Chemin de Lourties-Monbrun

Park at Place du Foirail in Masseube.

(S/E) Take Rue de l’Estremau; at the end of the street, turn right and then take the first left.

(1) Continue along the Chemin de Lestive to the ‘Vierge’ crossroads.

(2) Turn right onto the Chemin de la Mirandette, passing the La Mirandète experimental farm. Stay on this path until you reach the crossroads by the small bridge over the Ferran stream.

(3) Cross the bridge and take the path on the left until you reach a small tarmac road. Walk past the chapel and continue to the next junction. Turn right onto the Chemin de Monbrun. You will reach the crossroads with the main road.

(4) Continue along the Chemin de Monbrun, passing through the hamlet of Sabaillan. At the next junction, turn left. Then turn right and you’ll reach another crossroads at a place called Les Hountaignéros.

(5) Turn left onto the track, cross the Ruisseau de Larrazet and then reach the place known as Milhon. Continue along the footpath which runs alongside the tarmac road. Follow this footpath uphill, passing a wooden hut on the left, and carry on until you reach the crossroads.

(6) Turn left. Walk alongside the aqueduct to the village of Lourties-Monbrun on the Chemin de Masseube. Turn right.

(7) Enter the village; at the junction in front of the town hall, turn left and walk past the church. Continue along the Chemin de Saint-Arroman to the hamlet of Haouès. Stay on this path until you reach a T-junction.

(8) Turn left onto the Chemin des Crêtes until you reach a three-way junction. Keep left to reach the hamlet of Escardénais. You’ll come to another three-way junction in the hamlet of Arné.

(9) Continue to the right along the tarmac track, which turns into a track suitable for vehicles; pass some farm buildings until you reach the tarmac track again. You’ll come to a cluster of houses.

(10) Turn onto Chemin de Lestive opposite and follow it to the crossroads by the statue of the Virgin Mary

(2) Follow the same path as on the way there until you reach Place du Foirail (S/E).

The Lourties-Monbrun aqueduct.
Panoramic view of the Pyrenees mountain range from the Chemin des Crêtes.