Route de la Besnerie in Monteaux

Short walk on the hillsides, along the vineyards.

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 4.20 km
  • ◔
    Average duration: 1h 20 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Easy

  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 44 m
  • ↘
    Descent: - 43 m

  • ▲
    Highest point: 92 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 62 m
  • ⚐ Country: France
  • ⚐ District: Monteaux (41150)
  • ⚑
    Start/End: N 47.486363° / E 1.114407°
  • ❏
    IGN map(s): Ref. 2022SB, 2121OT
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Description of the walk

Start at the Place Bernard car park in Montebise or at the Monteaux church car park, where you will find the information board for the walks.

(S/E) Take Rue du Petit Herbault (D58), which crosses the Petite Cisse towards Onzain and Veuves. Follow the first bend to the right.
After the small car park, take the first left onto a tarmac path that climbs just to the right of the "À la Colombe" guest house.

Stay on this road, which loses its tarmac surface and becomes grassy. It follows a ridge behind private gardens above the Loire and Cisse valleys, then curves to the left in the middle of the vineyards.

(1) At the end of the road, turn left onto Chemin de la Chaussonnerie. At the junction with Rue du Colonel Rol-Tanguy, continue straight ahead.

(2) After passing a field on your right, take the path on the right between this field and a small wood. Continue straight ahead when the path leaves the wood and joins Rue de la Fontaine. Cross the Petite Cisse via the footbridge.

(3) When the path joins Route de Mesland (D65), turn left, then take the first right towards the cellars. Follow Chemin des Rossignols, which climbs towards the vineyards, and continue straight ahead.

At the end of Chemin des Rossignols, cross Rue Louis Hatevilain and turn left onto Rue du Grand Saint Laumer. Continue straight ahead after the bend. Turn left towards the newer housing estate.

(4) At number 29, turn right onto the white gravel path.
Once you reach the foot of the fields, take the path on the left between the gardens and a pasture. Cross the small wooden bridge and continue along this path alongside a conifer plantation.

Turn onto the first path on the left, between a wall and the conifer plantation, to reach the church car park.

(5) Cross the car park behind the church and turn right into Rue de l'Abbé Pilte, which runs alongside the church.
At the T-junction with Rue de la Vallée (D58), turn left and continue to the starting point (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 63 m - Parking at Place Bernard de Montebise
  2. 1 : km 1.2 - alt. 89 m - La Chaussonnerie
  3. 2 : km 1.79 - alt. 88 m - Path on the right
  4. 3 : km 2.39 - alt. 66 m - The Gate
  5. 4 : km 3.34 - alt. 80 m - White pebble path on the right
  6. 5 : km 3.88 - alt. 67 m - The church (official starting point)
  7. S/E : km 4.2 - alt. 63 m - Parking at Place Bernard de Montebise

Notes

Route marked in one direction (no markings in the opposite direction): signs with a white arrow and blue triangle.
Muddy in wet weather.

Worth a visit

There are three walks in Monteaux and one in Veuves (see the information board in the church car park).

Reviews and comments

4.2 / 5
Based on 8 reviews

Reliability of the description
4.4 / 5
Ease of following the route
4.4 / 5
Route interest
3.9 / 5
User 28487544

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : Feb 08, 2026
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : Yes

As novice hikers, we loved this route.

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User 5653962

Overall rating : 3 / 5

Date of your route : Jan 05, 2026
Reliability of the description : ★★☆☆☆ Disappointing
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

The trail is well marked until you reach the plateau after La Chaussonnerie (you no longer pass through the vineyards, but walk alongside a plot because part of it has been cleared).At point 3, the trail comes to a sheep pen. Another path a little further back is closed because it is too dangerous, so the only option is to return via the road that leads back to the village. But perhaps we missed a fork in the road where there was a cross on a stake?
Otherwise, it was a pleasant walk on a cold winter's day.

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User 18232518

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

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

Very pleasant walk, varied landscape, partly shaded, partly sunny. We took this walk in beautiful weather in the morning around 9 a.m. It was very nice.

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Anna Is
Anna Is

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Mar 31, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A very pleasant short walk with children, through vineyards. Some sections are a little muddy due to the heavy rain over the last few days, but the path remains perfectly passable, alternating between tarmac and stone paths.

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Rouilletata
Rouilletata

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Oct 22, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A lovely walk through the vineyards, pleasant in the autumn sunshine. The paths are well maintained and easily accessible.

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Teepee
Teepee

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Nov 08, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Pleasant hike. Very beautiful wooded sections. The part through the vineyards is lovely in autumn.

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MagDalie
MagDalie

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Jul 20, 2020
Reliability of the description : Not used / Not applicable
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A short but very pleasant walk, with the pleasure of strolling through the hills and villages, and no boredom!
A real pleasure. Thank you!

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marco rando
marco rando
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Overall rating : 3.3 / 5

Date of your route : Mar 15, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★☆☆☆ Disappointing

If you enjoy wine, don't hesitate to visit the cellar (point 3), which is open in the afternoon.

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