges	Yes	Yes	152	1	103	14	28
Château deCreissels ****	Yes	Yes	177	17	116	14	28
St.Affrique le 1837 ****	Yes	No	149	24	138	14	28
Plaisance *** les Magnolias	Yes	Yes	133	5	94	14	28
Take-away lunches are not included. You can order them at the hotel or the host the evening before departure. We will indicated restaurants on your way. Price can change due to seasonal differences. This package can also be proposed as a "superior" package, same hotels, different rooms, same cycling roads. Price solo package: 158% x basic rate p.p. pax=2p. bags transfer and single room supplement included. Bike rental not included.

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Discount on basic rate p.p. for small groups and families See terms and conditions of group discounts
B27-luxe 6-7 days Parties of 3 persons 9 % p.p. Parties of 4 persons 13 % p.p. Parties of 5 persons 16 % p.p. Parties of 6 persons 13 % p.p. Parties of 7 persons 14 % p.p. Parties of 8 persons 15 % p.p.	B27 luxe8-9 days Parties of 3 persons 8 % p.p. Parties of 4 persons 11 % p.p. Parties of 5 persons 13 % p.p. Parties of 6 persons 11 % p.p. Parties of 7 persons 12 % p.p. Parties of 8 persons 13 % p.p.

Tours	Stages	Pricing

B27 Albi Rodez Millau Albi luxury Packages	6 days 5 nights	7 days 6 nights	8 days 7 nights	9 days 8 nights
Albi Hotel Mercure**** See: Musée Toulouse Lautrec, Cathedral and the old town.	Day 1	Day 1	Day 1	Day 1
Puycelsi *** L'Ancienne Auberge See: Gaillac and its Castle		Day 2 50 km		Day 2 50 km
Najac Château de Longcol **** pool See: Bastide and its Castle	Day 2 72 km	Day 3 45 or 66 km	Day 2 72 km	Day 3 45 or 66 km
Rodez. Château de Fontanges *** See: Old town, Cathedral, Musée Soulages	Day 3 75 km	Day 4 75 km	Day 3 75 km	Day 4 75 km
Millau Château de Creissels **** pool See: Viaduc de Millau			Day 4 50 km	Day 5 50 km
St. Affrique Résidence le 1837 **** pool / SPA See: Viaduc de Millau	Day 4 69 km	Day 5 69 km	Day 5 49 or 66 km	Day 6 49 or 66 km
Plaisance Les Magnolias *** pool See: hotel manoir and Roman church			Day 6 67 or 87km	Day 7 67or 87km
Albi Hotel Mercure ****	Day 5 68 km	Day 6 68 km	Day 7 47 km	Day 8 47 km
Leave after breakfast	Day 6	Day 7	Day 8	Day 9

Bastides,

There are hundreds of these remarkable fortified medieval towns throughout Midi-Pyrénées. Whereas most settlements of the Middle Ages are typified by narrow winding lanes and a disorderly assembly of buildings surrounding a church, Bastides are characterized by evenly proportioned houses and distinct grid patterns of straight streets and connecting alleys laid out at right angles around a central market place.

Bastides were built for a variety of reasons, but most important motivation for these easily defended fortresses was as wartime protection. They sprung specifically from two conflicts. In the 13th century, Catharism, a deviation from Catholic tradition that was eventually ruled heretic, took hold in the region. Rome unleashed a series of jenremitting crusades to conquer the Cathar. Later, during the Hundred Years War, the English and French, both outside rival powers to the region's inhabitants at the time, waged fierce competition here for control of neighbouring Aquitanie.
Today Bastides are attractivebecause they are often far off the beaten track, perched on small hills or rocky outcrops. Peaceful and picturesque in a way that belie their history, they allow travellers to stroll their cobbled streets and gain an immediate insight into life in the Middle Ages.
Cordes, just west of Albi, is anong the most well-preserved. Behind its imposing walls, an attractiveassembly of Gothic houses has survived the centuries. One of the larger bastides is Villefranche-de-Rouergue.

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Moderate Luxury Cycling Holiday Albi, Najac, Rodez, Millau, Plaisance, Albi.

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Moderate Luxury Cycling Holiday
Albi, Najac, Rodez, Millau, Plaisance, Albi.