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Parking below the church.
The white and yellow marked trail crosses other similarly marked trails along the way. Be sure to follow the direction changes indicated by the hiking poles.
(S/E) From the car park, head south-east towards the Ruisseau de Toufache, which you cross to join the path paved with large stones that climbs into the woods after the Ruisseau des Charlots. Join the tarmac road to Serrou.
(1) Turn left and after about 200 metres, continue right on the marked trail. Cross the Rivet stream and the woods until you reach the Chadeyron road, which you follow towards the hamlet of the same name.
(2) Turn left towards Les Cortasses, a group of houses, which you cross on the left to join the path (viewpoint over the Ligne valley). Continue along the path until you reach the Route du Serrou
(3) Turn left. After 250m, turn onto the marked path on the right between the fences. Cross the Ruisseau des Brousses and climb up the wide hairpin bends on the Laurac road. Take the road on the right and then immediately left. After the houses, continue on the marked path.
(4) Continue along the marked path on the right, then turn right again to join the paved road, which you follow to the left for about 100 metres.
(5)Please note: the trail marked on IGN maps no longer corresponds to the markings on the ground. Follow the markings. Continue along the paved road, turn left at the crossroads, then left again, and the road will turn right to follow the old route. Continue along the path that leads to Montréal. Follow the signs through the arched passages under the houses. Cross the D312 and the squares towards the church.
(6) Pass in front of the church and reach the road that runs alongside the castle. Turn left, go around the castle following the signposts, and descend through cobbled lanes. Join the Chemin des Côtes. Descend on the left and continue on flat ground above the Roubreau.
(7) At the "la Côte" hiking signpost, follow the signs for Laurac, Toufache and Sanilhac on the left. On this long flat section, 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 paths on the right). Continue left on the path going uphill towards the Route de Sanilhac.
(8) Follow the paved road to the right to pass the cemetery. At the "Croix de la Mission" signpost, continue on the road towards Laurac, Toufache. Take the first road on the left after 200 metres, then the paved slanting street on the right, following the signs. Continue straight ahead until you reach the next signpost.
(9) At the "Toufache" hiking signpost, head towards "Rosières, Vernon" opposite.
This is a very pleasant path that passes by the Toufache spring and continues through the vineyards to the next pole.
(10) At the "Delbara" hiking signpost, turn left towards "Laurac" and follow the signs. At the cross at the edge of the woods, take the path on the right.
Leave the first path on your right and take the second path. Continue downhill until you reach the road.
(11) At the "Les Blancards" hiking signpost, turn left towards "Laurac".
After about 200 metres, turn left onto the signposted path and descend to Laurac.
When the road after the cemetery turns right, take the paved slanting street on the left (signposted) which descends to the Ruisseau de Toufache.
(12) At the "La Calade" hiking signpost, follow the signs for "Info Rando", crossing the stream on a footbridge, then turn right to arrive at the left bank of the stream and the Laurac "swimming pool" (see information board on site). Take the departmental road on the right which leads back to the centre of Laurac.
(13) Turn left to pass below the church via Rue de l'Externat. Continue downhill, ignoring the signposts, to return to the starting point (S/E).
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