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.
This morning we set off to visit the Le Viaduc de Millau. As it forms part of the A75 autoroute we drove a short way north of Millau to join the road then headed south toward the viaduct.
With the weather forecast for Bidart predicting wet weather for the next few days it was time to move on. The weather over to the east of France was supposedly much better so we decided to head that way.
I had visited Millau two times previously on my motorcycle trips, and the viaduct and surrounding area are amazing. Kim had not been there so it was decided to head that way. We thought that the trip was too many kilometres for one day so headed for Camping Midi Pyrénées, at Montréjeau, an easy couple of hours away, for a one or two night stopover.
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