The small Camino bike tour

The small Camino bike tour 4 days / 3 nights
From 465 € *
/ PERSON
  • Duration: 4 days / 3 nights
  • Distance: 125 km
  • Level: Athletic

L’Autre Chemin offers the emblematic route from Le Puy-en-Velay to Nasbinals!

Because we have personally spotted the route, we propose to ride as close as possible to the “Chemin” but also sometimes on small roads when it becomes too complicated for a “rider pilgrim”.

An e-bike tour in the heart of nature from Le Puy-en-Velay – Haute-Loire to Nasbinals. Your tour will pass through the plateaus of Margueride and Aubrac .

 

A e-bike tour  out of time, in the millennial traces … Ultreïa and buen camino!

  • Difference in elevation :  2630m
  • Athletic tour with significant drop
  • Family tour : Children from ages of 14 (according to cycle ability – see extra section)

This long-distance tour requires a good autonomy in the management of the bike: how to change an inner tube… But also a good control of the piloting of a bike (significant drop, steep descents …)

  • Price (per person, on a basis of 2 people sharing)
    • Guesthouses & 2 or 3* hotels
The small Camino bike tour
From Le Puy to Nasbinals		 Fares

Your bike tour including:
Accommodation with half-board basis*
A digital guiding solution
The journey back and bike return in minibus
Luggage transfer (1 bag maxi 13kg / pax)
Phone Assistance

 €465 / pax
EXTRAS
E-bike + 2 panniers +€105 / bike
Trekking bike + 2 panniers  +€60 / bike
Take advantage of superior comfort stays +€80 / pers.
Single room +€90 

*Your first stay in Le puy is booked on the bed & breakfast option to allow you to choose your restaurant in town
Agency fees : €10 / pax
Discover our trekking bikes

Click on the schedule to book your e-bike trip – See General terms and conditions

 
 

Advantages of going on an electric bike tour with L’Autre Chemin:

  • You travel self-guided and follow a specially-planned route with short stages so that you can make the most of your time in the Haute-Loire.
  • Your stopovers are in guesthouses or hotels
  • Your luggage is transferred to each stopover (1 bag maxi 13kg / pax).
  • Your journey back (with your bike) to Le Puy-en-Velay
  • Day after day

    Please note that every stopover is given as an indication and may be modified according to the availability of accommodation 

    Day 1 : Your arrival in Le Puy-en-Velay

    A nice opportunity to discover the ancient town an the European capital of Saint-James way.
    Your bikes are delivered directely at your hotel.

    To do, to see :
    • Le Puy-en-Velay
    > Crozatier Museum
    > Notre-Dame de France
    > L’Hôtel-Dieu
    > Saint-Michel d'Aiguilhe chapel
    > The medieval town
    > The Cathedral
    > Pass 3 monuments

    Day 2 : Le Puy-en-Velay / Saugues - 49 km - Vertical drop +1210m

    Take it easy to climb the Gorges of the valley of the Allier, hard but how beautiful!

    To do, to see :
    • Saint-Christophe sur Dolaison
    > The XIth century church
    > The Castle (private property)
    > The view on Dolaizon valley

    • Seneujols (with a slight detour)
    > Dolmen

    • Montbonnet
    >The gorgeous St-Roch church

    • Saint-Privat d’Allier
    > Horse-riding
    > The Castle
    > The Prieuré

    • Sauges
    > The English Tower
    > The Gevaudan beast muséum
    > Biological swimming

    • La Clauze
    > The tower

    Day 3 : Saugues - Aumont -Aubrac - 42km - Vertical drop +1020m

    You drive through breathtaking landscapes in Margeride and soon you leave the Haute-Loire to enter the Lozère... From the Margeride to the Aubrac.
    Discover on your route the Domaine du Sauvage, Saint-Alban Limagnole to reach Aumont-Aubrac. The "Chemin", the electric bike carries you quietly!

    To do, to see :

    > The Domaine of Sauvage
    > The Hospitalet of Sauvage
    > The Saint-Roch chapel

    • Saint-Alan Limangole
    > The scenovision - Mad of Margeride
    > The European Bison Reserve
    > The Castle of Saint-Alaban
    > The Church
    > The typical landscapes of Aubrac
    > Aubrac cows
    > Taste the Aligot

    • Aumont-Aubrac
    > The House of the Priory
    > The church of Saint-Etienne

    Day 4 : Aumont-Aubrac - Nasbinals & Le Puy - 26km - Vertical drop +400m

    Incredible Aubrac, landscapes as far as the eye can see ... Water, piles of rocks, meadows ... Everything is there!
    Then you will be picked-up in Nasbinals to reach Le Puy-en-Velay with a shuttle.

  • Extras and services

    As an optional extra, L’Autre Chemin offers:

     

    Lone traveller?

    L’Autre Chemin offers high quality accommodation in a single room, for a surcharge: +€90

    The small Camino bike tour with superior comfort option

    +€80/ pers. (included half-board in Le Puy) according to availability

    • Day 1 : Hôtel le Régina*** – Le Puy-en-Velay
    • Day 2 : Hôtel La Terrasse – Saugues
    • Day 3 : Hôtel Chez Camillou*** – Aumont-Aubrac

    You want to rent a bike

    • Rental of hybrid bikes with 2 panniers of 20l: + €190 / bike
    • Rental of trekking bikes without assistance with 2 panniers of 20 liters: +120€ / bike

    If you plan to travel with your bike, please make sure of certain points:

    If it is an electrically assisted bicycle, the battery must have a minimum power of 400 watts. Attention: the battery must be removable, if this is not the case, please contact us to check the possibilities of reception.
    It is imperative that it be in perfect working order before departure. Consider getting it checked out.
    Thank you for providing an adequate repair kit as well as a smartphone holder on the handlebars
    Our routes mix small roads and paths, your bike must be hybrid, mountain bike or gravel with suitable tires. City and road bikes are therefore to be avoided – If in doubt, call us!

    Extra night in Le Puy

    It is always pleasant to have rest and take a good shower before leaving, but also to enjoy the city of Le Puy a little more, you can opt for an extra night at the end of your stay.

    • Night reception & breakfast Hotel*** or **: €75 / pers
    • Night reception & breakfast in single room Hotel*** or ** : €110
  • Accommodation

    L’Autre Chemin has teamed up with a selection of guesthouses and small, traditional hotels to ensure that every stopover is an opportunity to learn about the architecture, lifestyle, gastronomy and local people of this region.

    Example of accommodation on the Camino

    Chez Camillou - Aumont-Aubrac

    Chez Camillou***

     

  • Price info

    Prices include: 

    • Accommodation in double or twin room with half-board (on a basis of 2 people sharing except stopover in Le Puy proposed in B&B option)
    • French holiday tax,
    • Baggage transfers (1 bag maxi 13kg / pax) to every stopover,
    • Transfer from Nasbinals to Le Puy-en-Velay person and bike.
    • A digital guiding solution
    • Telephone assistance

    Extra 

    • Bike rental
    • Single room
    • Superior comfort stays
    • Multiple-risk and cancellation insurance

    Prices do not include:

    • Transport and transfers to the starting point,
    • Any meals included in the selected option, drinks,
    • Car Paking
    • Bike rental
    • Spending money, any optional visits or activities,
    • Cancellation or multiple-risk insurance
    • Agency fees : €10 / rider.
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