Font du But circular route

This walk is not difficult and takes you through chestnut woods and meadows on the hillsides. It follows wide paths or small country lanes, alternating between shaded and sunny sections.

Details

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 4.13 mi
  • ◔
    Average duration: 2h 10 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Easy

  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 315 ft
  • ↘
    Descent: - 331 ft

  • ▲
    Highest point: 810 ft
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 466 ft

Description of the walk

From Le Bugue, take the D710 towards Journiac and Périgueux. After 3 km, turn left onto the road leading to Saint-Avit-de-Valard. Ride to the town hall car park.

(S/E) With your back to the town hall and its starting sign, take the tarmac road opposite towards Saint-Alvère for about 300 m until you reach the first dirt track on the left, just past the houses.

(1) Follow this track for about 500 m until you reach the Y-junction.

(2) Turn right onto the dirt track at the signpost. After 300 m, at the Fork in the road (not shown on the map), keep right, then cross the road and continue along the track opposite to reach the access road to Fongauffier.

(3) Turn left and continue along the Route des Fieux et de la Poujelie, crossing a road as you go. Enter the forest and cross a meadow.

(4) At the end of the meadow, take the path on the right at the edge of the woods, which joins a road after the hamlet of La Clavelie.

(5) Turn right onto the road, then 50 m further on, at the signpost, continue straight ahead on the road, leaving the wooden house on your left. You will come to a Y-junction.

(6) Take the path on the left. When you reach the hamlet of Fongauffier, turn left and walk past the Lac Noir farm (where ducks are reared for foie gras) located towards the end of the path. Continue straight ahead at the next two junctions.

(7) Go straight on at the bend, leaving the road. The path runs along the bottom of the valley and then turns right. Join the road and follow it to the right towards the village. You will reach the Place de la Mairie (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : mi 0 - alt. 610 ft - Place de la Mairie
  2. 1 : mi 0.19 - alt. 630 ft - Turn left
  3. 2 : mi 0.43 - alt. 702 ft - Signpost
  4. 3 : mi 1.1 - alt. 719 ft - Y-junction
  5. 4 : mi 1.82 - alt. 810 ft - Meadow
  6. 5 : mi 2.42 - alt. 702 ft - Junction with the road, on the right
  7. 6 : mi 2.6 - alt. 673 ft - Y-junction
  8. 7 : mi 3.3 - alt. 653 ft - Bend, opposite
  9. S/E : mi 4.13 - alt. 610 ft - Place de la Mairie

Worth a visit

Reviews and comments

4.8 / 5
Based on 3 reviews

Reliability of the description
5 / 5
Ease of following the route
5 / 5
Route interest
4.3 / 5
User 6410852

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Aug 18, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Well-maintained circuit but, from what we saw, not very busy... but it was already hot!

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User 20563126

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : May 30, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

It’s a lovely route, but be careful – I wasn’t so lucky. When I reached the duck farmer’s place, two of the dogs from the property came charging out onto the public footpath and I really thought they were going to bite me. Luckily, I was on my own and managed to keep my cool; I’d probably have panicked if my children had been with me. Do be careful in this area. The owners were slow to call their dogs back.

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bernardyvesmartine
bernardyvesmartine

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Jun 11, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

easy and pleasant, shaded with very few cars on the tarmac

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