Circular route from Villemur-sur-Tarn to Bondigoux, via the hillsides

Park in the Nelson Mandela car park on the left if you have crossed the Tarn via the bridge.

(S/E) Walk up Place du Souvenir to the end and take Rue de la Côte, which takes you out of the village and quickly up a steep hill. You will come to a first fork in the road.

(1) Continue straight ahead and, after about 2 km, you will come to a crossroads with a cross.

(2) Take the wide path on the right towards Bondigoux. After about 1.5 km, the path begins to descend, first gently and then more steeply, before joining a tarmac road after a right-hand bend and then a left-hand bend.

(3) Turn left (towards Miquelou) and, when the road turns left and climbs 200 m further on, leave it and continue straight ahead on the dirt track. This descends slightly then climbs again, narrows and climbs steeply to reach a crossroads (tarmac road on the right, stone tracks opposite and on the left).

(4) Turn left onto the wide gravel path that climbs towards Villemur. When the slope levels out, the path becomes grassy and, staying on the ridge, leads 1.7 km further on to the crossroads passed on the way out (marked by a cross).

(2) This time, turn right to join the D87, which arrives 100 m further on from the right. Continue straight ahead on this departmental road for another hundred metres or so.

(5) Leave it and take the path that branches off to the left. Follow it down towards Villemur. After a left-hand bend followed by a right-hand bend and a short climb, this path passes under the water tower and joins a tarmac road (which provides access to the antennas). Continue straight ahead on this road. After a steep descent, you will come back to Rue de la Côte.

(1) Turn right and, following the same route as on the way there, return to the Nelson Mandela car park (S/E).

At point (3), you can turn right onto Chemin du Lavoir, cross the bridge over the Souet to pass through Bondigoux (D22). At the crossroads, Place de la Mairie, continue along Route de Montvalen, with the church on your right, then turn left onto Chemin du Cimetière and continue to (4).