Aillas Circular Loop

Date of your route : Jul 20, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Well-marked trail with no obstacles. Very accessible walking level (2.5 hours). Beautiful panoramic views

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Date of your route : Jul 03, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

After completing this route, there are a few changes to be made, notably that there is no longer a post with an orange tip because the post is broken, and also, in the description of the number, there is no green marker (perhaps due to vegetation). Otherwise, some paths are muddy and a little uneven, and others are accessible but have grass up to your neck, nothing too serious.

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Date of your route : Oct 08, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : Yes

A stroll along a slightly hilly route. What beautiful scenery in our countryside at this time of year. Enjoy yourself while getting some fresh air.

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Date of your route : May 13, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Hello
Just a quick note about the hike description:
in point 8, you say to "turn left between the posts with orange tops", but you actually need to turn right to get directly to Janoucic. What's more, there is only one post and the paint is almost completely worn off.
Otherwise, it's a nice, varied walk, which we completed in three hours.
Best regards

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Date of your route : Nov 19, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average
Very busy route : No

The route is run in one direction and then the other. A bit too much tarmac for my liking for a nature run, but fortunately there isn't too much traffic. For a family outing, I find it a bit annoying that there are so many country roads, with drivers who are sometimes a bit too hasty! Otherwise, the landscape is charming, hilly as I like it, with the added bonus of sunshine and autumn colours on that particular day. I let myself be guided by the app and it was perfect, I didn't miss a single turn!
As for hunting, I saw a hunter and heard a few shots. In wooded areas, I made my presence known regularly, either by whistling loudly or shouting "runner!".

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Date of your route : Oct 15, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Good evening,
We completed the hike today, 15 October, in the direction indicated (clockwise).
We printed out the map and written description and had the GPS on our smartphone. This is better because the 1:25,000 map omits some paths, particularly when you turn right at point 5.
A lovely little walk that gives your legs, heart and lungs a good workout, as it is hilly in places.
The landscapes are quite diverse, with quite a few woods, which means you can enjoy the walk in beautiful sunshine (except during heatwaves, of course). There are hamlets with restored old houses (layered bricks on the walls of houses on the Janoutic side, which is unusual) and new houses. The presence of a tall chimney in the hamlet suggests that the site may have been used by a brickworks), and new houses. There are few or no rubbish dumps (car or agricultural machinery wrecks, old tyres, etc.) as we often see in the French countryside.
There are Angora goats on a farm that sells mohair wool (the sign needs to be restored!) and large fields of hazelnut trees, reminding us that a few dozen kilometres to the east is Cancon, the headquarters of Agrinoisette, which makes it the hazelnut capital of France.

A few comments on the description
Between 8 and 9, if you can make out the two posts with faded orange paint at the top, you should turn RIGHT between the posts and not left... where there is nothing except a wood and a pidgeon hunting hut.
The same applies in the hamlet of Janoutic: on leaving the hamlet, you should take the road on the RIGHT and not on the left as indicated.
At point 10, it is indicated that the path may be closed during wood pigeon hunting season (October/November). We passed through and there was no hunting that Sunday.
That said, thank you for this very pleasant route.

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Date of your route : Aug 12, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Pleasant hike, discovery of alpaca goat farming, huge hazelnut plantations... not to be done
in strong sunshine like today, lots of driving, but apart from that, great

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Date of your route : Apr 20, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A lovely walk in glorious weather
a bit of tarmac but no traffic
beautiful farms to see

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