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Circus of Navacelles
This natural circus, one of most imposing and impressive Europeansite
, classified Great Site of France, is an enormous
funnel dug by the river" la vis", flow of lHérault. Located
between Causses of Larzac and Blandas, It's the perfect lillustration
of the water work . The vis' canyon , in Navacelles, described a
perfect meander, dominated by cliff walls abrupt; this titanic geological
curiosity was born from a meander of the river. Immense basin resulting
from collapse the plates limestones (approximately 300 m of depth,
meander approximately 1 500 m). The natural view-point of the Auriol
Balsam makes it possible to discover and to embrace perfectly this
wonder and this whim of nature and time. On this raised position,
a diaporama will supplement your visit.A
small road, encrusted in the rock, will bring you in the content
of the crater, with the hamlet of Navacelles, on the edges of the
Screw. While raising the eyes, the there crushing spectacle is quite
as imposing. Upstream, by a mule track, the resurgence of Foux is
one of most powerful of the area. De Vissec with Madières the throats
of the Screw notched causse in a gigantic canyon that lon can discover
view-point of the Auriol Balsam and the point of view of Blandas.
Exits motorway A75 N° 49 and 52.
Rural lodgings
Asphodéles St Maurice de Navacelles
Phon +334.67.44.62.55
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