Cirque et Cascade de Saint-Chély-du-Tarn

Saint-Chély-du-Tarn is a village on the left bank of the Tarn, in the Lozère, at the entrance to a vast cirque of cliffs rising under the Causse Méjean, in the Tarn gorges.

The site is known for its two resurgences that flow into the river in cascade. One feeds the Cénaret cave, at whose entrance stands a twelfth-century chapel, the cave housing an underground lake. The other gushes from a cavity and falls in cascade into the Tarn; it is appreciated by swimmers and canoeists, who can approach it from the water.

The hamlet is linked to the main road by a single-arch bridge, thrown over a meander overlooked by a high cliff. You also admire the Romanesque church of the Assumption, from the twelfth century. Hiking loops start from the village and climb onto the Causse Méjean.

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