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Depart from the car park in front of the small church in Les Crozes.
(S/E) Follow the track north-west for about 100 metres, then take the sharp left turn. After passing a hairpin bend, you will come to a crossroads.
(1) Turn left onto a smaller track which, after 500 metres, becomes a path through a thick forest of oak and arbutus trees. You will then reach a metal cross, the Croix de Lauriol.
(2) Continue downhill to the hamlet of Lauriol.
(3) After the hamlet, join a wide track and follow it to the right until you reach the ruins of Tibéret.
(4) Continue along the track until you reach a crossroads between two vineyards.
(5) Take a sharp right onto a path that goes around the vineyard and arrive at a crossroads (large oak tree).
(6) Turn right onto the wide track that goes through a pine forest. At the crossroads, go straight ahead and you will come to a fork.
(7) Follow the right-hand branch. At the T-junction, turn right at a 90° angle. Do the same at the next junction and continue straight ahead until you reach a high point. Turn left and you will arrive at a magnificent drystone shelter.
(8) From here, there is a beautiful 360° view and a tree with a canette a little further on at marker 343. Stay on the main path which descends and leads to a statue of the Virgin Mary.
(9) There is a lovely view of the village of Vailhan and the Castelas. Then follow a small path on the left before the statue to return to the village. At the junction with a path coming from the left, continue to the right. Cross the village, keeping to the right on Rue de Bouscarel. Pass the town hall and continue straight ahead. At the crossroads, turn left to reach the beautiful Romanesque church. Pass between the church and the cemetery.
(10) From the car park behind the church, cross the departmental road and follow the wide track on the right which climbs north-east and overlooks the Lac des Olivettes. When you reach the spring, continue along the path to the pidgeon hunting hut.
(11) Turn left onto the path that follows the ridge and arrives at some vineyards.
(12) Once at the corner of the vineyard, turn right, then quickly left and follow a path that joins the track below.
(1) Follow this track on the right and return to the car park where you started (S/E).
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