The Aveyron and the Tarn Gorges for senior groups: the Millau Viaduct, Roquefort cellars, Conques and the Larzac (9 days)

Day 1: Journey to Burgundy

• Morning departure from the pick-up point of your choice.
• Coffee break on the way; our drivers drive for 3 hours at most, then take a 30-minute break.
• Sit-down lunch in a restaurant on the way (on request).
• Arrival in the late afternoon, overnight stop in the Nevers area and dinner at the hotel.

Day 2: Journey to the Aveyron

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Drive south on the A75 motorway, with a coffee break.
• Sit-down lunch in a restaurant on the way (on request).
• Stop at the Millau Viaduct rest area to admire the structure.
• Check-in at a hotel in the Millau area for 6 nights and dinner at the hotel.

Day 3: The Tarn Gorges

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Drive to the Tarn Gorges and stop at Sainte-Enimie, a stone village on the river.
• Boat trip down the gorges with the boatmen of La Malène (on request).
• Sit-down lunch in a restaurant in the gorges (on request).
• Return along the gorges road, with stops at the viewpoints.
• Return to the hotel and dinner.

Day 4: Roquefort and Millau

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Drive to Roquefort-sur-Soulzon (about 30 minutes).
• Visit to a Roquefort cellar with tasting (on request).
• Sit-down lunch in a restaurant on the way (on request).
• Afternoon in Millau, the glove-making town, and stroll through the old centre.
• Visit to a glove workshop (on request).
• Return to the hotel and dinner.

Day 5: Free day in Millau

• Free day on site (driver’s rest day).
• Free time in town, at the market or along the Tarn.
• Dinner at the hotel.

Day 6: Rodez and Conques

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Drive to Rodez (about 1 hour) and visit to the Soulages Museum.
• Stop in front of Rodez’s pink sandstone Cathedral of Notre-Dame.
• Sit-down lunch in a restaurant in Rodez (on request).
• Drive to Conques and visit to the abbey church of Sainte-Foy and its Last Judgement tympanum.
• Visit to the Conques treasury (on request).
• Return to the hotel and dinner.

Day 7: The Larzac

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Drive to La Couvertoirade, the fortified village of the Templars and Hospitallers on the Larzac plateau.
• Aveyron lunch with aligot (on request).
• Visit to the rock chaos of Montpellier-le-Vieux by little train.
• Return to the hotel and dinner.

Day 8: Saint-Flour and journey to Burgundy

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Drive north on the A75 and stop at Saint-Flour, a town perched on a basalt plateau.
• Sit-down lunch in a restaurant on the way (on request).
• Drive to Burgundy with a coffee break, overnight stop in the Nevers area and dinner at the hotel.

Day 9: Journey home

• Breakfast at the hotel, then journey home.
• Coffee break on the way; our drivers drive for 3 hours at most, then take a 30-minute break.
• Sit-down lunch in a restaurant on the way (on request).
• Return in the evening to your region.