Circuit rouge n°3 – VTT – VTC – Autour du village et retour par les berges – Najac
Route details
Description
The start of this route is accessible by train via Najac station.
Suitable for mountain bikes, electric mountain bikes, electric hybrid bikes.
Circuit marked with yellow mountain bike markers + Circuit n°3 in red.
Your itinerary
Step 1: Departure from the circuit and return to the top of the village
You can park along the D39 between the Frégère bridge and the entrance to the campsite and nature base – AAGAC.
If you have rented a bike, depart from the wilderness base.
Leave the bridge behind you, go back towards Najac, D39 – Avenue de la gare until the first intersection.
Step 2: Leave the departmental road
At the intersection take the D239 towards Saint André de Najac.
After the carpooling area and the panorama of the village of Najac, take the first road on your right.
In the housing estate, turn right again then right again on the path.
Continue on this wide track. Do not take the first path on the right which goes down steeply.
Step 3: Direction the viewpoint over the village of Najac
At the intersection of 4 paths, continue opposite.
Arriving under the VVF, take the small path on the right which zig zags down, right then left to a magnificent viewpoint over Najac.
Step 4: Direction the banks of the Aveyron
Leave the viewpoint on your right and continue straight towards the asphalt road inside the holiday village. In the VVF, be careful, circuit no. 2 and 3 separate. Take red n°3. After 150 meters on this road, turn right onto a path. Pedal 10 meters then at this point, 2 possibilities either to the left towards the hamlet of Cassagnes or to the right (Circuit Les Moulins). Choose the small path, the one on the left that goes down.
Arriving at the road, turn right towards the hamlet of Cassagnes. Turn right on the wide path which runs along the fields before entering the Aveyron gorges via a path which goes down.
Pass to the right under the Grèzes bridge (SNCF bridge).
Step 5: Walk along the river and towards the Saint Blaise bridge
Follow the river for 6 km via a beautiful shaded path.
A little further on, you will discover a first mill in ruins, that of Ferragut then that of Auribal, still in good condition. The path runs along the railway line with magnificent works of art on the section from Monteils to Laguépie.
After this mill, the path becomes an asphalt road which joins another road, the D594. Then turn on your left and reach the St Blaise bridge.
Step 6: Continue following the river to reach your starting point
Do not cross the bridge.
Take the small path on the right that goes down and allows you to follow the river through a field.
Please remain discreet, this section is private; the owner accepts the passage of hikers and cyclists.
Continue going up the river, left bank until you arrive at the nature base.
Drive slowly because there are lots of people there, especially many children on the site.
Cross the base, pass the restaurant, the campsite reception and take the small road that goes up.
Return to your parking location.