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Barre-Des-Cévennes: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

Accommodation in Barre-Des-Cévennes

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Barre-des-Cévennes is located in the heart of the Cévennes National Park. Anyone wishing to rent a holiday apartment in Barre-des-Cévennes plans their stay around this location.

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Nature

The Sentier de Barre-des-Cévennes is a very easy 3.6 km circular trail. The walking time is two hours, with 181 m of ascent and 184 m of descent. The trail leads from the lanes of the old village to remarkable panoramic views.

Castelas is an erosion-shaped butte formed from the former limestone cover that was separated from the Grands Causses. Castelas was inhabited around 2500 BC. On the remaining rocks are around ten rectangular depressions that presumably supported the base of a wooden signal tower.

Barre-des-Cévennes is part of the Causses et Cévennes UNESCO World Heritage area. Another named short hike in Barre-des-Cévennes is the Fosse aux loups.

Culture and History

The Church of Notre-Dame de l’Assomption in Barre-des-Cévennes is a Romanesque building dating from the 12th century. Since 1931, Notre-Dame de l’Assomption has been protected as a historic monument.

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Individual visits to Notre-Dame de l’Assomption without a guide are permanently possible. The proposed protected area encompasses most of Castelas, an important monument of the village.

Transport

Bus route 251 connects Mende, Florac and Alès and passes through Barre-des-Cévennes three times.

Other local pages: Montbrun, Banassac, Chirac, Moissac Vallée F., Saint-Rome-de-Dolan, Lanuéjols, Pierrefiche, Sainte-Énimie

For the higher-level travel overview: Lozère.

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