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Exploring Aveyron

Christopher Baker

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Perhaps the least-known département in France, Aveyron is home to castles, megalithic tombs, innumerable Gallo-Roman ruins, and some of the most remarkable Romanesque architecture in Europe—along with Norman Foster's architectural marvel, the Millau Viaduct.

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Destinations: Aubrac · Laguiole · Millau · Aveyron

Inspired by: Introducing Aveyron — by Marcelle Clements, Published Aug. 2007

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Hotels (5)

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    Les Demeures de Longcol

    A medieval hamlet turned into a hotel in a 54-acre park high above the Aveyron River. Even the swimming pool has a fantastic view. More
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    Le Comptoir d'Aubrac

    Fashion designer Catherine Painvin fled Paris for the Himalayas and finally ended up in Aubrac. The inn, with only six rooms—each more eccentric an... More
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    Hôtel-Restaurant Château de Creissels

    A 12th-century château with 30 dreamy rooms, some with balconies over the gardens, others looking out over the Millau Viaduct. More
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    L'Hostellerie de Fontanges

    The renovated château has a swimming pool and serves a delightful dinner. More
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    Grand Hôtel de la Muse et du Rozier

    The hotel is nestled at the bottom of a picturesque gorge. More
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    Hôtel du Vieux Pont Restaurant

    The restaurant offers a superb lunch. The hotel only has seven rooms, all of them lovely and freshly renovated, and each with a view of the river.

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    Hôtel-Restaurant Bras Restaurant

    Reserve months in advance.

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Activities (6)

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    Laguiole Knives

    Aveyron's famous Laguiole knives can be bought at the new factory, designed by Philippe Starck, at the edge of the village of Laguiole. More
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    Site Archéologique de la Graufesenque

    Visit the archaeological site at La Graufesenque, where the Gauls made the pottery now housed in the Musée Fenaille. More
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    Micropolis City of Insects

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    Caves of Roquefort

    A tour of the Caves of Roquefort will turn you into a lover of Roquefort cheese if you aren't one already. More
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    Musée Fenaille

    The museum houses pottery made by the Gauls. More
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    Millau Viaduct

    Where: Crossing the Tarn Valley in the Massif Central, near Millau in southern France.


    Stats: 8,100 feet (less than two miles) long; cars travel 885

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