The Cévennes are a wild and beautiful mountain region in southern France, part of the Massif Central and protected as a national park. Steep valleys carved by rivers, chestnut forests, and empty uplands make this some of the least populated and most rewarding walking country in France.
The most famous route is the GR 70, the Stevenson Trail — following the path Robert Louis Stevenson took with his donkey Modestine in 1878, from Le Puy-en-Velay south to Alès. You can walk it in sections of a day, three days, or the full week. The landscape shifts from volcanic plateaux in the north through granite ridges to the limestone gorges and garrigue of the south.
Mont Aigoual is the highest point of the southern Cévennes and home to a meteorological observatory with panoramic views. Florac, nestled at the meeting point of four valleys, makes a good base for exploring the gorges of the Tarn and the causse plateaux.
