Circular in the Touyre Valley from Montferrier to La Peyregade

Parking is available at the Montferrier tennis courts.

(S/E) Take Rue Labarousse, heading west. At the end of the housing estate, continue on the path that goes straight ahead and joins a road.

(1) Follow it to the left until you reach the hamlet of Martinat.

(2) Turn left onto the path that climbs south, then quickly turns right, heading south-west. You will come to a crossroads.

(3) Take the path opposite and continue to a fork.

(4) Continue right into the Cachalou woods and arrive at the Touyre River.

(5) Turn left and follow the river to reach the road that climbs to La Peyregade.

(6) Leave the road, do not continue towards the village, but take the path opposite, in the bend, heading south-west. Continue until you reach a fork.

(7) Turn completely right to return to La Peyregade.

(8) At the entrance to the hamlet, turn left, then right to return to the village from above. Cross this pretty village with its stone houses. Descend towards the bottom of Peyrade at the bend in the road you passed earlier.

(6) Retrace your steps in the opposite direction. You will come back to the River Touyre and the fork in the road you passed on the way there.

(5) Cross the river, continue straight ahead, heading north, to follow the river on the left and join a road.

(9) Follow it to the right until you reach a path on the right.

(10) Leave the road leading to Les Bordettes, taking this path on the right and crossing the river again, which will take you back to the hamlet of Martinat.

(2) Take the same path back in the opposite direction to return to the car park (S/E).

Between (7) and (8), then at (10), these sections can be quite muddy.

Between (3) and (4), the entrance to an old mine is located along the route. The passage is walled up after 50 m.

(10) The village of La Peyregade is made up of pretty stone houses.