Things to do around Entraygues-sur-Truyère
The cottage sits where the Lot and the Truyère meet, in Entraygues-sur-Truyère. Here is what you can do from here.
Official tourist board websites
Market days, village fêtes and exhibitions change with the seasons. Rather than copy them here, where they would soon be wrong, here are the sources that keep them up to date.
- Our tourist office
Terres d’Aveyron
The tourist office for northern Aveyron, which covers Entraygues-sur-Truyère: the Lot valley, the Truyère gorges and the Causse Comtal. This is where the village’s calendar of markets, fêtes and exhibitions lives.
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- The whole department
Tourisme Aveyron
The department’s tourism site: the eleven Most Beautiful Villages of France, Conques, Rodez, the Millau viaduct, the Tarn gorges. For the days when you venture further from the cottage.
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Things to do from the cottage
- HikingFrom the cottage
Lo Camin d'Olt, the regional trail that starts in Entraygues
Two waymarked loops of 55 and 62 km starting from Entraygues-sur-Truyère, through the Lot valley, chestnut woods and the Truyère gorges.
2 to 3 days per loop
- River1 km
Canoeing, kayaking and rafting from Entraygues
Canoe, kayak and raft descents from Entraygues, where the Lot and the Truyère meet. Anything from a one-hour outing to a full day on the water.
1 hour to a full day
- Heritage1 km
Entraygues-sur-Truyère, thirteen minutes on foot
A listed medieval bridge, a 13th-century castle, half-timbered houses and a Friday market: the village is a short walk from the cottage.
Half a day
- Food & wine10 km
Entraygues-Le Fel, twenty hectares clinging to the slope
One of the smallest appellations in France, about ten growers, and a 50 km wine route starting from Entraygues-sur-Truyère.
A full day
- Heritage29 km
Conques, the abbey church and the Soulages windows
About thirty kilometres from the cottage, Conques and its abbey church of Sainte-Foy, a UNESCO World Heritage site on the routes to Santiago de Compostela.
A full day
- Heritage19 km
Estaing, Espalion, Saint-Côme-d'Olt: the valley of the finest villages
Following the Lot upstream from Entraygues links Estaing, Espalion and Saint-Côme-d'Olt, on the GR65 and the pilgrim routes to Santiago.
A full day
- Nature29 km
The Truyère gorges, a Natura 2000 site
Upstream of Entraygues the Truyère cuts into deep wooded gorges punctuated by dams and reservoirs, as far as Lac de Sarrans.
Half a day to a full day
- CyclingFrom the cottage
170 km of waymarked mountain-bike trails and the Lot valley by bike
A 170 km mountain-bike network with a trailhead in Entraygues, the V86 cycle route towards Estaing, and road circuits in the Aveyron hills.
From 2 hours to several days
- Nature31 km
The Aubrac plateau and Laguiole
About thirty kilometres from the cottage, the wide open spaces of the Aubrac, its stone huts, its aligot and the knife-making of Laguiole.
A full day
- Heritage56 km
Rodez and the Soulages museum
The capital of Aveyron, its pink sandstone cathedral and the museum devoted to Pierre Soulages, about 55 kilometres from the cottage.
A full day
- River1 km
Fishing where the Lot meets the Truyère
Trout, predators and coarse fish at the confluence in Entraygues-sur-Truyère, and all the way up to the reservoirs of the Truyère gorges.
As you please