Discovering Santenay

Between mountains and vineyards, come and discover this village and its beautiful panoramic views from Mont Sene.

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 14.08 km
  • ◔
    Average duration: 5h 45 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Easy

  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 595 m
  • ↘
    Descent: - 594 m

  • ▲
    Highest point: 521 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 239 m
  • ⚐ Country: France
  • ⚐ City: Santenay (21590)
  • ⚑
    Start/End: N 46.920161° / E 4.676692°
  • Accessible from the train station Gare de Santenay-les-Bains.
  • ❏
    IGN map(s): Ref. 3024OT, 3025SB
  • Hour-by-hour weather

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Description of the walk

When you arrive in Santenay, follow the signs for Église Saint-Jean. Park in the car park.

(S/E) With the church on your right, head south-west and take the path on the left. At the first crossroads, go straight ahead, do the same at the next three-way junction and you will come to a T-junction.

(1) Climb up to the Montagne des Trois Croix, turning right at the signpost (yellow markings). As you pass the Trois Croix, you will see the orientation table and then, 100 metres further on, a path that descends steeply to the right of it. Take this path and continue straight ahead until you reach the next crossroads.

(2) Turn right towards Santenay viathe GR® and begin the descent, then follow the signs for Santenay camping viathe PR® (yellow markings).

MODERATION LIMIT

Follow this path until you see a mill. Turn left and leave thePR® for a path between the vineyards. You will come to a tarmac road. Go straight ahead and do not follow thePR®, continue along the vineyards to the windmill.
At the mill, go straight ahead and descend onto the road.
You will rejoin thePR® at the third crossroads on your right. Walk along the vineyards until you reach the tarmac road. Turn left and follow this road until you reach a crossroads. Turn right and do not follow thePR®; you will rejoin it 400 metres further on by turning left. This road takes you past the Château de Santenay, where you can admire the glazed roofs. At the end of the château, take the road on the right that goes uphill, then turn right and 200 metres further on, turn left.
Turn right at the cross and take the path on the right (50 metres after turning right) to join theGR®. Follow the tarmac road uphill until you see a dead end sign. At the sign, turn left and you will be on theGR® trail. Follow this path uphill until you reach the plateau, then turn left and climb the very steep slope to the 3 Croix.
Descend via the same path you took to climb up and return to the car park.

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 325 m - Car park at Saint-Jean Church
  2. 1 : km 1.54 - alt. 469 m - At the T-junction, turn right.
  3. 2 : km 11.4 - alt. 461 m - At the crossroads, turn right.
  4. S/E : km 14.07 - alt. 325 m - Car park at Saint-Jean Church

Notes

Water source at the start of the hike in Saint Jean. Be careful on the climb up to the 3 Croix via the GR®. Steep and rocky slope.

Worth a visit

Beautiful view of Montagne des 3 Croix. You can shorten the hike by parking at Montagne des 3 Croix.

Always be cautious and plan ahead when you're outdoors. Visorando and the author of this route cannot be held responsible for any accidents occurring on this route.

The GR® and PR® markings are the intellectual property of the Fédération Française de Randonnée Pédestre.

Reviews and comments

4.5 / 5
Based on 10 reviews

Reliability of the description
4.3 / 5
Ease of following the route
4.5 / 5
Route interest
4.7 / 5
cece.b
cece.b

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : Jun 04, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A lovely walk starting from the three crosses, with a picnic stop at the mill, where there is a bench in the shade. Beautiful scenery...

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lulu71100
lulu71100

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Feb 20, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Thank you for this lovely walk.

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mabiche
mabiche

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Dec 30, 2019
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good

Hike to be done in good weather, and with proper footwear due to the elevation change.

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jmm211
jmm211

Overall rating : 3.7 / 5

Date of your route : Jul 01, 2019
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

Our mistake was to do the route on mountain bikes and in the heatwave of 29 June 2019, otherwise same comments as "cocolabra71".

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syl71
syl71

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Feb 27, 2019
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good

Nice hike with two or three good climbs and varied landscapes. Best done in good weather. In terms of the description, there is some ambiguity at the start (at the church) and at the first of the three crosses. Nothing to say about the rest.

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larochepot
larochepot

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Nov 15, 2018
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good

A beautiful hike. The trails are varied, but unfortunately for us, there was thick fog and we regret not being able to enjoy the landscape and the beautiful autumn colours. We will definitely do this route again and will happily recommend it to other hikers.

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cocolabra71
cocolabra71

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Aug 13, 2018
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good

A very beautiful route with magnificent scenery.
At the start, rather than heading south-west, simply take the tarmac lane that descends to the left after the car park. This is the right path and avoids having to look for the exit from the cemetery towards the church.
At the top, why make us take a steep path through private property and ignore the signs telling us not to, rather than going around via the GR and PR trails on the left, which all lead to the same point 2 on the map?
We returned without any problems via another route, as it is not essential to pass 100 metres from the car park, climb back to the top and return strictly by the same route.
Good paths and good description, highly recommended.

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cyclomarcheur21
cyclomarcheur21

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Jun 14, 2018
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good

A lovely route with a few climbs.
There is a lovely spot for a picnic near the "Three Crosses", in the shade, 200 metres down the route.

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youki
youki

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : Mar 29, 2017
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

After the first passage at the three crosses, you must go around the right side of a field fenced off by its owner, instead of going straight down. In fact, you walk along the fence. This change must be recent because the path is not very marked.
At point (2), instead of heading towards Santenay via the GR, we turned left and walked along the top of the cliffs. The view is more beautiful. We rejoined the original route a little further on.
On the way back, at point (2), we stayed on the GR 7 towards the Cul Blanc dolmen. This avoids passing the 3 crosses a second time. Then we turned right onto the road towards Borgy. At the entrance to the village, we turned left onto the GR towards point (1) to rejoin the planned route.

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majean
majean

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Aug 15, 2016
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good

a very beautiful walk with superb scenery

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