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Park in one of the car parks at the southern entrance to Fontaine-de-Vaucluse (D24), 250m before the bridge. (Car parks are paid after 10:00 a.m.)
(S/E) From the car park, with your back to the Sorgue, turn left onto the D24 and cross the bridge.
(1) Turn left onto Avenue Robert Garcin - D25 (ignore Rue des Bourgades on your left). Pass in front of the church and go up the road on the right, Chemin des Soleillants. The signpost is no longer standing, but the signs are on the ground. Follow the yellow markings.
(2) At the bend, go straight up the rocky path lined with dry stone walls. When the markings make a turn, at a wooden bench, leave the path that goes straight ahead (not shown on the map) and continue up to the right.
NB: On this section up to Les Fayardes, many paths and trails do not appear on the map but are still there, so be sure to follow the markings and the main path.
Continue along this stony path and, after the barrier, turn left for 70 metres to reach the Les Fayardes crossroads.
(3) Take the path on the right, pass Les Fayardes farm and descend the winding track into the valley. Ignore the track on the left and continue to the Valescure crossroads.
(4) Ignore the path on the left that leads to the Ferme de Valescure. Take the track on the right for 20 metres, then immediately left again for another 20 metres and follow the red and white marked path (GR®91) on the right. It climbs uphill and leads to the Cabane crossroads 500 metres further on.
(5) Turn left onto a path that climbs to a drystone shelter (stone hut), then descends. A second, well-hidden drystone shelter on the left soon appears, followed by another that is more visible. The path ends its descent alongside olive trees planted on terraces and leads to the La Perrière crossroads.
(6) Continue straight ahead on the Chemin des Beaumes Rouges tarmac road, which leads to the Chemin de la Fontaine.
(7) Turn left to make a round trip to the Fontaine de Vaucluse chasm.
(8) Retrace your steps to the previous junction.
(7) Continue straight ahead to the bridge.
(1) Turn left to cross it. Continue on the D24, passing under the arches, then continue to the Les Bastides intersection opposite the starting car park.
Leave the D24 on your right, take the street on your left (Montée du Guérisseur), pass in front of the cemetery, and reach the intersection that leads to the Fontaine de l'Oule on your left.
(9) Continue along the D100a (Gordes tourist route) and arrive at Valette.
(10) Continue along the road and, after the very steep bend, turn onto the road on the right until you reach the La Bastide-Rouge bend.
(11) Turn left, pass La Bastide Rouge and the cross, and arrive at the Basse-Capiane intersection very close to the road.
(12) Follow the small road on the right for almost 1 km until you reach a junction with a path leading to a hut on the right.
(13) Take the path on the right for about 300 metres and cross the Carpentras canal. Turn right for 250 metres, descend to the left and arrive at the D24. Take the D24 to the right for 50 metres to arrive at the Galas crossroads.
(14) Turn right, cross the canal, then climb up, staying on the path on the right, to reach Bondelon, the site of an ancient oppidum that can be seen on the left but is not accessible (private property). Continue along the path to reach a crossroads.
(15) Take the dirt track on the left and continue downhill in the same direction for 1.5 km to reach the Les Bastides Ouest crossroads on the D24.
Turn right to reach the car park a few metres further on the left (S/E).
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