Languedoc and Camargue

You’ll start the bike tour in elegant Montpellier. This typical Mediterranean city is not far from the blue sea and its sandy beaches. The centre of montpellier is full of medieval monuments and of those from the Renaissance and Clasicism periods. Its university of medicine is the oldest in the World. This town also has one of the richest museums of France. Lovely squares and many restaurants and cafés invite you to appreciate the Mediterranean way of life. This tour then takes you on to Sommiéres, a nice medieval town on the Vidourle River crossed by a 2000 year old roman bridge. A little paradise and lovely villages await you after Sommiéres, this region is called „Vaunage“. Its inhabitants were Protestants and lead a bloody rebellion against the „not so sunny“ Louis XIV from 1703 to 1705 and unfortunately paid a heavy tribute. On the way onto Nîmes, with its numerous roman monuments, you ride through vieneyards and the Mediterranean scrubland landscape called the „Garrigue“. After the Roman town you will ride along the Rhône-Sète Canal through the untouched saltmarshes and inland lakes of the Camargue to the medieval walled town of Aigues-Mortes. From Aigues-Mortes, you ride along the beaches of the Mediterranean Sea back to Montpellier.

TOUR PROFILE: On quiet and mostly flat roads, suitable for everyone. In addition to our detailed road books and maps, you’ll be guided by red signs with white arrows that will help you to easily find the route.

Individual arrival in Montpellier, one of the most beautiful towns in France. You can make a first sightseeing tour to discover all the medieval monuments.

Through the impressive landscapes of the Languedoc and little villages to Castries with one of the nicest castles of the Languedoc, called the „Versailles of Languedoc“. Then to Sommières, a little medieval town where a Roman bridge crosses the Vidourle River.

Today you cross the famous Vaunage region, where the Protestants fought against King Louis XIVth troops from 1703 to 1705 with heavy losses. Romantic villages accompany you to Nîmes, the „Rome of Gaule“. Visit the old town and the numerous Roman monuments. 

Through the „Little Camargue“ and along the Rhône-Sète canal through some little villages to Aigues-Mortes, a totally preserved town from the Middle Ages, surrounded by water, Camargue and the salt tables.

Trip in the untouched Camargue that you can only explore on foot or by bike. An extraordinary excursion in the heart of of the marshlands before riding back to your hotel in Aigues Mortes.

You’ll discover the coast, the sandy beaches and the Rhône-Sète canal meandering through the lakes. Stop for a drink in the busy little fishing port of Le Grau du Roi before arriving in the seaside resort of La Grande Motte and its architecture, which was certainly futuristic when built in the 1960s. Later in the day arrival back in Montpellier.

Individual Departure or extension.

• 6 nights in classy 3*** and 4**** hotels
• 6x breakfast
• Welcome briefing in Start hotel
  
• Luggage transport (1 piece of luggage per person) from hotel to hotel
• Signal vests
• Tourist tax
• Signs along the route
  
• Detailed travel material 
• Service-Hotline

• rental bike (21-gears touring bike with freewheel) - € 90,-
• E-Bike - € 200,-
• Surcharge for Half board  € 220,- per person
  
• GPS-data for free
• Surcharge for special dates for 3 persons € 60,- (p.P.)
• Surcharge for special dates for 2 persons € 100,- (p.P.)
• Surcharge for special dates for single traveller € 240,-

You stay in classy and comfortable 3*** and 4**** hotels.

Arrival by car: Highway to Montpellier
by train: TGV-railwaystation Montpellier

By plane:  Airport Montpellier

Parking: Parking on request in the hotel garage in Montpellier. Parking fee of 40 € / week, payable in the hotel.

2 persons