Circular loop under the Pioch Madame

Date of your route : May 15, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average
Very busy route : No

The access road is closed, so it’s impossible to turn off it to reach the start – likely due to a safety issue – so you have to park in a nearby car park, but it’s dangerous to cross the road on foot.
There are no longer any vineyards as indicated on the information sheet, so the landscape is rather barren with uprooted vines; otherwise it’s quite pleasant, though a bit monotonous.

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Date of your route : May 06, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average
Very busy route : No

No signposting and not as straightforward as you might think, especially between points 1 and 2 and at point 3
The view is quite enclosed, with an almost unbroken view of Villeveyrac, and only a few metres of view over Montpellier
Weather permitting, you can make out the Aveyron mountains and the Pyrenees
We were expecting more unobstructed views of the sea or the Bassin de Thau
Very windy walk (worth noting)

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Date of your route : Mar 18, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A short walk offering plenty of variety, both in terms of scenery and terrain. A beautiful view over the Thau Lagoon.

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Date of your route : Feb 22, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A pleasant, peaceful walk taken in February 2024 under bright sunshine and spring-like temperatures, with a perfectly clear 360-degree view. The route is easy and offers views stretching far across the Villevayrac plain, where you can spot a few bauxite quarries. No sightings of the little bustard, but traces and rooting marks from wild boar, and a flock of sheep and goats tended by friendly Patou dogs. We also came across a hiker, a shepherd and three off-road motorbikes – that was the extent of the activity. So, an excellent, peaceful afternoon, which suited me perfectly as I’m not one for competition...

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Date of your route : Oct 09, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

After a bit of a struggle to find the start of the walk, we enjoyed an easy and pleasant hike.

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Date of your route : Apr 14, 2021
Reliability of the description : Not used / Not applicable
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★☆☆☆ Disappointing
Very busy route : No

A lot of walking for the sake of walking: roads, tracks, few nice views. We combined this walk with the Capitelles de la Moure route, starting at point 3 to cover a longer distance. But it was so uninteresting that we cut across the vineyards before point 2 to get back up to the DFCI more quickly, allowing us to rejoin the rest of the Capitelles de la Moure walk… We also tried to go over the DFCI to reach the ridge, without much success.
Worth noting: a lovely view of the village of Villeveyrac and an interesting view of some rocks… That’s about it!

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Date of your route : Jan 06, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average
Very busy route : No

Apart from the views of a few villages, this walk is rather disappointing. Too much heath. Definitely not to be attempted in hot weather.

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Date of your route : Jul 13, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average
Very busy route : No

The walk was too short, so I extended it to double the distance

Avoid hot weather

A looped walk, of moderate interest

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