Auradou circular

A circular route from the church in Auradou to the plateau and wooded hills.

Details

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 5.66 mi
  • ◔
    Average duration: 3h 05 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Easy

  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 577 ft
  • ↘
    Descent: - 600 ft

  • ▲
    Highest point: 722 ft
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 295 ft
  • ⚐ Country: France
  • ⚐ City: Auradou (47140)
  • ⚑
    Start/End: N 44.333933° / E 0.814812°
  • ❏
    IGN map(s): Ref. 1939O
  • Hour-by-hour weather

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Description of the walk

Park in the Auradou cemetery car park.

(S/E) Leave the car park on the right-hand side along the cemetery and continue straight ahead along the grassy or stony path.
Follow this path towards the woods, following the blue markings, until you reach a small road.

(1) Turn left onto the small road until you reach the next intersection.

(2) Follow this road to the left, then turn left again at the cross, after the rubbish bins. Continue towards Auradou until you reach the three-way junction at a place called Guinet.

(3) Leave the road to Auradou on your left and continue straight ahead on Route des Vignes. Continue on this road until you reach the intersection with Côte des Oliviers on your left.

(4) At the burgundy-coloured sign for local wine sales, turn left onto Côte des Oliviers. Go down the road between a vineyard and an orchard, then pass the Olivier farm.

(5) Be careful on the descent, just before the houses in the hamlet of Lissandres, turn right onto a small grassy path.
Follow the path through the woods, then along the edge of the woods until you reach a road, where you should turn right towards a house.

(6) Just after house number 859, go down the path on the left and continue through the woods on a stony path.
Pass by a ruined house at a place called Barry Bas and continue to a road.

(7) At the road with a transformer opposite, turn left towards a place called Le Trel.

(8) After the stone pine tree at the house in this locality, turn left onto the road leading down to Lacalcinie. After passing through the hamlet, at the next road, opposite a small pond, turn right towards the village of Auradou, following the blue markings.

(9) At the entrance to the village, just after the first house on the left, take the grassy path that descends and then climbs back up towards the church and the starting point of the hike, marked with blue signs.
Cross the hamlet to return to the starting car park (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : mi 0 - alt. 404 ft - Cemetery car park
  2. 1 : mi 0.92 - alt. 623 ft - Intersection with a small road.
  3. 2 : mi 1.61 - alt. 696 ft - Intersection with a road.
  4. 3 : mi 1.91 - alt. 666 ft - Three-way junction at Guinet
  5. 4 : mi 2.42 - alt. 696 ft - Intersection with the Côte des Oliviers.
  6. 5 : mi 2.87 - alt. 509 ft - Small path ascending to the right
  7. 6 : mi 3.51 - alt. 656 ft - House with number 859
  8. 7 : mi 4.13 - alt. 682 ft - Intersection with a road.
  9. 8 : mi 4.45 - alt. 669 ft - Intersection with the road to Lacalcinie.
  10. 9 : mi 5.38 - alt. 312 ft - Entrance to the village, first house
  11. S/E : mi 5.66 - alt. 404 ft - Car park at the church and cemetery in Auradou.

Reviews and comments

4.3 / 5
Based on 10 reviews

Reliability of the description
4.4 / 5
Ease of following the route
4.2 / 5
Route interest
4.4 / 5
User 27981795

Overall rating : 4 / 5

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

There is a very tricky section that is poorly marked and can be confused with another circular.

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albasi jean paul
albasi jean paul

Pleasant route, but signage needs to be improved as it is insufficient in places.

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albasi jean paul
albasi jean paul

Overall rating : 3.3 / 5

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

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Boscher Claude
Boscher Claude

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Apr 14, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

recommended

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CHRIS58*
CHRIS58*

Overall rating : 3.7 / 5

Date of your route : Jan 06, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Very beautiful route, climb after the cemetery, good signposts, 1st option after cattle farm, road on the left, then towards Coteaux des Oliviers farm or 2nd option: road towards Massoules; 2nd road/path straight ahead then road (not to be confused with the hike towards Tournon), return to the Coteau des Oliviers road, descend towards the Cote des Oliviers Richartre farm, descend the tarmac path, follow the path indicated on the right, follow the signs, descend then return to the village of Bas Auradou, and before that, on the left, take the path towards the car park of the church at the top.

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visorandofredo
visorandofredo

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Jan 05, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Nice circular, pretty trails, a bit of tarmac but that's not a problem in wet weather.

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André Ballarin
André Ballarin
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Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Apr 10, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A very pleasant hike. I don't think the distance of 9.1 km is very accurate.
It would be better, in my opinion, to do the route in the opposite direction because the climb to the cemetery car park at the end is quite challenging. If you do the route in the other direction, the end of the route is downhill. This is more relaxing after a three-hour walk.

Thank you.

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françois monique
françois monique

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Dec 12, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Quite a few sections on the road, but an ideal route in wet weather.

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ALICE MARIE
ALICE MARIE

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Dec 05, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

This well-marked route is easy and pleasant to follow as it offers varied landscapes.

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CHRIS58*
CHRIS58*

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : Mar 14, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

The AURADOU hike is part of the PENNE d'AGENAIS hike marked in blue, so follow the route carefully to avoid getting lost. A pleasant hike and hamlet.

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topaze203
topaze203

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Feb 13, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : Yes

Hello, pleasant route, but a third of it is on the road, which is a shame.

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