Parcours n°12 - Céreste

Bike ride on the Caseneuve plateau! Possibility of walking in the Oppedette Gorge: a canyon from 100 m to 150 m deep and 2.5 km long.

mis à jour le 03/05/2019 par Velo Loisir Provence

28.9 km to go

Duration : 2h20

642 m

Max. altitude : 747 m

Recommended period(s)

Autumn | Summer | Winter | Spring |

Type(s) of land

Hard coating (tar, cement, flooring) |

Municipality(ies) crossed

Céreste | Sainte-Croix-à-Lauze | Oppedette |

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Not to be missed:

Céreste: Saint-Michel church (18th century), site of Carluc, abbey in ruins, Carolingian necropolises, valley of the nest of Amour, Romanesque bridge.

Sainte-Croix-à-Lauze: 11th century village, 17th century castle decorated with an 18th century gate with armored grid, church of the invention of the Holy Cross, Romanesque traces, oratory Notre-Dame de la Salette, fossils included in the carved slabs, remains of the Saint-Didier chapel.

Oppedette: the village, the Calavon gorges, the Canyon of Oppedette.

Calavon: from the foot of the Montagne de Lure to the Durance, the Calavon crosses many sites, but none of them is as striking as that of the Oppedette gorges with a dizzying rocky character.