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     0 Parc Naturel  # Moissac  LOIRE  # Le Puy-  \ #     MISS
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        des Volcans
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         Truyère  St-Chely             Privas \ #  Rhône  Le Puy-en-Velay
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     0      F     d'Apcher  LOZÈRE  # Langogne  Montélimar  Climb inside a giant
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               Le Monastier       ARDÈCHE    # \     statue of the Virgin
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           # \      # \  # Mende                     Mary for views across
       Espalion           Parc National 0¸  Grignan  # \
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                  /       des Cévennes  D104         this Auvergnat town.
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        # Rodez     Tarn  # Florac       PROVENCE    Take them in on Trip u
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    AVEYRON       0       \                  Orange  #
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              Millau       F     Alès  GARD    #
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                 \ #                 0   Pont du     Lac de Gaube
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                            Anduze       Gard        One of the Pyrenees’
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               # Roquefort
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    ¸    Parc Naturel \                     Avignon  finest trails leads to the
    D992
         Régional des
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        Grands Causses             Nîmes  ] # Caissargues  glittering Lac de Gaube.
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                                     A9
      TARN           # Lodève       ·       # Arles  Catch the cable car to
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                                                     the trail on Trip v
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                           A75
      Parc Naturel Régional  ·  ]  Aimargues
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         du Haut-          Montpellier
         Languedoc                      Parc Naturel
     # \                                 Régional   :
      Mazamet      HÉRAULT  # Sète     de Camargue  : Chaos de
                       ·
                        A9
                  Beziers  /  \                      :
            Lézignan-  # \  \ #                      Montpellier-le-Vieux
    Carcassonne  Corbières  Colombiers
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       ·        \                Golfe de            landscape of limestone
    \ #    # \  # Narbonne                           An otherworldly
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                                 Beauduc
    AUDE                                             pillars has been created
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           G   # Sigean
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       Tuchan                                        here by centuries of
                                                     natural erosion. Walk it
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    Quillan  # \  /
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               A9
   # \ D117                       M E D I T E R R A N E A N  on Trip s
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              # Perpignan
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    PYRÉNÉES-
    ORIENTALES      # e  0 0             50 miles 100 km  Col d’Aubisque
                                                     The col is one of the
                                                     Pyrenees’ highest road
                                                     passes. Competitors in
                                                     the Tour de France have
                                                     to pedal it, so count
                                                     yourself lucky to just
                                                     drive it on Trip v
                                                     Roquefort
                                                     Descend into murky,
                                                     mould-covered cellars
   JACQUES PIERRE / HEMIS.FR / GETTY IMAGES ©
                                                     to find out how this
                                                     pungent fromage is
                                                     made. Sample a piece
                                                     on Trip s
               Languedoc Bridge over the Herault River between Anduze and Florac
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