Marked trail routes

This tour gets off to a strong start with the most difficult section of the route, a fine technical climb offering magnificent views over St-Antonin-Noble-Val and the Aveyron valley. We then set off on a relatively flat route across the causse on tracks, small roads and paths lined with low walls. You pass through some beautiful hamlets typical of the Quercy region, and can make out numerous dolines, natural depressions of the causse, in the surrounding meadows and woods. The route ends with a long, single-track descent back to the village, once again enjoying the scenery of the gorges.

The route starts gently from the village of St-Antonin-Noble-Val, crossing the Aveyron and following it for 1km before taking the GR 46 path up to the plateau overlooking the Aveyron Gorges, with some steep sections. You then stay on the plateau for a few hundred metres before descending along a fairly technical path to the riverside hamlet of Viel Four. We then climb up to Brousses, a typical local hamlet with a magnificent view of the gorges. We then descend from the hamlet to follow a flat path along the water's edge to Cazals, a village which we leave on the opposite bank of the Aveyron to climb gently into the Combe Longue, first on a track, then on a very wild and technical single offering a beautiful view over the combe. Arriving on the plateau, we cross causse and cedar forests on several trails for over 4km to the summit of Roc d'Anglars, where the path becomes very technical with lots of rock, before starting the long descent to St-Antonin on a shady path. The trail ends on the «sentier de la Vierge», a fairly technical descent to the old St-Antonin station and the return bridge.