Park along the Vézère river at Allée de Delbonnel.
Mountain bike trail no. 11
(S/E) With your back to the Bleufond sports complex, take Allée de Delbonnel on the right. At the stop sign, turn right, then left onto the path after the stadium. Go along the stadium, then turn left again before joining the road.
(1) Follow this road to the left.
(2) At the stop sign, turn right onto Rue du Barry, then take the first left towards La Béchade.
(3) At the stop sign, take Avenue de Lascaux on the left and continue to the end.
(4) Keep right on the D704 and, at the roundabout, turn left towards Périgueux. Continue to the next roundabout.
(5) Turn left towards Les Eyzies. Continue to the end of Rue de Juillet and, at the crossroads, continue straight ahead towards Thonac/Les Eyzies.
(6) After the traffic lights, turn right onto Rue du Général Foy towards Fanlac, then immediately turn left onto Chemin des Gardes and continue to the next crossroads.
(7) Take the cul-de-sac on the left, then at the end of it, continue along the path and turn right twice. You will reach a junction with a forest path opposite.
(8) Take the path on the left, then the one on the right that runs along the edge of the forest and arrive at a fork.
(9) Keep right on another forest path, as well as at the next fork, and reach the edge of the woods.
(10) Leave the forest via Chemin du But and walk past the houses to reach the road. Turn left, then right.
(11) At the three-way junction, keep left on the path before the house, then continue, again to the left, along the path through the fields until you reach a wood.
(12) At the fork, take the forest path on the right and continue until you reach the road.
(13) Follow the middle road, cross the Fanlac bridge and take the path on the left at the start of the forest until you reach Fanlac church.
(14) Take the street on the right, then turn left. At the end of the road, continue straight ahead on the path.
(15) At the bottom of the descent, turn onto the road on the left and pass in front of the Château d'Auberoche to continue to a road.
(16) Turn right, then take the first road on the right: Côte du Breuilh. Cross the stream, then turn left onto the path after the house. Continue straight ahead until you reach the next tarmac road.
(17) Follow it to the right until you reach the start of the second lake.
(18) Turn left onto the path that leads into the forest.
(19) At the crossroads, take the path on the left, then the one on the right, and continue until you reach a small tarmac road.
(20) Take the small road on the left and then left again at the end of it. Quickly, keep to the right, heading towards Pech d'Honneur. Then continue straight ahead until you reach a road. Keep going until the next intersection.
(21) At the 90° left turn, take the GR®36 on the right and reach the departmental road.
(22) Turn right, then take the first road on the left and walk along the cemetery until you reach the stop sign.
(23) Take Impasse de la Rochette opposite.
(24) At the fork with Chemin du Stade, turn right. Continue straight ahead to the end of the road and turn right to follow La Vézère to the village of Saint-Léon-sur-Vézère: pass under the bridge to reach Saint-Léon-sur-Vézère.
(25) Immediately afterwards, turn right, pass in front of the town hall, and turn right again, cross the bridge and continue to a four-way intersection.
(26) Turn left towards La Croix de Jacques via Chemin de la Malenie Fonchave. Pass an intersection, enter the forest and continue to a four-way crossroads near some houses.
(27) Turn left onto the castine path and, at the end of it, keep left at the houses.
(28) Take the path on the left at the entrance to the forest.
(29) Turn right at the fork, then left at the next four forks.
(30) At the fork, go up to the right towards Pechao.
(31) At the fork, turn left, pass a crossroads, then, at the edge of the forest, take the path towards the village of Sergeac.
(32) At the end of Chemin du Séchoir, turn right onto the road, pass the town hall and Cramirat Castle and continue to the edge of the village.
(33) At the crossroads, follow the road to the left towards Montignac until you reach Chemin du Lavoir de l'Odonie, on the right before a stone cross.
(34) Take this road and continue until you reach the tarmac.
(35) Keep right on the road, then turn left onto the castine path (wooden post with green band indicating the start of the trail) and join Chemin de la Muraille on the left.
(36) Follow it, enter the forest and reach a crossroads at the entrance to the hamlet of La Voulperie.
(37) Turn right onto Chemin de la Voulperie and follow it to a road.
(38) Follow it to the right, then take the road on the left towards Les Cabanes until you reach a forest path on the right.
(39) Turn onto this road and continue until you pass the cemetery. Continue along the road in the same direction and head towards the centre of the village.
(40) Turn right onto the road before the church towards the Valojoulx ponds. Continue along this path until you reach a road near a wash house.
(41) Turn right, then left onto Chemin du Castanet. Pass the hamlet and take a path on the left.
(42) Turn left onto the path between the trees and you will reach a road. Turn right towards La Peatland.
(43) Take the path on the left, then Impasse de la Peatland on the right. At the end of this, follow the path that passes to the left of the tennis court and arrive at a fork.
(44) Turn left and continue straight ahead to the end of the path, passing La Valette.
(45) At the end of Impasse de la Valette, turn right, then left onto the road. Stay on Route des Combes and keep to the right.
(46) Just after the sign for Les Combes, take the path on the right, then right again onto the path that leads into the forest.
(47) At the fork at the bottom of the valley, take the track on the left and follow the edge of the forest. Admire the view of Château de la Filolie.
(48) At the end of the path, continue straight ahead on the road.
(49) Take the path on the left after the bridge and you will come to a road.
(50) Continue straight ahead and pass to the right of the waste collection centre.
(51) At the end of the straight road, take the path on the left, then quickly continue to the right.
(52) At the fork, take the street on the right and at the stop sign, follow the road on the right and then return to the crossroads from the outward journey.
(3) Continue straight ahead to return to the starting point via the same route (S/E).