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Head towards the village of Montolieu and take the Route d’Alzonne. A few hundred metres further on, leave the Route d’Alzonne and turn right towards Villelongue Abbey. Once you reach the abbey, walk 100m past it and you will find the car park on your left.
(S/E) Alongside the car park, take a wide track that runs alongside the Vernassonne. This track soon winds its way between woods on the right and fields on the left.
(1) At the first junction, turn right onto another wide track. At the large junction, go straight ahead; all other directions are blocked by a Yellow Cross. At the next junction, continue straight on along a sandy track suitable for vehicles. Pass by the foot of a water tower.
(2) About 100m after the water tower, turn right onto a forest track. Follow it to the tarmac road and continue. You are now in Saint-Martin-le-Vieil. Turn right onto Chemin de Carcassonne. Continue along Rue du Portail. You will arrive at Place d’Al Pic, a small square laid out as a dry garden.
(3) At the far end of the garden there is a small oratory. Go down the steps to the left of the oratory. Take the road on the right and turn right again at the next three-way junction. Continue along this tarmac road, ignoring a road on the right.
(4) When you reach a stone marker, follow the path on the right, signposted by a small yellow sign. Continue along this forest track. Cross a wider track.
(5) Cross this wide track again and continue along a narrow, very stony path that descends quite steeply through fairly tight bends. At the end of the path, you will find the car park (S/E).
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