It's an ideal region for sporting activities:

Summer and spring:  bathing, hiking on foot, on horse-back, on donkeys, mountain biking, rapids, climbing, tennis, fishing.

Autumn:  mushrooms, chestnutes, stag troating.

Winter: skiing, cross country skiing, walking in snow-shoes.

                 The cottages are 100 m from the Tarn river. Upstream or downstream of the village ( for 15 to 20 km ) you can bathe and picnic in isolated, peaceful spots ( even  in August ! ). You can easily swim there, and moreover, there are shallow pools enabling young children to bathe safely.

                 As you come into the village, there is the famous Oule pool, a huge natural swimming pool measuring 30  m by 8 m with a beautiful waterfall. Higher up on the Tarn there are other pools : la cabine, la fourmi, la miellerie, Gasbiels, ( beyond Villeneuve ).

                  Downstream for 15 to 20 km the Tarn provides you with dozens of isolated bathing places.

  

Hiking :

This is ideal country for walkers, you can choose between :

•  the paths around Pont de Montvert, with walks varying between 1 1/2 hours and 5 hours :  

paths around Hermet, Mallevrière, les Rouvières, Felgerolles, Sapet pass, Camargues farmhouse, old hamlets, Ventalon signal and Finiels pass.

•  the Cevennes National Park discovery paths. There are educational paths for which guides are available in July-august :

Camargues farmhouse observation path, the Menhir path, Hermet interpretation path, Montcuq path.

•   the G.R. :

The Stevenson path ( G.R. 70 ) , le G.R. 7 , le G.R. 68 ( circuit around Mt Lozere ) , and G.R. 72 .

All sorts of possibilities varying between 1 and 3 days.

to hire a donkey:  - "Gentiane" Mr Brochier , e-mail : anegenti@club.internet.fr

                               - " Chez Dedet" à Masmejean  ( 04 66 45  81 51 ).

                               -to do the Stevenson path : Ass. Bivouac ( 04 66 46 89 89 ).

to hire a horse :     - Mt Lozere : Bleymard  resort ( 04 66 48 62 83 ).

                                -  Florac : "Pirouette" , riding school ( 04 66 45 29 85 ).

There are very many paths and forest roads to which cars have no access.

The differences in altitude are considerable: Mt Lozere : 1700 m , Pont de Montvert 875 m .

to hire mountain bikes : cevennes-evasion@wanadoo.fr ( 04 66 45 18 31 ).              

  The Tarn is a river where it's possible to enjoy many kinds of water sports requiring fast-flowing water such as:

canoeing, kayak ,  canyoning , swimming in rapids ( mini-raft , tubing , hot-dog ).

            The higher part of the Tarn requires a good technical level, but lower down towards Florac and then on towards the Tarn gorges, canoeing and kayak are more accessible.

For these activities and pot-holing contact:  cevennes-evasion@wanadoo.fr( 04 66 45 18 31 ).

             In Pont de Montvert there are climbing rocks which are properly equipped. The communal hall also provides an artificial climbing wall of an excellent level.( 04 66 45 84 14 ).

            There are 2 tennis courts just below the cottages, and table-tennis facilities exist in the communal hall.

   -The APPMA of the high valley of the Tarn provides you with over 150 km of first  class rivers.

   -Possibility of an introductory course on fishing or to be accompanied by a guide on professional fishing : Mr  Vernier ( 04 66 45 82 50 ).

   - Circuit with full amenities :  Barrandon Lake, ideal for family fishing.

   -  " no kill "  circuit for fly-fishing specialists.

  See internet sites :   - http://www.peche48.com

                                     - http://www.chez.com/nvl

Every Friday , from mid-July to the end of August, competition at Dedet's at Masmejean.                 

               Perhaps one of the most beautiful seasons due to the colour scale of the chestnut, beech, oak and sycamore...and the heather.

              - picking mushrooms : from Mt Lozère to Bougès you will find all kinds of mushrooms:  cèpes ,girolles , lactaires , pieds de moutons , canaris lozériens , grisets  etc......

                Careful !! current legislation limits the quantity of mushrooms to 5 kg per person per day.

              - picking chestnut : it's the time of the year for toasting chestnuts over a log fire locally known as " la brasucade ".

              - Stag troating.            

  The Bleymard -Mount Lozere ski resort is approximately 15 km away.( 04 66 48 66 48 ).

                There you can enjoy :

                               -  Alpine skiing: 5 ski lifts. 

                               -  Cross country skiing : 5 paths between 1,8 km and 5,4 km.

                               -  Snow-shoe walking , sledge-dog hiking.

                               -  Skijorying ( horse-drawn skiing ).