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Gorges du Tarn Kayaking on the Tarn River
this spectacular ravine is still the best way to D29 and turn left onto the D110
provides one of Langue- experience the scenery; to the Chaos de Montpellier-le-
doc’s most scenic drives. the villages of Ste-Énimie Vieux, another 9km.
In summer the cliffside and La Malène both have
road becomes one long lots of companies offer-
traffic jam, though – ing river trips. 6 Parc Naturel
you’ll find spring or The Drive » The cliff-side Régional des
autumn are more relax- D907B runs all the way to Le Grandes Causses
ing times to travel. Rozier, 36km to the southwest of Around the gorges of the
Until the road was Ste-Énimie. It’s a superbly scenic western Cévennes, the
constructed in 1905, drive, so don’t rush, and leave Tarn, Jonte and Dourbie
the only way through ample time for photo ops. When Rivers have created four
the gorges was by boat. you get to Le Rozier, crawl your high causses (‘plateaux’
Piloting your own kayak way up the hairpin bends of the

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