Around Saint-Quentin-de-Baron

Date of your route : May 10, 2026
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Hello
We did this route again today (we’d already done it in April 2019), going anti-clockwise (1/10), with a map, route description and GPS.
Interesting, quite varied, with a mix of sun and shade (not much of the latter), along with paths and quiet country lanes on this Sunday. A beautiful Romanesque church (quite late in style, dating from the 14th century).
One minor drawback highlighted by previous contributors: the removal of the vines (still shown on the 1:25,000 map I own) has left vast patches of wasteland covered in grass, with… no paths or landmarks, of course. This is particularly obvious around Goudeau (between 2 and 3), where you have to navigate a zigzag route, keeping the remaining vines on your right-hand side. (Otherwise, you obviously have to cross the no man’s land of grass that has taken over the former vineyards). On the other hand, the remaining vineyard plots are helpfully marked by the owner’s château (Château de Sours) with details of plot size, grape variety planted and the age of the vines. Nice touch.
Same problem with the uprooted vines just before Camiac. So you have to cross a field of grass. The worry for those with fragile ankles is that, with the dry weather, the ground is very hard and the agricultural machinery creates uneven patches that are hard to see.
This also applies to section 5, where the path is barely visible (it’s May and the vegetation has grown thickly due to the rain and sun) and, as the route is rarely used, the tracks are quickly ‘eaten up’ by the vegetation. So here too, once you’ve spotted the path, use the vineyard on your right as a landmark and you’ll then reach the Terres Blanches leisure centre without too much difficulty.
Finally, we managed to cross the ford at point 9 (it seems, incidentally, that it has been improved with a culvert and the installation of a support to help cross. However, in very heavy rain, it is not certain that this spot, where there are numerous gullies, will be easily passable!
Thank you for this route (it may need to be revised following the grubbing-up of the vines).

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Date of your route : Sep 08, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average
Very busy route : No

In point 5 of the description, difficulty following the route: scrub, tall grass. To get back on track, we continued along the roads to reach the place called Lamothe.

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Date of your route : Mar 12, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

The area south of the village (between the Fisson road and the hamlet of A Bariac to Camiac and St Denis) has no landmarks, hence the need for a means of navigation. It should be noted that many vineyard plots have been partially uprooted.

Crossing the Moulin Neuf ford was a little tricky given the level of the stream and the previous rainfall. The rest of the route was passable.
A pleasant route.

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Date of your route : Feb 05, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

I just used Visorando in the mountains and discovered the "trace" feature. It's truly extraordinary and provides maximum safety.
However, there is a downside to its success: I just used it for the "tour des espaces verts de Bordeaux Est" hike, and the accuracy is such that if you're not on the right side of the street, it puts the direction arrow at a right angle to make you change sidewalks... It took me a while to figure it out! So don't use too high a resolution for city walks!

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Date of your route : Mar 30, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

As is often the case with routes in grain-growing areas, there are no longer any hiking paths, so there is quite a bit of tarmac between the vineyards and forests. But overall, the route is pleasant, and you need to gather information to present the two castles along the route. There is still the house near the mill that we were unable to identify.

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Date of your route : Dec 14, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average
Very busy route : No

Very easy route. Pleasant. We were unable to cross the stream at the mill, so we continued along the road.

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Date of your route : Sep 12, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Nice circular path, a bit warm (not much shade on the first half)! No issues with the ford.
Be sure to visit the remarkable church of St Quentin de Baron.
Please note: in several places, the suggested routes no longer correspond to the vineyard paths (due to planting/uprooting/fallow land), but it's easy to find your way around.

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Date of your route : Jun 07, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Thank you for this beautiful and varied route: groves, pastures, vineyards, small villages and some beautiful discoveries (church, fountain, etc.).
We had no trouble following it, except perhaps a few hesitations at the start and end, but nothing significant. The route is well described and not very busy. Thank you again!

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Date of your route : Jun 01, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : Yes

Small stream in flood at Moulin Neuf, impossible to cross and finish the hike, wet feet.
Tall grass and poorly visible passages, but maps with arrows, very reliable.
A beautiful, pleasant hike.
Nathalie

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

A beautiful 10 km route (best avoided in hot weather) with varied and interesting landscapes. Vineyards, small woods, hamlets and churches, as described. The pretty hamlet of Camiac has benches where you can stop for a snack and is very airy (it has an English feel to it!).
Very beautiful fortified mill at Moulin Neuf, difficult to appreciate in its entirety because of the abundant vegetation and because it is inhabited.

The rain of the previous days had swollen the ford that had to be crossed. We hesitated to do so because the stones we could use for support were very slippery, and the necessary steps were long, offering little stability. So we returned by road.

Thank you for this route.

Best regards.

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