The Regordan trail

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Guidebook: le chemin de Régordane

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This itinerary is at the heart of the great movements of ancient and medieval history. It was used to connect the Ile-de-France region to the Mediterranean.

In 10 days, from Puy-en-Velay to Saint-Gilles-du-Gard, via Langogne, La Garde-Guerin, Alès or Nîmes, the hiker takes a millenary route carved with ruts (a kind of rail dug in the rock to guide the carts), bordered with dolmens and rock inscriptions.

From stage to stage, you’ll discover the history of the movement of people, goods and ideas. This path bears the traces of the struggle for freedom of conscience: Arianism, Catharism, Protestantism have developed there.

The landscape is very rich: coniferous forests, greasy meadows and lava flows in the north gradually give way to chestnut trees with broom, holm oaks and then scrubland as we approach the Petite Camargue.