Circular around the Plateau de Bèdes via Jouques

Date of your route : Jun 17, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Very well, but from March to May it gets hot

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Date of your route : Dec 16, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Very beautiful route, but unless I'm mistaken, there are a lot of tarmac roads at the start, then it's pure bliss. Thank you, Visio...

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Date of your route : Jan 08, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A very beautiful and varied hike, completed at the end of December 2023.
However, please note the description.
At point 3, in the valley, do not take the path that veers slightly to the left, but rather the one that "crosses" the valley (in front of you) and will lead you, after a few hundred metres, to the cliff walls.
You will then see a yellow and blue cross with a line through it on the left, at the foot of the cliff, which seems to indicate the wrong direction. However, you should take this direction and ignore a second yellow and blue cross a little further on! The route does indeed follow this path!

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

A truly beautiful hike with varied landscapes and trails. The passage through the valley was not difficult as the weather was dry. The route description is very accurate (I can confirm that the trees at the oratory are indeed holm oaks and not olive trees, but this does not affect the route). I would like to add two small details: there is a beautiful drystone shelter on the right between the oratory and the stele, and another one a little before that, I can't quite remember where. and a little tip: just before point 8, there is a nice path on the right that runs parallel to the road and rejoins it further on. We took it, which meant less road walking and a more pleasant walk.
Many thanks for suggesting this lovely walk!

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Date of your route : Aug 21, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

a pleasant, easy walk with some truly natural sections and others on the edge of the village

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Date of your route : Jul 13, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : Yes

The start of the hike left me perplexed, with 1.7 km of tarmac
But the rest was just magnificent, full of discoveries, walking along the canyon, the drystone shelters, the cave, a real pleasure to be repeated

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Date of your route : Feb 20, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

An easy hike, sheltered from the wind for most of the route. We missed a stage between points 4 and 5. We walked along the cliffs on the left, which took us off course. We rejoined the route at the junction with the GR with the help of our GPS.

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Date of your route : May 31, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A wonderful family outing, varied with beautiful views

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Date of your route : Oct 25, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★☆☆☆ Disappointing
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : Not used / Not applicable
Very busy route : No

We had decided to do this route quickly. After some hesitation, we found ourselves almost in Jouques, without passing by the chapel. We turned back and reread the description, but couldn't figure out where we had gone wrong, even after looking at the computer that evening. Usually our hikes go well, but that day, this walk just wasn't for us. On to new adventures!

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Date of your route : Sep 30, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Point 3: After the chapel, the ravine may be tricky in rainy weather
Point 5: At the edge of the woods, small oratory: Continue straight ahead (GPX compliant) for about 700 metres. At the top of the slope, large stele, turn left 50 metres before.
Durance and gravel pits 3/4 km away as the crow flies. Not really a panoramic view, but a short hike that is very pleasant overall

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Date of your route : Apr 20, 2019
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

errors in the olive groves (they are holm oaks) No marker but a sign with three arrows and a barely visible inscription (CO 122 or something like that) and there you have to turn left.
7 km return trip = almost 10 km covered.

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Date of your route : Apr 22, 2019
Reliability of the description : ★★☆☆☆ Disappointing
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

A pleasant short hike, with the Chapel of the Constellation and the descent into the valley
Serious problem with signposting at points 7 and 8

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Date of your route : Mar 09, 2019
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average

Pleasant hike, not very busy, but few views.

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Hello,

@cjr83

Changes made.

Thank you

See you soon

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Date of your route : Jan 20, 2019
Reliability of the description : ★★☆☆☆ Disappointing
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good

very beautiful hike, accessible and enjoyable, but there were a few issues with the description that caused me to take the wrong path a few times
for greater clarity, here are my suggested changes
at S/E, delete "the paved path turns into a sandy path" because it is paved until 2
at 5, I would add after "turn left" "at the oratory in front of the olive trees"
and especially at 6 BEFORE the stele, because there is a path there that leads down to Jouques

many thanks for this hike, which allowed me to discover a chapel I didn't know about. The passage through the valley is sublime and offers superb views

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