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(S/E) From the visitor car park at the top of the village, cross the Route des Montjars and follow the small path marked in yellow, which cuts across a bend in the road descending on the north side of the village. Continue to the Rochettes mast.
(1) Follow the yellow trail to the right towards Romany via Les Rouvières. Stay on this wooded trail, then walk along the lavender fields until you reach the beautiful Rouvières farm.
(2) A few metres before the farm, and just after a small black cross, leave the track and take a small path down to the left (mountain bike signposting). This section is not signposted for hikers and requires great care, as various paths cross the main path, which you must not leave. Keep heading north-west.
Very stony at first, it becomes smoother and joins a track further down.
(3) At the crossroads, follow this track to the right, despite the tree trunks blocking access to two- and four-wheeled vehicles. Shortly after two hairpin bends forming an S, you will reach a small fork.
(4) Follow the path on the left, passing near a lavender field. You will reach a wide track. Follow it to the right until you reach a small road. After a few metres and just before the farm, take a path on the right that runs alongside a dry stream bed. Follow this path for a few metres until you reach Creux Rouge, which you will see on your right.
(5) The path splits in two; take the right-hand path leading to the superb ochre site. Visit the site, then return to the intersection.
(5) Now follow the other path on the right and head south-east up a path (marked for mountain bikes) that is quite steep in places until you reach a track. Ignore the various paths on either side of the track.
(6) At the junction with the track, continue straight ahead along this path, ignoring the various paths on either side, until you reach the next junction leading to a wide track. On the right, partly hidden by trees, you will see the Sauveton farm.
Continue straight ahead on this ascending track, keeping to it. Ignore the various turnings on the right or left.
(7) You will reach a blue and white signposted track. Turn left, heading north-east, and follow the track uphill between the trees until you reach Chabrelet.
(8) At the next fork, leave the marked track and take a shortcut to the right, a wide path that descends and rejoins the blue and white marked track.
(9) At the junction, continue downhill to the right along the track. At the next crossroads, take the path on the right which soon joins a crossroads.
(10) Leave the marked path and turn 90° to the left, following a pretty trail that leads to the RD472. Cross the road and continue straight ahead on the yellow-marked path, heading south. Just before reaching a small road, take a trail that climbs slightly to the right. At the next two junctions, continue straight ahead.
(11) At the next crossroads (Val des Nymphes mast), go back and forth, take the track on the right and join the RD472. Follow it to the left for a few dozen metres, then take the first path on the left down to the Chapelle du Val des Nymphes. Then return to point (11) and follow the yellow-marked path straight ahead, heading south-west towards the lapidary tanks.
A few metres after crossing a large open space, at the entrance to the heath, you will reach a crossroads. Continue straight ahead, ignoring the small yellow cross on the ground. Continue along this path with care, as the markings have been redone and are clearly visible. (Ignore the numerous paths that cross it, often marked with a yellow cross).
(12) At the crossroads, continue along the track opposite: this is the entrance to the stone vats site.
(13) At the next junction with six paths, take the second path on the right. Go down to a wide track and turn right, ignoring the signposts. The track forms a right angle, crosses a dry stream and continues along a small paved slanting street.
Take the fairly steep paved slanting street until you reach a wide path. Turn left and, after about 100 metres, you will reach a small road. Follow it to the right until you reach the RD572.
Turn right for a few metres, then left to enter Chemin de la Basse Bourgade. Turn right, then left onto Rue du Marquis de la Baume. Turn left onto Rue de la Poste to go around the church. Turn left twice, then right at the second road before reaching the roundabout and the car park (S/E).
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