Montpeyroux › Lodève

🗺️ Stage Map

📖 Stage Description

The path leaves the vineyards behind and tackles the first foothills of the Larzac, a stark limestone plateau. The route climbs steadily through scrubland and pine forests, with increasingly sweeping views over the Hérault plain. The landscape grows more mineral and wild.

Lodève, an ancient episcopal city founded in Gallo-Roman times, retains a fine Saint-Fulcran cathedral in the Languedoc Gothic style. Built at the confluence of the Lergue and the Soulondres, the town was long renowned for its cloth-making industry and royal manufactories. Its archaeological museum and old quarter are well worth a visit. A transitional stage between the Mediterranean world and the Massif central.

Estimated Time for You

Estimate your time based on your profile — Naismith rule.

⚠️ Practical Information

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  Terrain and difficulty

  Difficult stage, 26,6 km · D+ 725 m · D− 693 m
  Highest point: 450 m · Lowest point: 147 m
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  Water points

  Montpeyroux km 0 · Le Bosc km 12 · Lodève km 27
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  Monuments and heritage

  Cathedral Saint-Fulcran de Lodève XIIIe s. (km 27) · Musée Fleury (fossiles et art) · Ruines du castle féodal
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  Pilgrim resources

  miam-miam-dodo.fr · gites-refuges.com · gronze.com (Espagne)

Walking Conditions

Sun exposure and terrain type over 26,6 km

Sun Exposure

Terrain