Around the village of Parzac

Free car park at the Parzac village hall (16).

(S/E) Leave the car park, turn left then immediately right onto the limestone path. Walk to the Saint-Roch Fountain.

(1) Take the path on your left. At the four-way junction (elevation 145), turn left and walk for about 100 metres until you reach a dirt track on the right.

(2) Take this track, cross the road (D172) carefully and continue straight on to the hamlet of Chez Grignoux. Turn right and continue along the dirt track until you reach a T-junction.

(3) Turn right, cross the road again carefully and veer left onto the dirt track. You’ll reach a four-way junction (elevation 172), turn right and arrive at a three-way junction.

(4) Turn left and continue for about 300 m until you reach a path on the right.

(5) Take this path and continue to the edge of a wood. Go round the wood on the right, descend to the Sonnette stream, which you cross via a stone bridge, and climb back up to a cross-path.

(6) Turn right and head towards the hamlet of La Combe, which you go round on the right.

(7) At the end of this, leave the tarmac road and head down to the right towards the village of Parzac on the dirt track.

(8) At the T-junction, turn right and head towards the Fontaine Saint-Roch.

(1) Turn right towards the village along the limestone path to reach the village hall car park (S/E).

The Saint-Roch Fountain and the crossing of the Ruisseau la Sonnette are the two water points you will encounter.

Make sure you wear good walking shoes and bring something to drink.

Avoid this walk in adverse weather conditions (rain or flooding).

The Saint-Roch Fountain, reputed to be miraculous and used as a baptismal site for domestic animals.