MTG1 18 Roundtrip Carcassonne Gorges de Galamus
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RouteXpert René Plücken (MRA Master)
Last edit: 20-08-2025
Route Summary This is a beautiful tour of almost 190 kilometers with beautiful roads through the mountains and gorges along beautiful villages and castles.
This route is a beautiful loop with stunning roads and beautiful panoramas. I therefore rate it 5 stars.
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7h 49m
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Car or motorcycle
Distance
187.39 km
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RouteXpert Review Bert Loorbach, the author, is an avid motorcyclist himself and lived in France for a year and a half. During that time, he dedicated himself to mapping France's lesser-known and beautiful back roads specifically for motorcyclists.
Hotels, campsites, sights, parking lots and restaurants are included as POIs.
This tour starts and ends in Carcassonne, a beautiful city with impressive walls and towers but also many shops and restaurants.
There are several hotels and apartments in the city and a few campsites on the outskirts of the city for overnight stays.
This route from the Motorcycle Tour Guide France part 1 is a tour along castles and the Aude river.
Bert Loorbach, the author, is an avid motorcyclist himself and lived in France for a year and a half. During that time, he dedicated himself to mapping France's lesser-known and beautiful back roads specifically for motorcyclists.
Hotels, campsites, sights, parking lots and restaurants are included as POIs.
This tour begins and ends in Carcassonne, a beautiful city with impressive walls and towers, as well as many shops and restaurants. There are several hotels and apartments in the city, and a few campsites on the outskirts for overnight stays.
This route takes you through the area south of Carcassonne and along the Aude River. Several castles are located along the route, several of which are well worth a visit and are included as waypoints or points of interest.
The first section to Lagrasse is already a real treat, with a beautiful mountain gorge. In Lagrasse, you can visit the Abbaye Sainte-Marie de Lagrasse. We continue via the fairly wide Col de Villerouge to the town of the same name, where you can visit Château de Villerouge-Termenès.
We continue to Félines, where the road becomes narrower and more winding. Via Col du Prat and several gorges, we continue to Padern, where you can stop to visit Château de Padern.
We continue our journey to Château de Peyrepertuse, for which we have to deviate from the route to drive up the narrow mountain road through the village of Duilhac-sous-Peyrepertuse (there and back).
After this castle, we also continue to nearby Château de Quéribus. The panorama from these two vantage points is spectacular. Our next stop is the Hôtel Restaurant Le Relais des Corbières for lunch.
On the return trip, we drive through the Gorges de Galamus, one of the most magnificent natural phenomena in the region. It's truly impressive! The Agly River has carved a deep gorge into the rock here. A hundred meters above the river (which you hear but usually don't see), the narrow road clings to the rock: bends, overhangs, and tunnels follow one another. At the bottom, there's a series of waterfalls and small pools of crystal-clear water.
Next up is the Col de Linas, after which you'll cycle back to Carcassonne via a relaxed route along the Aude River. Along the way, you can stop in Alet-les-Bains, a small medieval town. In Carcassonne, you can stay overnight in a hotel or campsite nearby.
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The routes are bundled in the Motortourgids France part 1 of Kosmos publishing house and now also available in MyRouteApp.
I have taken over the routes in MRA and sometimes adjusted them slightly to make them even more interesting for the motorcyclist.
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The routes are sometimes slightly adjusted based on the tips that Bert Loorbach gives in his description, or because of another place to spend the night, or to reach the minimum length of 2 hours for the MRA Library. For each route, the review contains a more detailed description, including options to stay overnight or places of interest along the way, which are also indicated with a POI and if possible with a short description.
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