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Cascade de Runes is one of France’s great natural sites — bring good shoes and a camera. Locate it on the map, book a room nearby in a click, or add it to your travel list to build your itinerary.
About Cascade de Runes
High on the southern flank of the Mont Lozère in the Cévennes National Park, the Cascade de Runes drops nearly 60 metres in slender ribbons of white water down a granite mountainside above the hamlet of Runes, near Fraissinet-de-Lozère. Fed by streams from the great granite dome above, it is one of the tallest waterfalls in the Cévennes, and a short, steep footpath from the village leads to viewpoints facing the falls. The surrounding landscape of chestnut terraces, broom and bare granite is classic Cévennes country, wild and sparsely peopled. Best after rain or spring snowmelt, when the cascade roars down the slope, Runes is a fine, uncrowded reward for walkers exploring the flanks of the Mont Lozère.