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Park in the car park on Avenue des Écoles, at the entrance to the village.
(S/E) Go behind the restaurant, cross the road, Amiral de Grasse (D2210), and enter the village via Rue montante Vaugrenier. Then take Rue Santoun and pass under the porch to arrive at Rue Sarrazine. Rue Pierre de l'Encan and Rue de la Placette will lead you to the Church of Saint-Jacques le Majeur. Inside are two 14th-century works of art.
(1) Walk past the town hall on your right and continue along Avenue de Yorktown until you reach the fork further on, where you will see marker 20.
(2) Continue left towards Pont du Loup, Chemin de Bessurane. Walk past the cemetery and continue straight on to the 16th-century Saint-Claude Chapel .
(3) Continue straight ahead on the wooded Bessurane path, which once led to Pont du Loup.
(4) At this crossroads, near the Riou de Gourdon, turn right and join the old railway line, now paved, which closed in early 1950.
(5) Turn left, cross the Gourdon Viaduct over the stream of the same name, which is 120 metres long and 28 metres high. Watch out for traffic.Continue straight ahead until you reach marker 3.
(6) Turn left onto the steep path known as Chemin du Paradis. This magnificent paved slanting street once linked Gourdon to the Vallée du Loup.
(7) At marker 4, continue straight ahead towards Canal du Loup on the GR®51. The canal is buried underground and the path is flat. Arrive at marker 18.
(8) Turn right towards Bar-sur-Loup on the GR®51. The path immediately passes under a huge rock. Continue to marker 18a.
(9) Cross the road, taking care with the traffic, and continue straight ahead along the canal until you reach a cairn. There is a chain to climb over and you must continue along the flat canal.
(10) About twenty metres before a 4 m x 4 m cement slab, take a path on the right that winds through a number of small terraces. At the Aqueduc du Foulon, which is a large pipe one metre in diameter, turn right onto the cement structure. At the private property, turn left to rejoin the Chemin de Bouscarle 300 metres further on.
(11) At this bend in the road, take the track on the right. At marker 22, continue straight on towards Bar-sur-Loup to reach the intersection at marker 18a, which you passed earlier.
(9) Continue straight ahead towards Bar-sur-Loup on the paved Chemin Bouscarle. Be careful of traffic. Continue to the first path on the left.
(12) Turn left onto the Chemin de Sainte-Anne uphill. At the top of the hill, turn right onto the Chemin des Chênes, which is paved for a few metres.
(13) At this bend, on the right, follow a metal railing, which will lead you to a narrow path descending to the village of Le Bar-sur-Loup. Walk past a chapel and burial ground. The path ends at a car park.
(14) Walk past the town hall and to the right of the keep, a large square tower. Take the stairs on the right, called La descente du Château. At the bottom of these stairs, take the narrow streets on the left that lead back to the D2210. Cross it carefully and join the (S/E).
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