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Sainte-Anne d'Évenos is located on the road between Ollioules and Le Beausset. In the village, coming from Ollioules, turn right onto the "Evenos - Le Broussan" road and park 100 m after the crossroads, either in a parking space on the right or in a parallel parking space on the left opposite the boules courts.
(S/E) Go down the street a little and turn left onto Rue du Lotissement Mas de Sainte-Anne for about 150 m. Cross Chemin de la Foux, go over a small bridge and continue straight ahead on Chemin Mountin. Pass the first street on the left and you will come to a crossroads where Chemin Mountin continues to the right. Opposite you will see a private driveway leading to a large beige house with blue shutters and a dirt track on the left.
(1) Take this road, which climbs moderately between a housing estate on the left and woods on the right. Follow this road until it comes out onto the paved road called Chemin de l'Enchrestine (the spelling may vary). Turn right and continue uphill. You will come to a fork in the road. Keep to the right (main road) and continue uphill until you reach a crossroads with a steep path on the right, which you will take to return to Sainte-Anne, and a private driveway opposite.
(2) Continue on the main road that climbs to the left. After about 200 m, pass a private driveway on the right and follow the road that climbs to the left in a sharp bend. Then turn left and then right about 50 m further on to arrive near some reservoirs topped with tall antennas.
(3) Turn right onto the track, the entrance to which is closed by a chain. A little further on, leave the track that branches off to the right and continue on your track, dominated on the left by the Fort de Pipaudon, with the Château d'Évenos soon coming into view. Cross a chain and you will come to a paved road. Turn left and climb up to the old village of Évenos.
(4) At the crossroads, the private road leading to Fort de Pipaudon is on the left, opposite the road that descends towards Sainte-Anne or Le Broussan, and the old village is on the right. Turn right and pass through a beautiful esplanade equipped with an orientation table. Climb up into the village on the right to soon find yourself at the foot of the spur tower, the north tower of the castle, which forms a very sharp angle.
Turn back and then turn right to go around the castle on the left. Follow the path dominated by the castle on the right and overlooking the village and then the church on the left. Follow this path along a rampart with a few arrow slits, and you will come to an esplanade dominated by a half-ruined watchtower, from which you have a superb view of the Croupatier, beyond the Gorges du Destel, and the Hugueneuve district on the eastern tip of the Gros Cerveau.
Return along the same path along the rampart and, just after the church bell tower, descend the stone steps on the right. At the bottom, turn right to pass under a porch and come out onto the church square.
After visiting the church, turn your back on it and go down the street that takes you back to the entrance of the village.
(4) Take the road that descends opposite and continue straight ahead until you reach the crossroads with the Route du Broussan, where you turn left towards Sainte-Anne.
(5) About 200 m after the crossroads, at the end of a right-hand bend, you will find a dirt track on the left with two signs indicating "Impasse" and "Interdit à plus de 19 T" (No entry for vehicles over 19 tonnes). Take this track, which is dominated on the left by an embankment.
This road climbs gently until it crosses an excavation and turns left, in the middle of which is an old parallelepiped stone structure that could be an old cadastral marker. From there, the road descends until it passes the tanks topped with antennas and rejoins the paved road taken on the way there.
(3) Continue straight ahead, turn left and then right, following the road as it descends in a straight line.
(2) Leave the private access on your left and the road on your right, and take the path opposite, which descends steeply to Chemin Mountin. Follow this road until you reach a small bridge over the Reppe.
(6) You will find yourself on the Route du Beausset, which you follow to the right until you reach the junction with the Route du Broussan. Then take the street on the right that runs alongside the Reppe until you reach a square planted with monumental plane trees.
(7) Cross this square and continue left on Chemin de la Reppe to see the Church of Sainte-Anne. Retrace your steps back to the square, where you turn left onto Chemin de la Bérenguière.
(8) Continue straight ahead on the road that follows the tributary of the Reppe, then turn left to pass in front of the beautiful residence of Henri Dupuy-de-Lôme and retrace your steps.
(8) You can cross the field to the right of the road to see the old windmills built by Dupuy-de-Lôme to irrigate his land. Back on the Chemin de la Bérenguière, continue to the right to reach the square planted with large plane trees.
Walk along the Reppe, then cross it on the first bridge on your left. Cross the playgrounds and boules courts to return to the car park (S/E).
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Moderate 
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