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Park in the car park at the Saint-Pantaléon cemetery (in the commune of Gordes).
(S/E) From the car park, cross Route de la Badelle (D148) and take Chemin Des Garrigues, a small tarmac road, opposite to the north. Stay on this main road, ignoring the paths branching off to the left and right. The road offers views of troglodyte houses below the cliff. Walk along a stony path for a few metres before reaching a tarmac crossroads.
(1) Leave Chemin des Heaths and turn right. The tarmac quickly disappears. Continue straight ahead and, at the fork in the forest (not visible on the map), keep left, then continue straight ahead until you reach the wide Chemin des Roques, which crosses the road.
(2) Turn left (on the right, an engraved stone bears the words "sans issue" [dead end]), then immediately left again onto a grassy path. A little further on, when the path turns right, a first wooden sign saying "Par ici les ami-e-s" (This way, friends) invites you to discover the remains of an old Jas with a dwelling house, enclosure and drystone shelters on the left (the second sign, identical but in the opposite direction, indicates that you have passed the Jas). Further on, continue along a wide path on the right (intersection not visible on the map). A beautiful drystone shelter is accessible on the left of this path.
Continue to the start of a path between two cairns on the right when the path turns left.
(3) Take this path. It passes between dry stone walls and quickly leads to an engraved stone stating: "Private path, pedestrians and cyclists welcome. Motorbikes and quads prohibited". The path runs alongside a large reconstructed drystone shelter and then turns left. It widens before reaching a T-junction.
(4) Return to Chemin des Heaths and turn right. Ignore the path branching off to the left, which you will follow on the way back. Continue straight ahead to the next large crossroads (where the circular route meets).
(5) Turn left at the pylon onto a small tarmac road called "Chemin du Clos de Denante". When the road turns sharply to the left, leave it and continue straight ahead on the unpaved path that runs through the undergrowth. After about 300 m, look for a wide clearing between the oak trees on the right with a barely visible path leading off.
(6) Follow the tracks left by walkers, which veer to the left, to discover the longest drystone shelter in Provence.
(7) Turn back to the previous fork.
(6) Continue right on the path to the next crossroads, at the corner of a large property and its imposing gate. Turn right onto the small tarmac road, "Chemin de Valori". Walk past a succession of beautiful properties (golf course, private tennis courts). The road becomes a stony path and reaches a fork.
(8) Turn left. Continue along the stony path, which widens until you reach Chemin des Heaths and a yellow signpost. Turn right in front of the oratory onto this path. A drystone shelter is accessible a little further on the right. You will arrive at the next T-junction.
(9) Follow the markings to turn left and then right onto Chemin des Roques. Go around a property with very high stone walls. Walk along these high walls. There is a beautiful view to the north over the village of Gordes. At the stone cross leaning against a wall, leave the yellow markings and continue straight ahead (yellow cross) to a very tall structure comprising several dry stone units (wall, dwelling, drystone shelter, oven).
(10) Leave Chemin des Roques at the corner of this impressive building and turn right onto Chemin du Clos de Denante. Return to the fork you passed on the way out.
(5) Continue straight ahead for 80 metres until you reach the other fork you passed on the way there to resume and complete thefirst circular.
(4) Turn right onto the path that goes around an olive grove. Continue straight ahead on this path, then turn left onto a wide path (intersection not visible on the map). At the next crossroads, continue straight ahead, pass in front of Carrières Serre Frères et Cie and continue to Route de Saint Pantaléon (D148).
(11) Turn left onto this road. Go straight ahead at the next junction and return to the car park (S/E).
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