Brousse-le-Château along the Tarn valley

Date of your route : May 20, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Date of the tour: 18.05.2025
The path is nice, but we changed the end of the circuit to follow the TARN river.
We took the GR 736 which takes us back to the starting point (car park under the bridge at Brousse le Chateau).

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Date of your route : Nov 30, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A fun and sporty circuit

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Date of your route : Sep 11, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A pleasant and sporty walk. Beautiful scenery.

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Date of your route : Jun 15, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

As the route is short, I extended it as far as Pont de la Girbe, where there is a picnic area (+1 km). This enabled me to discover a section of the recently inaugurated GR 736 (Sentier des Gorges et de la Vallée du Tarn). All I had to do was follow it pleasantly back to Brousse-le-Château up the river on the right bank. My route therefore differs slightly from yours from waypoint 8 and avoids the part on the road passing the cemetery. As it's an almost identical route, I'm not going to ask for it to be published to avoid being refused on the grounds of duplication.
The steep start from the village is quite overgrown. A refresher course is in order as the path runs along the edge of the Alrance ravine. A pity for a trail labelled FFRP!

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hello, it's impossible to give your opinion, the sheet is displayed in "micro" format. what can i do? it's not the first time this has happened to me.

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Date of your route : Jul 29, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

I was very surprised by the difficulty of this route: over 8 km, we climbed for almost 4 km and there were very few water points. In itself, it's a beautiful route, but for me it's in the "very difficult" category, equivalent to climbing 91 flights of stairs.
We had done it with the aim of visiting the castle afterwards, which we did. It's a pretty little village where you can easily find a shady spot to grab a bite to eat.

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Date of your route : Aug 13, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : Yes

Great ride. It's uphill at first but then it's great.

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Date of your route : Oct 21, 2012
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

nice walk, a bit sporty (it climbs and descends!) pretty views; the tarmac sections are less pleasant....beautiful village to discover

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Date of your route : Aug 09, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Lovely walk along the Tarn in fine sunshine. Very easy.

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Date of your route : Aug 02, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Beautiful views from Viales to St Martin. It's a shame that the descent doesn't offer a bird's eye view of Brousse. The word "easy" seems a little optimistic, as the hike does require some physical effort. Done in 2h30. Don't leave without strolling through the village.

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Date of your route : Jul 08, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : Yes

Very nice, well-marked walk. Very pleasant and well shaded. The village of Brousse is well worth a visit. I recommend it.

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Date of your route : Dec 10, 2019
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average

Lovely walk. Well signposted and easy to follow with the description.

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Date of your route : May 29, 2019
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

A shady walk around a superb site (medieval village) with almost Mediterranean vegetation.
Signposting to be refreshed.

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Date of your route : Apr 22, 2019
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

nice walk be careful the first 3 km are steep then parish specific to Brittany beautiful views of the plateau

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Hello,

@jcds83

The first two stages of the tour should be rewritten in this way.

Thank you for your suggestions. The description has been changed.

The directions should be replaced by visual markers because not everyone has a compass with them when they go hiking.

No compass but two rules:

1. Follow the description
2. Relate the map-description/terrain with the Visorando map (IGN 1/25000).

A third rule is optional:

3. If possible, check your position using the Visorando GPS Application or your GPS.

Sincerely

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