Atlantic to Mediterranean: Riding through History

2013: Back to France, again cycling solo, again riding from the Atlantic to the Mediterranean. This trip began  in Bordeaux, followed the Dordogne River to the Vezere River, continued to Célé and the Lot River, crossed the Cevennes Mountains to the Tarn, then the Gard River and St. Jean du Gard, then rode south to Nimes and finally, Montpellier.

In some ways it was a trip about rivers, as history has often followed rivers. The trip was planned  to incorporate as much cultural history as possible, visiting sites dating from prehistory to the Gallo-Roman era, to the middle ages to artist studios from the mid-20th century. 

The bulleted items here are the individual posts in my trip. Click anywhere you are interested to start. The next button at the bottom of the post will take you to the following day's post.

CONTENTS: 

• | First Day
• | The Plan
• | Wine and Church ... Church and Ruins
• | Montcaret to Les Eyzies
• | Prehistoric Art
• | Les Eyzies Loop
• | Two Abbey Churches
• | Medieval Cities and Castles
• | Sarlat to Carennac
• | Two Rainy Day Rides .... and Art
• | Pech Merle Cave
• | Cabrerets to Belcastel
• | Conques
• | Up down, up down, and again
• | Cycle Touring 
• | Standing Stones
• | Cevennes Mountains
• | Blogosphere Friends in Nimes
• | Two Days in Nimes' History
• | Two Cities, One Day
• | Back to Bordeaux
• | One More
• | Daily Route Maps