Belvézet

A beautiful circuit in the Gard garrigue, discovering some of its small hidden hamlets.

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 16.09 km
  • ◔
    Average duration: 5h 40 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Moderate

  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 381 m
  • ↘
    Descent: - 383 m

  • ▲
    Highest point: 270 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 123 m
  • ⚐ Country: France
  • ⚐ City: Belvézet (30580)
  • ⚑
    Start/End: N 44.084783° / E 4.363204°
  • ❏
    IGN map(s): Ref. 2941OT
  • Hour-by-hour weather

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Description of the walk

Start : Belvézet (30580), church car park.

(S/E) Turn left towards the village. Leave the road and go down to the right (yellow markings). Arrive at the sign Mas de l'Ancienne Église.

(1) Turn left towards Boutetière (ignore two streets on the left). Having arrived at Boutetière, go in the direction of Montaren and Médiers. The path goes uphill to continue along the crest of the hill.

(2) At the Lavat sign, turn right towards Montaren and Médiers - Coston. The wide track goes downhill on a tarred portion which leads to a vineyard.

(3). The path goes to the right, always follow the yellow markings, continue to the village of Saint-Médiers.

(4) At the entrance to the village, turn right on a path, then opposite a street, (ignore two streets on the right and left) to arrive at a crossroads.

(5) Turn right and then quickly left on a path shaded by small trees which follows a wall and then passes an old well. Arrive at a bridge on the RD125/RD136b, cross it.

(6) Turn right towards Labaume then left on Rue des Jardins. At the Labaume sign, go left towards Aigaliers and Foussargues. Pass through the village and continue until you arrive at a T junction.

(7) Turn right towards Aigaliers and Combe de Pousselargues. Go up the vale to reach the sign Combe de Pousselargues. Follow the yellow markings in the direction of Aigaliers. 20 metres further, go to the right, direction Chabian, this path descends to rejoin the plain. After passings several cultivated fields on your right hand side, you arrive at a T junction.

(8) Ignore the path marked on the right and take the path on the left (marked with a yellow cross), which also follows the stream for a while.
Continue on the path for about 300m, then reach another T junction. Turn left, ignore the first path on the right and continue to the next.

(9) Take the path that goes up on the right. Be careful at this point, as the path is not very visible. After 50m, when the path turns slightly to the left, take the small path that goes up to the right in the scrubland. This path leads to the top of the hill on a forest trail.

(10) Once on this path, (you should see in front of you the ruins of the Castelas). Turn left on this forest path and then, at the next crossing, turn right on the path that goes straight down to Belvézet.

(11) At ¾ of the way down, a small marker on the left shows a small path that goes up to the ruins of the castle, make the return journey if you feel like it and come back to the path.

(1) Finish the descent to reach the D218, turn right to reach the church car park.(S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 181 m - Church car park
  2. 1 : km 0.92 - alt. 166 m - Mas de l'Ancienne Église
  3. 2 : km 3.2 - alt. 266 m - Lavat
  4. 3 : km 4.79 - alt. 201 m - To the right
  5. 4 : km 5.57 - alt. 154 m - Saint-Médiers
  6. 5 : km 6.05 - alt. 153 m - To the right
  7. 6 : km 6.94 - alt. 123 m - Bridge over the D25
  8. 7 : km 9.03 - alt. 170 m - To the right
  9. 8 : km 12.43 - alt. 157 m - To the left
  10. 9 : km 13.12 - alt. 166 m - To the right
  11. 10 : km 13.92 - alt. 255 m - To the left
  12. 11 : km 15.16 - alt. 192 m - Left towards the ruins
  13. S/E : km 16.09 - alt. 181 m - Church car park

Notes

Start & parking: Belvézet (30580), church car park.

Reviews and comments

4.5 / 5
Based on 50 reviews

Reliability of the description
4.5 / 5
Ease of following the route
4.5 / 5
Route interest
4.4 / 5
phmlgcn
phmlgcn

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Jan 15, 2026
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Hike with almost no roads, which is very pleasant.
Between 9 and 10, note that the path becomes very narrow and the heath increasingly dense. There are also fallen trees.

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Zinna
Zinna

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Dec 15, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

The hike is pleasant, with beautiful views at the beginning, but after point 9 it is very difficult to find the path, although it does exist!
Do not attempt this hike if you are a complete beginner. It is not difficult, but it can be surprising!

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pescalune
pescalune

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Jul 07, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Very pleasant route despite the heat. No problems finding your way around, beautiful views of the countryside, lovely village.

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celinemma
celinemma

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Apr 25, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A very pretty walk with a wide variety of landscapes, which makes it very attractive, although the GPS did come in handy. The little villages are magnificent.

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viaplata
viaplata

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Feb 05, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : Yes

We started the walk from St Mediérs, coming from Uzès. Thanks to the GPX application, we had no trouble finding our way around. Pretty little villages where life must be good.

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Hiker!
Hiker!

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Jan 22, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A very pleasant walk and we didn't meet anyone on the paths.
The description of the route is good, but you have to be careful at point 9 not to miss the path, but we were warned! And with the visorando app, it's a piece of cake!
We made a detour to the village of Labaume to see the washhouse and Foussargues. There are some very pretty stone houses there.
Thanks Slinky.

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monange
monange

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Sep 29, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

hike completed in 4h30 with a coffee break. no hunters encountered. to get to the ruins of the castellas, there's no need to make the return trip: there's a path that goes off to the left, a little after the sculpture of the witch (it's indicated on the map) and this way you can incorporate the ruins into the circuit of the hike.
The walk is long but easy. There are enough changes of atmosphere and landscape to keep you from getting bored. I was pleasantly surprised to discover all these little hamlets in the middle of the forest and heath.

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GMGALD
GMGALD

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Sep 03, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Nice route through the heath, easy to follow, except in one place where you'd better have a GPS or the visorando app.
Wild boar hunting has started and I've still got my red cap on, you never know.
Otherwise I didn't see anyone on the circuit.

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SEYTRE Gérard
SEYTRE Gérard

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Jul 05, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

CLEAR

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CDidier
CDidier

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : May 08, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Very pleasant, very beautiful! A must do!

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Happy Walker
Happy Walker

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Apr 08, 2023
Reliability of the description : Not used / Not applicable
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Superb hike. No difficulty if you follow the signs. In Labaume, we made a detour to the Gour de Conque, which is well worth a visit despite the lack of water. The village wash-house is also worth a visit. We didn't go up to the Castelas for lack of time.

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vivalpierrelatte
vivalpierrelatte

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : Jan 16, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

return trip to the hamlet of Labaume to see a pretty waterfall

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JeroenO
JeroenO
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Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : May 23, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Superb walk.
As you've already noticed, the only "difficult" point is 50m after point 9 where you have to be careful to take the small path that leaves the path you took 50m earlier. After that, you have to keep your wits about you as we almost forked onto another little path at a point where the main path isn't very visible. We quickly realised that on the map we had to climb, which the path didn't do.
When you use the GPS app on your phone, there's obviously no problem.

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patrick.bormann
patrick.bormann

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : Feb 26, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average
Very busy route : No

Nice walk with no difficulties. As already mentioned, the situation after point 9 is a little complicated and the path not very visible, but with the GPS you'll manage. Access to the Castelas is forbidden by municipal by-law.
Thanks to the author of this hike

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slinky
slinky ★

Hello JCMAILLARD,

Thanks for the information, I've just corrected the number of the secondary road.
As for the slightly complicated passage after WPT9, I looked around a bit and I couldn't find a marked path on the map, so, as I'm no longer in the area, I left it as it was.

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