B&B/Cheap Hotel near Millau Bridge

[Old Git]

OK you lot, many seem to have previously rode around the continental roads, have booked my trip for April, but need a recommendation of a place to stay overnight near the Millau bridge/viaduct.
Will be coming from near Lourdes, so ideally, about 20 miles ish north of Millau would be perfect for my needs.

Drop me a note on here if you have any websites etc. that i can look at

Ta very muchly,
OG

[Specialone]

Og, you do know a lot of the passes will be closed don't you?
There is still a lot of snow around then apparently.

[mattSV]

We stayed in Carcassone, which is not too far from Millau and well worth spending a day to have a look around.

We stayed here (http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/place?um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=apartment+hotel+carcassonne&fb=1&gl=uk&hq=apartment+hotel&hnear=Carcassonne,+France&cid=12841198773949007155) - very cheap, clean big apartments with a swimming pool, 5 minute walk from the medieval city

[-Ralph-]

PM Nigel and Trickywoos his daughter.

Nigel owns this place www.coupdecoeur.co.uk

[-Ralph-]

Dont miss the Gorges Du Tarn upstream from the Millau Bridge, you can see the road that runs alongside the river.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1c/01_Saint-Georges-de-L%C3%A9v%C3%A9jac_-_Gorges_du_Tarn_1.JPG

Also the village of Peyre built into the cliff face a mile or two downstream from the bridge is worth a visit, and the church in Peyre is a good place to get a view of the bridge.

Here is a route to the Millau bridge from the A75 that goes via the Gorge du Tarn, but the whole of the National Park (Cevennes) is worth a visit if you have the time.

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=Unknown+road&daddr=44.3699592,3.4089659+to:44.28717,3.23446+to: Avenue+de+Saint-Affrique%2FD992&hl=en&geocode=Ffr8pgIdw28xAA%3BFScIpQIdRQQ0ACk5DF06yAqzE jFR7mwSIYgHEw%3BFcLEowIdnFoxACnT4Xyux6izEjHAZGwSIY gHEw%3BFeWaoAIdAC4uAA&gl=uk&mra=dme&mrcr=0&mrsp=0&sz=12&via=1,2&sll=44.512176,3.309631&sspn=0.198797,0.445976&ie=UTF8&ll=44.293384,3.280792&spn=0.798167,1.783905&z=10

[Luckypants]

Dunno if it relevant to you, but camping down there is bally expensive! Although a lot French campsites are partially closed until June... I camped so cannot help with B&B.

Ralph is right about the Gorges du Tarn road, freaking awesome. Plenty of other twisty roads thereabouts to. You can easily get lost in the Cevannes - or at least I did - and lose a lot of time.

[nigel]

hi old git, bet you are younger than I !!
as i said in my PM dont rush around france there is so much to see , better to find a good base for a day or two and do dyas out with no baggage so you can enjoy the ride and the scenery contact me , we plan peopls hols for them as we know where to go and see