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At Éoures, follow the D44 towards Aubagne. At the Gastaude hospital, leave the departmental road and turn left onto Chemin de Ruissatel, following the signs for "Puits de Raimu". Park in the large car park under the pine trees, located about a hundred metres before the junction with Chemin de la Font de Mai.
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(S/E) Leave the car park and continue towards this junction, then turn left. Follow the narrow tarmac road, which further on loses its surface, winds through the valley, alternating between climbs and false flats, and reaches a large fork.
(1) Continue to the left and you will come to a signpost slightly higher up on the right-hand side of the track.
(2) Leave the track and follow one of the many paths on the left, which quickly leads to the Ferme d'Angèle, a ruin that is unfortunately not very evocative given its meagre remains. Go around it on the right and continue for about twenty metres.
(3) Turn right into the low but dense vegetation, looking for a barely visible cairn that indicates the right direction. Pass it and follow a vague trail that quickly slopes to the right, becoming clearer and more rugged as it begins a fairly steep climb. You will soon come to a much clearer path that is almost flat.
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Follow it, veering to the right. Pass the ruins of the Maison de Panturle on your left and continue straight ahead to the platform that marks the eastern boundary of the Barres Rocheuses du Saint-Esprit.
(4) Enjoy this magnificent view of the Pic du Taoumé, the Garlaban and the Grande Tête Rouge. Then turn back and follow the marked trail to the right, which passes under a built arch, the only remnant of an ancient structure that has now disappeared. The path follows the ridge, offering beautiful views on both sides, and reaches a fork that is not very clearly marked on the ground.
Turn right and follow the narrow track that crosses a few sharp limestone pavements before leading to a new viewpoint located at a large metal cross.
(5) Retrace your steps to the fork and continue to the right on the path, which further on begins a steep and difficult descent before joining a wide track.
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Turn left and walk for about 250 m, negotiating a first right-hand bend and then a second left-hand bend.
(6) At the start of the straight stretch, leave the track and turn left onto a well-marked path that climbs up the Vallon de Marcellin. Continue to a crossroads located about 50 metres before a small, long meadow.
(7) Keep left to follow it, continue straight ahead along another cultivated plot and you will soon reach the Ferme d'Angèle.
(3) Go around it on the left and retrace your steps to reach the track at the signpost you saw on the way up.
(2) Turn right and retrace your steps to return to the car park (S/E).
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Difficult 
