The Causses and Cévennes

In this exceptional natural setting, the shepherds and flocks of the South of France, have carved out "cultural, organic and living" landscapes.

The cultural landscape of Mediterranean agro-pastoralism in Causses and Cévennes.

Causses, Cévennes - Natural Heritage

Following in the footsteps of the City of Carcassonne, the Canal du Midi, the Pont du Gard, the Vauban fortresses as well as the route to Santiago de Compostela, the region of Languedoc-Roussillon now boasts the latest addition to the list of World Heritage Sites: the Causses and Cévennes, whose universal value has just been recognised by UNESCO.

Just like the parks which make up the Cévennes national park and the regional natural park of the grands causses), the Causses and Cévennes region promotes a responsible form of tourism which respects the environment and the local way of life. The range of tourist activities therefore appropriately reflects this respect for the richness and diversity of the natural and built environment.

Exceptional natural scenery such as the Tarn Gorges, the Cirque de Navacelles, Aven Armand, the Demoiselles cave, the Abîme de Bramabiau, the Cévennes national park, the regional nature park of the grands Causses, but also the diversity of the built environment with its remarkable and preserved heritage, such as the observatory on Mont Aigoual, the village of Saint Guilhem le désert, or the Millau Viaduct. Men have learnt how to exploit this austere and magnificent terrain for non-intensive farming, whether building "drailles" (transhumance routes), complete with " lavognes" (water troughs for animals) and stone huts for shepherds or making roquefort or tomme cheeses.

The towns of Alès, Ganges, Lodève, Mende and Millau mark the entry points to this unique region, with its wide range of freely available nature-based activities: rambling along the Larzac, the GR7, around Mont Lozère and Mont Aigoual, on the "Régordane" Way.

Discover a majestic environment, landscapes hewn by men, and a remarkably preserved heritage.

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