Around La Réunion in Lot-et-Garonne

This short walk will take you through the woods around La Réunion.

Details

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 4.53 mi
  • ◔
    Average duration: 2h 20 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Easy

  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 305 ft
  • ↘
    Descent: - 289 ft

  • ▲
    Highest point: 427 ft
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 256 ft
  • ⚐ Country: France
  • ⚐ City: La Réunion (47700)
  • ⚑
    Start/End: N 44.297401° / E 0.117748°
  • ❏
    IGN map(s): Ref. 1739SB, 1740SB
  • Hour-by-hour weather

Description of the walk

Park in the car park opposite the town hall.

(S/E) Take the road, keeping the town hall on your right. At the end, turn right and continue to the Casteljaloux–Damazan crossroad (D11).

(1) Turn left then right, cross this road and take the path leading uphill. Follow this path through the Bois de la Gouère, keeping to the right, passing between wooden posts until you reach an open area.

(2) Take the path leading down opposite, reach a T-junction and turn right. Ignore thefirst turn-off on the right and take the second oneon the right. Follow this sandy, downhill path until you reach a fork.

(3) Turn left and follow the path straight on until you reach the hamlet of Le Lanin.

(4) At the four-way junction, take the road on the right which descends steeply, cross the D11 and continue straight ahead towards Le Coupey.
At the very bottom, cross the road and take the path leading straight ahead, slightly to the left. Cross a stream and follow the path to the junction at the top of the climb.

(5) Turn right and follow the road, which then becomes a track. Walk past a building and join a cross-road at the bottom, near the village of La Réunion.

(6) Turn left and follow the road for about 500 m until you reach a path on the right a few metres before a copse on the left.

(7) Turn right onto this track, cross some cultivated fields, then go round a water reservoir and, after the houses in Besse, reach a road.

(8) Turn right and head towards the village and the car park opposite the town hall (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : mi 0 - alt. 335 ft - Car park opposite the town hall - Église Sainte-Quitterie (La Réunion)
  2. 1 : mi 0.38 - alt. 328 ft - D11
  3. 2 : mi 0.7 - alt. 390 ft - Open area
  4. 3 : mi 1.42 - alt. 361 ft - Turn left
  5. 4 : mi 1.81 - alt. 358 ft - Le Lanin
  6. 5 : mi 2.42 - alt. 367 ft - Crossroads
  7. 6 : mi 2.87 - alt. 289 ft - Junction on the road
  8. 7 : mi 3.22 - alt. 312 ft - Fork in the path
  9. 8 : mi 3.92 - alt. 427 ft - Road junction
  10. S/E : mi 4.53 - alt. 335 ft - Car park opposite the town hall - Église Sainte-Quitterie (La Réunion)

Worth a visit

At (8), if you turn left, you can visit Beyrac church by taking a short detour.

Reviews and comments

3.8 / 5
Based on 8 reviews

Reliability of the description
3.5 / 5
Ease of following the route
3.9 / 5
Route interest
4.1 / 5
User 26715035

Overall rating : 3.3 / 5

Date of your route : Mar 30, 2026
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

It is difficult to find your way along these paths, which branch off in all directions, without any physical signposts.

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Céline24
Céline24

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Mar 16, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A very pleasant route, but you absolutely must use the app to follow it. We didn’t see any signposts.
The sandy section in the forest is really nice. Being March, yes, some parts were a bit sticky and slippery, but that’s all part of the fun. We’ve done it again since then, and it’s still great

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Alix T
Alix T
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Overall rating : 3.7 / 5

Date of your route : Mar 22, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average
Very busy route : No

The description is good, but as the route wasn’t clearly marked, I’d done it once before setting off with a group of 15 people so we wouldn’t have to fumble our way along. The main appeal of this walk was that it was flat and therefore easy for all of us, including those who don’t walk much. The start through the woods and over the sand is pleasant. As for the rest, the scenery isn’t exactly breathtaking for someone from Auvergne like me . It was raining that day and the ground can quickly become very clayey and sticky towards the end, so be careful – trainers don’t cope too well! Perfect for people who can’t climb or for young children. The fact that it’s circular is obviously handy too. It took us 2 hours. We should have turned right at point 6, as sophiepatrick.campe suggested earlier (I’d forgotten!).

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Dominobou
Dominobou

Overall rating : 3.3 / 5

Date of your route : Jan 06, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

No signposting; concerns about the continuity of the route

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christophe502544
christophe502544

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Nov 02, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A very pleasant walk through the woods, on sandy ground that’s easy to walk on

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MarqueLeGum
MarqueLeGum

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : Oct 22, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : Yes

A lovely walk through forests and fields, with plenty of great photo opportunities. A lovely spot for gathering chestnuts in October. An easy route. We completed it in under 1 hour 50 minutes.

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Lolo 01ca
Lolo 01ca

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : May 27, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A lovely walk through lots of woodland

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sophiepatrick.campe
sophiepatrick.campe

Overall rating : 3 / 5

Date of your route : Apr 14, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average
Very busy route : No

Point 3, where you have to turn left, isn't easy to spot and we missed it
there are lots of similar tracks
the section after point 6 isn’t very exciting: no shade, unless you carry on to Beyrac church
Otherwise, at point 6, turn right and head towards La Réunion

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