Roqueprins Rock
The cliffs of the Causse de Sauveterre offer a multitude of viewpoints. Rising up like walls encircling this wild territory, the cliffs plunge almost directly into the Tarn to the south and rise above the fertile lands of the Lot Valley and the Urugne Valley to the north-west of the Causse.
The cliff overlooking the village of La Canourgue is known as the “Rocher de Roqueprins”. The “enclosing rock” offers a sublime panorama: in the foreground, the Lot Valley and the Vallon de l’Urugne, as well as the foothills of the Causse de Sauveterre, a few kilometers further on, the foothills of Aubrac and the Monts d’Aubrac and Margeride.
Discover the exceptional panorama on your way to Rocher de Roqueprins, either on foot from La Canourgue or Rougès-Parets, or by car on the road out of Rougès-Parets (in either case, follow the “Via Ferrata” signs). (The path is unpaved). You can read the landscape before your eyes from the orientation table. The spot is marked by a monumental cross that lights up at nightfall. It can be seen from miles away, shining like a Sauveterre lighthouse.
