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Car park located above the Val des Nymphes Chapel on the edge of the D 472.
(S/E) From the car park, cross the road and take the wide track opposite. Then turn onto thefirst path on the right that enters the woods. Continue to the signpost: Romany 162 m.
(1) Do not join the tarmac road but stay in the woods by taking the path on the left. At the next fork, keep left (mountain bike trail 5-11-13).
A little further on, at the various forks, turn right, left and then right again to reach a wide path as you leave the woods. Blue dots mark the trail here and there.
(2) Continue straight on Chemin des Rochettes until you reach a house on the left. Go down to the right on the path that leads into the woods, opposite this house.
(3) At the next fork, turn right (mountain bike trail 2).
(4) At the next junction, on a flat section (beautiful view of Les Granges Gontardes, Les Trois Becs and La Lance mountain), go straight down.
Ignore the path on your right that descends into private property (prohibition sign and branches across the path). Walk alongside the lavender fields to reach a small tarmac road (Chemin du Coudoulet).
(5) Leave this road when it turns at a right angle. Descend into the woods on the path in the bend, keeping to the left (mountain bike trail 11). At the next fork, follow the path on the right (mountain bike trail 11).
Continue down the gentle slope on this path, which widens and becomes stony.
After a right-hand bend, turn right at the T-junction, in front of a barbed wire fence and ruined farm buildings.
Continue along this main trail (MTB trail 11), ignoring a path branching off to the left. Walk past some stables and a riding arena below. As you leave the woods, the trail then passes between ploughed fields and lavender fields.
(6) When you reach a tarmac road (Chemin du Creux Rouge), follow it for a few metres to join the signposted MTB trail 11 on the right.
Keep to the right towards the ochre cliffs, walking along a path carved out by water runoff. You will reach the first red-dominated ochre cliffs. Carefully follow the tracks at the foot of the cliffs, turning left. Go around the cream-coloured ochre rocks on the left to reach the second arc of the cliffs.
Descend this side of the ochre cliffs via a path until you reach the VTT11 trail near the arrival path on the site, on the right. Follow the markings, keeping to the left on a red ochre path. Climb back up to the plateau above the ochre cliffs (it's a steep climb!).
(7) Continue keeping left on the path that descends (VTT11 trail).
On a flat section, continue straight ahead on a wide track (VTT 11), then straight ahead again (VTT 5-13). Continue ignoring the paths on the left until you reach Chemin des Rochettes.
(8) Turn left onto this path, then right onto Chemin des Esplanes. Walk along this wide path between the fields until you reach a tarmac road leading to the outdoor activity centre. Continue straight ahead until you reach the signpost: Romany 162 m, which you passed on the way there.
(1) Retrace your steps to reach the D 472. Turn right, cross the road and a little further on, turn left onto the access road to the Chapelle du Val des Nymphes.
Take the time to visit the site, building, pond and spring, and soak up its special atmosphere.
Return to the car park (S/E) by retracing your steps.
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