Gorges Villages

Look everywhere!!! Sweep with your eyes and watch your neck…

Discover the most beautiful villages and little treasures of the Gorges du Tarn et de la Jonte on a road trip by car, motorcycle or bike! But watch out for stiff necks! These “treasures” are at human, water and vulture level alike!
Keep your eyes on the road, though, so you don’t end up in the “balat”!

At water level

No access road… at best deal with the river by canoe or leave your car to access these typical stone hamlets deeply embedded in the gorges of the Tarn and Jonte rivers, because bowing your head isn’t going to cut it.

Take the linear Tarn Gorge path to Hauterives, which is easy enough to get to, but not so easy to get to the ruined castle that dominates the hamlet. Just outside Les Détroits is La Croze, where tours are organized during the Heritage Days. You can cross the river by boat to reach La Sablière.

At man’s height or on a donkey’s back!

Of our typical villages, Sainte Enimie is undoubtedly in pole position!
In fact, classified as “France’s most beautiful village”, it’s a bit like the jewel of the Gorges du Tarn with its legend.

Having retained its medieval core and character, the village is a joy to discover.
At La Malène, stop in! Here you’re in the geographical heart of the gorges, enjoy a boat ride with the famous boatmen across the Détroits.

At vulture-wing height, the perched villages!

Of these perched villages offering incomparable views, we inevitably come across the troglodytic hamlets of Eglazines and Saint Marcellin. Simply embedded in the cliff, several hundred meters above the river, it’s hard to believe that men ever lived here… To get there, a nice walk on a narrow goat path between causse oaks, fragrant boxwoods and maritime pines is a must! Saint-Marcellin was once the site of a castle, of which nothing remains today…

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