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Creissels - Car park behind the Salle des Fêtes (opposite the town hall).
Signposted "Monsieur Clapassou", a symbolic iron figure placed at important intersections.
(S/E) Leave the car park and walk past the town hall entrance, following a sign pointing to a waterfall on the right, hidden in the corner of the town hall. Retrace your steps and go around the building to take Rue du Moulin Haut. Follow the yellow markings, which invite you to pass under an arched passage on the left and take the uphill street to Avenue des Cascades.
(1) Take Chemin de la Cascade, which is closed to vehicles, almost opposite. Walk along the Cabrières stream, going upstream.
(2) At the crossroads, go straight on until you reach thefirst waterfall, behind an unsightly penstock. Retrace your steps and turn right at the crossroads. Tackle the climb on terrain that can be slippery after rain, following the yellow markings to the Moulin de Tournal, next to which is the largest waterfall.
This small structure, renovated in 2017, houses a system of wheels and pulleys connected by a vault to a whetstone. It was traditionally used to sharpen tools and knives. "It's not very big, just enough room for a knife grinder to lie on his stomach above the grindstone.
Continue along the trail, crossing a footbridge, then come to the edge of the craggy cliffs before reaching an intersection.
Markings (2 white-red lines)GR® 71D variant
(3) Turn left and follow theGR® to Chemin de Roquebelle. At the crossroads, turn left and you will arrive at the Cascades car park and the hang-gliding landing area.
Leave theGR®
(4) Go straight ahead on the Route du Cirque de St-Martin, which makes a circular loop to the south to cross the stream of the same name.
At La Roque, you can turn left and walk 700 metres to the bottom of the cirque.
In front of a sign raising awareness about the protection of bats, which have made their home in the Boundoulaou cave, turn right and pass in front of the entrance to the St-Martin campsite. At the fork, go straight ahead and join the sports facilities. You will arrive at a crossroads in front of the tennis courts.
(5) Turn right. (alternative route to the left: see practical information). Pass below a football pitch before turning left and walking alongside the ruins of St-Martin de Pris. Cross the St-Martin stream via a footbridge and turn left onto an overgrown path (06/23) wedged between the stream and other football pitches. Go around one of them, then follow a sunken path between two hedges, at the edge of a housing estate. Then turn left along a low wall and take a steep path (with a rope to help you) to Rue de Peyre Longue. Follow this road until it joins Route de Brunas.
(6) Cross the road and take the path to the left of a house entrance. Follow it along the balcony overlooking the Tarn valley, heading east. You will arrive at a crossroads.
GR® trail markers (2 white-red stripes)
(7) Turn left and walk along the gardens to Rue de la Petitasse, which leads to Rue du Moulin Haut. Follow the markings for a while to discover the heritage of the village of Creissels (fountain, wash house, Fontaine footbridge, and even the entrance to the castle, which has been converted into charming guest rooms), then return to Avenue des Comtes d'Armagnac. Cross Place du 19 Mars 1962 and walk past the village hall to return to the car park behind it (S/E).
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