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GPS: Latitude 44.5914071 / Longitude 3.90393776

By the Long-Distance Hiking Trails: GR®7, GR®70 Stevenson Trail, GR®72, GR®470 Gorges de l'Allier, GR®700 Voie Régordane, GRP® Cévenol, Montagne Ardéchoise, and Margeride.

By road: From Brussels, Paris, Lyon, Marseille, Nîmes, Montpellier, Toulouse, Bordeaux (see itineraries by clicking on the city names).

By train: Direct from Nîmes, Clermont-Ferrand & Mende to La Bastide-Puylaurent. For SNCF, request "La Bastide Saint Laurent les Bains." See schedules.

By plane: Nîmes Garons (120 km), Lyon Saint Exupéry (197 km), Marseille Provence (243 km). Brussels Charleroi > Nîmes

In La Bastide-Puylaurent, you will find an SNCF train station, a pharmacy, a massage salon, a bazaar, a grocery store, a butcher-charcuterie, a garage, and a small post office. There is no ATM.

Around L'Etoile: The Abbey of Notre Dame des Neiges, the thermal baths of Saint Laurent les Bains, the Tanargue Massif, the picturesque villages of Loubaresse, Montselgues, Thines, and the typical market of Les Vans on Saturday mornings (Ardèche). The medieval village of La Garde-Guérin, the Chassezac Canyon, Mont Lozère, the Naussac Lake (Langogne) and Villefort. The fortified village of Pradelles, the volcanic lake of Bouchet Saint Nicolas, and the beautiful city of Le Puy en Velay (Haute-Loire).