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Cycling

Cycling
in Monestiés


By mountain bike or bike-road, from easy to expert, you will find all types of bike rides.

Moutain bike

16 moutain bike circuits certified FFCT are available on the Ségala Tarnais. Between groves and meadows, they make you discover the most beautiful views of the Viaur valley or the plateau of Ségala.

Passing by Monestiés :
La Voix du Cérou - Blue level ride - 15 km

Departing from Salles-sur-Cérou, this tour will take you to Monestiés following the old railway line linking Carmaux to Cordes.

The wallet containing the 16 mountain bike routes is on sale at the shop of the tourist office (5 €).

Discover and download all the mountain bike tours of Ségala Tarnais here

Bike-road

Discover some bike-road loops passing by Monestiés:
Wallet with 28 circuits all over the Tarn on sale at the shop of the tourist office (2 €).

 Les Puechs du Ségala 

Distance : 60 km 
Level : Hard

This 60 kilometers course in the north of the Tarn allows all confirmed sportsmen to admire the medieval historical heritage of the Ségala carmausin. Thus, successively, the villages of Jouqueviel with its chapel of Romanesque origin, of Segur and its fresco 'of the villagers', of Salles and its half-Romanesque church half-Gothic, and of Monestiés (one of the "Most Beautiful Villages of France") with its medieval overall appearance reveal their historical riches. Finally, the Roucarié dam located 6 kilometers after the start from Monestiés is a bathing area equipped and supervised, very pleasant in summer.

Circuit des crêtes 

Distance : 65 km 
Level : Hard

This 65 kilometers loop dedicated to sportsmen and women represents a magnificent excursion to the north of the Albigensian country and the Bastides. From Albi, discover the magnificent heritage represented by the Sainte-Cécile cathedral, the Palais de la Berbie or the Toulouse-Lautrec museum. Over the course of your walk, the industrial past of the coal mines will resurface by crossing the communes of Carmaux, Blaye les Mines, Cagnac-les-Mines and Saint-Benoît. Meanwhile, the crossing of Cordes sur Ciel, Salles-Sur-Cérou and Monestiés will amaze you with their exceptional medieval heritage. On the way back to Albi, you will enjoy the last descent which is very steep.