Discover the Passa Païs by bike, multi-activity trip

Your journey begins in the city of Mazamet, which was once a very coveted city. The city of Mazamet experienced very difficult times because it welcomed many refugees during the terrible wars of Religion. Peace returned, it is by its industries that we know Mazamet: in the 18th century, the quality fabrics that come out of the factories bear the name of "Mazamet" and in the 19th century, the city becomes the world center for the treatment of skins. of sheep, by creating an innovative industry: stripping, very quickly associated with tanning.

From Mazamet, the Bike path of the Passa Païs offers you a landscape full of greenery and calm. You are in the valley of Thoré, at the foot of the Black Mountain, ideal to recharge your batteries.
You will take the path of the old railroad, connecting Mazamet to Bédarieux and you will penetrate a set of oaks and ash trees, which will offer you freshness and intimacy.
On about 25km, you will cross multiple tunnels, more or less long, lighting up on your way and you will cross many points fitted out to take a break.
Regularly, you will find on your way bridges, opening windows of light on the surrounding massifs, to benefit at most from the nature which surrounds you.
You will go along some villages in which you will be able to stop to discover places like the departmental museum of Textile in Labastide Rouairoux, a privileged witness of the region’s industrial past.
The track has a stabilized surface and a very soft profile.

 

You will leave behind the Montagne Noire and enter the Jaur valley.

The Passa Païs will then offer you new landscapes, transition between the Atlantic and the Mediterranean climate.

From Saint Pons de Thomières to Mons la Trivialle,you will discover the medieval village of Olargues offering you a relief of schist and a vegetation of scrubland.

 

Since 1993, Les Gorges d'Héric, as well as a large part of the Caroux massif, have been a classified site.

Stroll along the stream to discover the many waterfalls and chasms.

 

 

You will continue your trip on the Passa Païs in the direction of Poujols sur Orb, a pretty little village at the foot of the Caroux and Espinouse massifs.
This stage offers you an open scenery composed of chestnut trees, low shrubs of scrubland and multiple flowers.
You will then pass through the famous spa town of Lamalou les bains, with its historic town center and quiet streets. Do not hesitate to visit the bell museum on your way, in Herepian, just after.
You will then arrive in Bédarieux, at the gates of the Regional Natural Park of the Haut Languedoc, the end of your trip on the Passa Païs, which will have shown you all its facets.