The Upper Lot Valley offers quite a choice of winter sports, with cross-country (ski de fond) and snow-walking (raquettes) being the most widely practised. You can go snowblading too or let husky dogs do all the work and lead you through the hillsides in a sleigh. There’s downhill (‘ski alpin’) too at certain resorts.

With the highest average altitude in France, the Lozère rapidly gets snowy in winter. While it’s cold outside, the atmosphere in the local inns, hotels or rural gîtes will certainly keep you warm. On the vast Aubrac plateau, winter snows provide a magical terrain for snow-walking.

Escape the confinement of winter indoors, and spend a weekend drinking in the wonderful fresh air of the vast Aubrac plain, when it becomes a new world under the winter snow. Try your hand (or, should we say, your feet?) at snow-walking with a qualified coach. Stay one night in an authentic ‘buron’ (shepherd’s hut where the mountain cheeses are also made and matured). You’ll be talking about this 2-night break for the rest of your life!

Accommodation: one night at a 2-star hotel in Nasbinals; 1 night in a ‘buron’.
Prices (2006): 3-days/2-nights full board (bed & breakfast, lunch & dinner): 185€ per person (sharing double room)

Available: from 01 Jan to 31 March 2006
Booking reference: AYTRAQ
To book or find out more:
Loisirs Accueil Aveyron
Tel: +33 (0)5 65 75 55 50

Email: sla.aveyron@wanadoo.fr

www.reservation-aveyron.com

One foot in front of the other, and off you go to explore snow covered forests and follow the tracks of wild animals. Your hosts - Eliane and Luc - will let you into the secrets of their beautiful region. Your first 3 days will be devoted to cross-country skiing accompanied by Luc (a qualified instructor), you’ll have a day off to relax, followed by 2 days snow-walking accompanied by a qualified guide. Your 2-star gîte-hotel is located in Laveissière in the Cantal Mountains.

Available: from 14 Jan to 11 March 2006
Price per person (sharing double room): 421€ (Jan & March) to 462€ (February holidays), full-board (bed, breakfast, lunch and evening meal), from dinner on day 1 to after breakfast on day 8.
The price includes: accompaniment by qualified snow-walking and cross-country skiing instructors; necessary equipment - snow shoes (raquettes) and sticks, cross-country skis and shoes and poles; transportation from Murat railway station to your hotel; evening entertainment.
The price does not include: drinks, cross-country ski passes, holiday tax (to be settled on site); transport to/from the resort; personal expenses; cancellation insurance; booking fee (13€).

To book and find out more:
Destination Cantal - Green France
Tel: +33 (0)4 71 63 85 15
Email: cantal@greenfrance.com
www.cantal-tour.com

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