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Bicycle Rides recommended route Bicycle Rides  · Ariège

Cycling & Cheese Route

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    What could be better than cycling and cheese to represent the full diversity of the heritage and know-how of the French Departments? 
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    Distance 55.7 km
    3:51 h
    267 m
    338 m
    507 m
    330 m
    Through the "Cycling & Cheese" project, visits to farms, aging cellars, meetings with cheesemakers, etc. are offered along existing cycling routes to showcase the expertise of passionate artisans and the diversity of the culinary heritage of the Departments. 

    Author’s recommendation

    Ariège has been selected among the departments of France for the development of a cycling & cheese route!
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    moderate
    Overall difficulty
    moderate

    Derived from the technical difficulty and the stamina requirements.

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    507 m
    Lowest point
    330 m
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    Emergency number: 112

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    Roadbook

     1 - FOIX MARKET

    Every Friday from 8am to 3pm and Tuesday from 8am to 1:30pm in the streets and squares of Foix. 

    2 - AUX SAVEURS DES DÉLICES

    Direct sale of farm products

    3 - FROMAGERIE DU COL DEL FACH

    Tomme Cabrioulet, Cabri Ariégeois and the "petit fiancé" of the Pyrenees 

    4 - ABBEY NOTRE-DAME DU PESQUIÉ 

    Milk processing and cheese making: tomme, Saint-Paterne, faisselle, butter 

    5 - BASTIDE-DE-SÉROU MARKET

    Local cheese sales every Thursday from 8am to 1pm 

    6 - LA CHÈVRERIE DE MONDÉLY

    Goat cheese, Pyrenean tommes (goat), goat crottins 

    7 - BISCARRÈRE FARM

    Soft cheese 

    8 - MÉRAS FARM

    Guest rooms and table d’hôte: peasant cuisine of the Pyrenees and the world. 

    9 - LA BUSCAILLÈRE FARM

    Milk, milk jam, yogurt, faisselle, fresh cheese 

    10 - CARREGAUT FARM 

    Pyrenean tommes 

    11 - L’ÉCHOPPE (OF FARMERS AND ARTISANS OF SÉRONAIS)

    Various local cheeses 

    12 - MILLES FARM

    Sale of farm goat cheeses (tommes, lactic cheeses with different aging) 

    13 - COUSERANS CREAMERY 

    Tommes from Couserans 

    14 - SAINT-GIRONS MARKET

    Local cheese sales every Saturday from 8am to 1pm 

    15 - LE SAINT-GI

    French cuisine restaurant, short supply chain, fresh products... 

    16 - Les Fromageries Occitanes: Local cheeses 

    17 - FROMAGERIE LE MOULIS

    Cow, goat and sheep cheeses 

    18 - PRAT-BONREPAUX MARKET

    Local cheese sales every Sunday from 8am to 1pm

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    Coordinates

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    42.994867, 1.608436
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    42°59'41.5"N 1°36'30.4"E
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    31T 386565 4761184
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    Difficulty
    moderate
    Overall difficulty
    moderate

    Derived from the technical difficulty and the stamina requirements.

    Distance
    55.7 km
    Duration
    3:51 h
    Ascent
    267 m
    Descent
    338 m
    Highest point
    507 m
    Lowest point
    330 m
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