St-André de Valborgne - Road bike circuit #12
Valley bottoms, ridge roads: an enchanting circuit with surprising landscapes. Dismount to drink from the water fountains in the villages you bike through. Look up to admire the roof of the Cévennes just in front of you.
Enjoy ! Everything is beautiful here, and true !
3 points of interest
© Béatrice Galzin 
WaterOne spring, five fountains
This fountain is one of Saint-André’s five public fountains, all of which are supplied by the same spring (its water is thus the same as in the Fontaine du Griffon). Before houses were connected to mains water, there were many more fountains on this side of the quay.
Le village de St André de Valborgne - Béatrice Galzin 
ArchitectureThe village of St André de Valborgne
As you stroll along the quay above the river, you can still see the handsome bourgeois houses dating from the silk boom. If you look around, former spinning mills and industrial buildings dedicated to silk farming can still be seen in the landscape. A little lower down, opposite the 16th century château, you can listen to
Bernadette Lafont on the Camisard saga in and after 1702. As you reach the square again, quench your thirst at the fountain and have a look inside the Romanesque church (12th century).
Village de Saumane - Nathalie Thomas 
HistorySaumane
Centrally located in the Vallée Borgne, Saumane suffered heavily during the conflicts between Camisards and the King’s troops in 1703. The village and its outlying hamlets were pillaged and burnt, the villagers deported. In the 18th and 19th centuries, the Golden Age of silkworm farming, Saumane was resplendent again. It had two silk spinning mills and about 500 inhabitants.
During World War II, Saumane was a support centre for the Cevenol Resistance.
Today, its inhabitants focus their energy on nature discovery and sustainable tourism.
Description
From St-André de Valborgne, take the D907 towards St-Jean du Gard to L’Estréchure.
- At L’Estréchure, take the D39 to Lasalle.
- At Lasalle, take the D153 to St-Jean du Gard via Ste-Croix de Caderle.
- At St-Jean du Gard, bike towards Florac on the D260 and the D9, known as the Corniche des Cévennes road, until Le Pompidou.
- At Le Pompidou, go downhill on the D10 to St-André de Valborgne.
- Departure : St-André de Valborgne
- Arrival : St-André de Valborgne
- Towns crossed : Saint-André-de-Valborgne, Saumane, L'Estréchure, Soudorgues, Lasalle, Sainte-Croix-de-Caderle, Saint-Jean-du-Gard, Saint-Étienne-Vallée-Française, Moissac-Vallée-Française, Sainte-Croix-Vallée-Française, Gabriac, and Le Pompidou
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Recommandations
Before committing yourself to a circuit, ensure that it is suitable for your activity level and ability. Respect traffic laws and other road users; stay in control of your speed and trajectory. Make sure to be seen and travel in single file when in a group. Remember that the weather changes quickly in the mountains. Take enough water. Safe trip !
Information desks
Tourism & national parc'house
Col de la Serreyrède, 30570 Val d'Aigoual
The Maison de l'Aigoual houses the tourism office Mont Aigoual Causses Cévennes and the Maison du Parc national. This visitor centre provides information on and raises awareness of the Cévennes National Park, its sites and events as well as the rules that must be observed in the National Park's central zone.
On site: changing exhibitions, video projections, Festival Nature events and shop Open year-round
Tourism office Cévennes Tourisme, Saint-Jean-du-Gard
Maison rouge, 30270 Saint-Jean-du-Gard
This office is part of the National Park's associated tourist-information network, whose mission is to provide information on, and raise awareness of, the sites and events as well as the rules that must be observed in the National Park's central zone.
Open year-round
Tourism office Mont Aigoual Causses Cévennes, Lassale
Centre Viala, rue de la Place, 30460 Lasalle
This office is part of the National Park's associated tourist-information network, whose mission is to provide information on, and raise awareness of, the sites and events as well as the rules that must be observed in the National Park's central zone. : Open year-round
Tourism office Mont Aigoual Causses Cévennes, Saint-André-de-Valborgne
les quais, 30940 Saint-André-de-Valborgne
This office is part of the National Park's associated tourist-information network, whose mission is to provide information on, and raise awareness of, the sites and events as well as the rules that must be observed in the National Park's central zone.
Access and parking
From St-Jean du Gard, take the D907 to St-André de Valborgne, through the villages of L’Estréchure and Saumane.
Parking :
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