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Car park below the church.
The trail, marked in white and yellow throughout, crosses other paths marked in the same way. Take care to follow the changes in direction indicated by the signposts.
(S/E) From the car park, head south-east towards the lower reaches of the Ruisseau de Toufache, which you cross to join the path paved with large stones leading up into the woods after the Ruisseau des Charlots. Join the tarmac road to Serrou.
(1) Turn left, then after about 200 metres, continue to the right onto the signposted path. Cross the Ruisseau de Rivet and the woodland until you reach the Route du Chadeyron, which you follow towards the hamlet of the same name.
(2) Turn left towards Les Cortasses, a group of houses which you pass on the left to reach the path (viewpoint over the Ligne Valley). Continue along the path until you reach the Route du Serrou
(3) Turn left. After 250 metres, turn onto the signposted path on the right between the fences. Cross the Ruisseau des Brousses and climb up the wide hairpin bends onto the Route de Laurac. Take the road to the right, then immediately left. After the houses, continue along the signposted path.
(4) Continue along the marked path on the right, then turn right again to join the tarmac road; follow this to the left for about a hundred metres.
(5)Please note: the route shown on IGN maps no longer corresponds to the signposting on the ground; follow the signposts. Continue along the tarmac road, turn left at the junction, then left again; the road then veers right to follow the old route. Continue along the path as it leads into Montréal. Follow the markings through the arched passages beneath the houses. Cross the D312, then the squares, heading towards the church.
(6) Walk past the church and reach the road that runs alongside the castle. Turn left, go round the castle following the signposts, and head down the cobbled alleyways. Join the Chemin des Côtes. Head down to the left, then continue on level ground above the Roubreau.
(7) At the ‘La Côte’ signpost, turn left towards Laurac, Toufache and Sanilhac. On this long, flat stretch, ignore a path leading down to the right. Follow the dirt track to a barn (contrary to what is shown on the IGN map, there are no other tracks to the right). Continue left along the track as it climbs towards the Route de Sanilhac.
(8) Follow the tarmac road to the right, passing in front of the cemetery. At the “Croix de la Mission” signpost, continue along the road towards Laurac and Toufache. Take the first road on the left after 200 metres, then the paved slanting street to the right, following the signposts. Continue along the straightest part of the path until you reach the next signpost.
(9) At the “Toufache” signpost, head towards “Rosières, Vernon” straight ahead.
A very pleasant path passing by the source of the Toufache and continuing through the vineyards to the next signpost.
(10) At the “Delbara” signpost, turn left towards “Laurac”, following the signposts. At the cross at the edge of the woods, take the path on the right.
Pass the first path on the right and follow the second path. Continue downhill to the road.
(11) At the “Les Blancards” signpost, turn left towards “Laurac”.
After about 200 metres, turn onto the signposted path on the left to descend to Laurac.
When the road after the cemetery bends to the right, take the paved slanting street on the left (signposted) which leads down to the Ruisseau de Toufache.
(12) At the “La Calade” signpost, head towards “Info Rando”, crossing the stream via a footbridge, then turn right to follow the left bank of the stream to the “piscine” in Laurac (see the information board on site). Take the departmental road on the right, which leads back to the centre of Laurac.
(13) Turn left to walk below the church along Rue de l’Externat. Continue downhill along this street, ignoring the signposts, to return to the starting point (S/E).
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