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| Castries loop   | 
| Location: Hérault, France, Europe Trail Type: Cross Country, Touring Technical Difficulty: Easy Aerobic Difficulty: Easy Layout: Loop
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| Page By: Visentin Created/Edited: May 13, 2009 / May 20, 2009 Object ID: 270271 Hits: 786 Loading... Page Score: 87.2% - 3 Votes Loading... Vote: Log in to vote |
Castries loop
Castries is a little village in the south of France, in the departement of Hérault and region Languedoc Roussillon. Not exactly in the hilly "Montpellier Backcountry" but just on the foothils.
There are handfuls of marked trails in the "garrigue", the typical meridional bush of this region of southern France, made of spiny and odorant plants as well as rosemary, lavanda, thyme, etc. Here and there you cross some little stream or go along few of the numerous wineyards of the region.Trail Description
I have kept no accurate trace of the way we followed, but more or less it consisted in following the long distance mountain-bike trail of the Hérault.
On the way back we followed a part of the well known aqueduc of Castries, buit in the 19th century.
The "Grande Traversée de l'Hérault à VTT" is described in this guidebook from the Chamina editions (in french, but many maps and clear shemas)
An accurate map is provided in the well known MB french website Utagawavtt :
http://www.utagawavtt.com/randonnee-vtt-gps?topo=1374
See also these links:
http://www.herault.fr/environnement/pratique/organisme/pdf/vtt.pdf
Getting There  The channel leading to the Aqueduc
Get out of the A9 motorway, going along Montpellier, at the exit of Vendargues; follow the D610 in the direction of Castries.
Agrandir le planWhen to cycle
All year long ! Winters don't exist in this part of France :) Images |
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