Tarn à Vélo – C1 Circuit des Crètes

Superb circuit which will allow you to discover the contrast of the Ségala. Coal’s side, with mining cities, the Departemental Mine Museum, Cap’ Découverte and the Cérou Valley with Salles and Monestiés.

Difficulty : sportive  – Distance: 65 km

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Tarn à Vélo – Circuit C18 Les Puechs du Ségala

In Occitan, “Puech” means a high point that we reach by a short and steep slope. You will encounter some on your circuit among Monestiés, La Roucarié Lake, the Viaur Valley and Salles-sur-Cérou.

Difficulty : sportive – Distance : 60 km

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Saint Alary pond

Overhanging the Ségala Tarnais and the Viaur valley beautiful landscapes, Jouqueviel invites you to this ride between meadows and groves, on its bucolic roads.

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The wild escape

VTT dans la vallée du Viaur © FFCT JL - ArmandFrom Mirandol, this tour will lead the sportiest ones from the plateau’s bucolic routes to the steep paths of the Viaur valley. On the way, they will pass next to Jouqueviel castle which tower is still looking at the valley.

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The Viaur’s hell

raid des trois lacs GENIEYS (10)Experienced riders will enjoy this wild tour between the Viaur and the Candour valleys with beautiful panoramas, particularly on the villages of Le Ségur and Narthoux.

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The Cérou’s round

VTT FAMILLE © FFCT - JL ArmandFrom the doors of Carmaux, this ride suitable for children, follows the sweet ripples of the Cérou river following the Trouan walkway.

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The jaunt limestone

VTT © FFCT - JL Armand (5)The limestone shelf will delight you with its white stone constructions’ charm and with its picturesque decorations.

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The Cérou’s voice

MONESTIES (vue d'ensemble) - © Patrice GENIEZFrom Salles sur Cérou, this tour will lead you up to Monestiés, one of the most beautiful French village, following the old railway connecting Carmaux to Cordes.

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The wash houses tour

Eglise St Jean le froid Mailhoc GENIEYS (13)Go and discover the cordais plateau’s little patrimony. From crosses to dovecote passing by the wash houses, this tour offers a preview of these hiding treasures.

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The white stones

VTT FAMILLE © FFCT - JL ArmandFrom the Ségala’s doors, this loop, between cultivated meadows and gravel paths, gives you an overview on the charms of the cordais plateau.

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The Viaur’s twins

Viaduc du Viaur © SI Tanus

With its magnificent sceneries on both Viaur viaducts built a hundred years apart by the Batignoles’ company, this ride will lead you on the traces of Vieux Tanus, a disappeared village.

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The Cérou meanderings

That red declination of the track n°4 goes up to the Cérou course until the Maux bridge, a beautiful stone bridge, passing by the Moulens hamlet.

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Lo Puech Pounchut

VTT dans la vallée du Viaur © OT du Ségala tarnaisDuring the excursion, the boldest will enjoy the beauty of the little patrimony and the diversity of places you will go through : steep path right to the Cirou bridge, way on the Viaur riverbanks, paths and pastoral roads on the plateau.

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The Céret walkways

This shaded track offers a huge diversity of landscapes between the Cérou valley and the Ségala plateau with a fantastic view on the lake.

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L’Es Cap à doux

This ride appropriated to children will lead you to the bottom of the mine museum headframe and will continue on the Homps Lake riverbanks.

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To the pursuit of the black diamond

VTTiste sur le sentier A la poursuite du diamant noir - Découvrir le Ségala tarnaisFrom Homps city, this tour leads you, through paths and ways, on the miner footsteps. After passing by the departmental mine museum and its headframe, you will make your way up to Saint Dalmaze and Saint Martiane churches before moving towards the Cap’Découverte’s slag heap. From this highest point, you will enjoy a beautiful panorama on the basin of Carmaux.

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On the road to Navarre

From Pampelonne, fortified town owing its name from Pampelune in Spain, this tour will lead you through the fields up to the Ségrassiés ford. Bucolic hiking where you could see oustalous, typic of the Ségala.

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Raid of the forgotten cities

Between the plateau of the Ségala and the Viaur Valley this track will lead the most experienced one on the forgotten villages of Las Planques and of the Vieux Tanus footsteps.

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