Route around Montjustin from Céreste

Route around the village of Montjustin. Magnificent views of the Grand Lubéron and the Encrême valley.

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 8.72 km
  • ◔
    Average duration: 3h 15 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Moderate

  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 257 m
  • ↘
    Descent: - 249 m

  • ▲
    Highest point: 570 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 370 m
  • ⚐ Country: France
  • ⚐
    Area: Luberon
  • ⚐ District: Céreste (04280)
  • ⚑
    Start/End: N 43.856057° / E 5.591623°
  • ❏
    IGN map(s): Ref. 3242OT, 3342OT
  • Hour-by-hour weather

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Description of the walk

The starting point for the hike is the car park opposite the Céreste Tourist Office.

(S/E) Head towards Saint-Michel Church by going up Boulevard Victor Hugo. Continue left along Route de Vitrolles (D31). Pass the cemetery.

(1) About 250 metres after the cemetery, turn left onto theGR®4(marked in white and red). Walk along farmland and then enter a wood of oak and box trees (unfortunately victims of the box tree moth).

(2) At the fork, take the right-hand path which leads to Montjustin via the ridges. Continue straight on along the ridge to Montjustin

(3) Once in Montjustin, turn left, then left again immediately afterwards, towards Céreste via the plain. Pass in front of a wash house with a drinking water tap.

(4) To return to Céreste, take the path on the right marked in yellow that descends towards the cemetery.

(5) Follow the path down to the right (yellow markings) and, at the next junction, turn left and continue through the woods, following the markings. Further on, the path veers to the right and heads north before joining a track just at the edge.

(6) Follow this track to the left. Further on, ignore the access to Bastide Neuve and continue straight ahead to the road.

(7) Take the road on the left.

(2) Continue straight ahead and retrace your steps to return to the starting point (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 381 m - Tourist Office car park
  2. 1 : km 0.68 - alt. 385 m - GR on the left
  3. 2 : km 1.69 - alt. 421 m - Junction. Common A/R
  4. 3 : km 3.88 - alt. 551 m - Montjustin
  5. 4 : km 4.1 - alt. 570 m - Wash house and drinking water
  6. 5 : km 4.27 - alt. 546 m - Path on the right, yellow markings
  7. 6 : km 5.46 - alt. 392 m - Exit the woods on the left
  8. 7 : km 6.38 - alt. 378 m - Road on the left. Near the - Encrême (rivière)
  9. S/E : km 8.72 - alt. 382 m - Tourist Office car park

Notes

Wash house with drinking water tap at point (4).
Part of the hike is in the woods, which can be pleasant in hot weather.
Be sure to wear good walking shoes.

Before heading back down, you can continue on to the old parish church.

Always be cautious and plan ahead when you're outdoors. Visorando and the author of this route cannot be held responsible for any accidents occurring on this route.

The GR® and PR® markings are the intellectual property of the Fédération Française de Randonnée Pédestre.

Reviews and comments

4.6 / 5
Based on 15 reviews

Reliability of the description
4.8 / 5
Ease of following the route
4.5 / 5
Route interest
4.5 / 5
User 4454643

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Oct 13, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Fairly easy walk: a few descents with stones
route passing through the village of Montjustin: pleasant, simple, peaceful, worth seeing
beautiful scenery
easy route to follow, well signposted: red and white then yellow
allow 3 hours

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User 27785664

Overall rating : 3.7 / 5

Date of your route : Oct 05, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★☆☆☆ Disappointing
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A very beautiful hike with stunning views, including of the Alps.
Difficulties with signage outside the GR, which led us down unexpected paths, but without any major consequences

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User 12146850

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Sep 16, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Pleasant hike, no difficulties.
The climb up to the ridges is a bit long, but the last part is very sunny.
Good description of the route.

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cray38
cray38
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Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Aug 01, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A beautiful, easy hike. The first part is mostly sunny, and the return trip from Montjustin is mostly shaded by the forest.
You could also start the hike from Montjustin (small car park on the route) for those coming from Manosque/Forcalquier. For those who want to shorten the total duration (2 hours for me at a fast pace), you can also do the loop at point 2, leaving point 1 aside, which avoids the least interesting part of the paved road that leads to Céreste.

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User 26649365

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Jul 21, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Pleasant walk and nice little bench (before the wash house) for picnics.

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Lydie13250
Lydie13250

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : Nov 24, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

picnic at the community café (closed but tables and chairs available) – very pleasant. Very pretty village, very pretty and fairly easy hike, return through the woods... mushrooms!

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lediel
lediel

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Oct 25, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A very pleasant hike. My 5-year-old daughter finished on my back. We left at 11 a.m. and arrived at 4 p.m. (5 hours). We were a group of 20 people. We had a picnic in front of Montjustin Town Hall on the tables and chairs of the community café (closed at the time). It was windy in Montjustin.

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Randobriot
Randobriot

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : May 26, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Beautiful view of the southern Alps from Montjustin, a very pretty village. Easy trail to follow. There was a market in Cereste, so we parked after the hairpin bend on the left before the church, above the school and a few dozen metres before the cemetery. The only downside that day was that we came across a group of eight quad bikes coming down from Montjustin. We asked them to slow down when passing hikers so that they wouldn't breathe in the dust and exhaust fumes. They seemed to agree.

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Taboula
Taboula

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : May 13, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A very pleasant, easy hike.

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J-Loup
J-Loup

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Mar 21, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

An easy and very pleasant hike in good weather. Don't forget to visit Montjustin on the way!

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med2europe
med2europe

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Jan 17, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A very pleasant hike with no difficulties and very well signposted.

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Pierre Charvet
Pierre Charvet

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

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

A very pleasant winter walk with a clearly marked route. It starts in a shaded area, which is admittedly a little damp after rain, but ends on the ridges leading to the charming little village of Montjustin. A wonderful discovery, there's a great atmosphere here. Breathtaking views from the village balconies: over the plain, the hilltop villages and the snow-capped peaks of the Alpes de Haute-Provence. A dream picnic spot. Return through the forest where the winter sun shines through, across the plain, passing beautiful buildings. Given the shaded areas, I imagine this walk is also perfect for summer. Thank you for this wonderful discovery!

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Malouneo
Malouneo

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : May 18, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A very pleasant and scenic hike with unobstructed views of the Luberon mountains, the picturesque village of Montjustin, and a descent to Cereste through the woods. I was also accompanied by many varieties of flowers along the way.

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danileo04
danileo04

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Jan 12, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good

Beware of very muddy and slippery sections on the climb between 2 and 3 after heavy rain. Picnic with stunning views at the old village fortress. Daniel.

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bistroquet
bistroquet

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Jan 05, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good

A BIG THANK YOU for publishing this beautiful walk. Indeed, after starting in the woods, you hike along a balcony with a superb view of the Luberon (for those who have time, take a short detour along the superb ridge path).
You then arrive at the stunning village of Montjustin. Views of the snow-capped Alps, the Vaucluse mountains, etc. – a visual feast. We'll be doing it again. I usually rate my hikes: 18/20 for this one.

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