Whilst on our visit to the Millau visitors centre earlier in the week we had picked up a Discovery Guide to Aveyron, in which was an article about “Les Plus Beaux Villages de France”. One of the 10 listed villages in Aveyron was Peyre, just a very short 11 km drive downstream from Millau.
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As both of us are cheese lovers, including Roquefort, we felt a visit to the very place of its origins was worthwhile.
A 27 km drive away through the Parc Natural Régional des Grands Causses is the village of Roquefort sur Soulzon.
We were lucky that the small hill top town of Bidart was just a short walk or cycle ride away from our base, although the journey up to the town took a little more effort than the return 😉 The well known resort town of Biarritz and its international airport was also only about 6 kms north from here, although we never visited during our stay. Continue reading Bidart in French-Basque