Cyclotourisme : Circuit Lacroix-Barrez - Gorges de la Truyère et Valon
The Carladez : your cycling destination !
Take a medieval dungeon perched on its rock, add a route along the famous Truyère gorges, sprinkle in some villages to discover, nice hills and beautiful descents, and here is a very nice itinerary of nature and culture, short but demanding.
Departure : Lacroix-Barrez
POINTS OF INTEREST
Lacroix-Barrez : Paths of the imagination : " from magma to stone ", church, statue, cardinal Verdier's museum (by appointment).
Valon : Remarkable site of the XIIth century castle dominating the Truyère river and its village.
Montézic : 2nd French pumping-turbine plant.
Sainte-Geneviève : Chapel of the lords of Thénières (XVth c.) integrated to the church Sainte Geneviève.
Brommat : Path of the imagination "along the water", gothic church (XVth c.) and chapels of the XVIIth c., combed bell tower.