2025 Bread Festival route from Les Salelles

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A very beautiful hike starting from the hamlet of Les Salelles. You will first take a short tour of the hamlet to see the two bread ovens, then continue into the forest and pass by a lavender field. The return trip will be less shaded.

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 7.45 km
  • ◔
    Average duration: 2h 45 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Easy
  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 206 m
  • ↘
    Descent: - 212 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 314 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 163 m
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Lavender field
Bread oven
Forest road

Description of the walk

Start at the waste container car park.

(S/E) Leave the car park, turn right towards the hamlet, cross the road and continue straight ahead until you reach a crossroads.

(1) Turn right, pass the first bread oven on your right, and turn left at the end. Go up to the second bread oven, then take the path on the left. Then turn right, then left, and return to the crossroads you passed on the way there.

(1) Continue straight ahead, cross the road and head towards the car park.

(S/E) Continue straight ahead and, once at the end, turn left to reach a path.

(2) Take the stony path on the right and keep going until you reach a crossroads.

(3) Take the path on the left between the two trees. Keep left until you reach the lavender field.

(4) Continue to the end, turn right, and go straight ahead until you reach a Y-junction.

(5) Turn left and continue straight ahead until you reach a forest path.

(6) Take the forest track on the right, then the first path on the left before continuing straight ahead to reach a crossroads.

(7) Continue straight ahead, slightly off to the side, and continue straight ahead until you reach La Vanade.

(8) Turn left and follow the path back to the crossroads you passed on the way there, continuing straight ahead at the intersections.

(2) Turn right onto the path you took on the way there and follow it in the opposite direction to return to the car park (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 180 m - Car park with waste containers
  2. 1 : km 0.13 - alt. 186 m - Turn right
  3. 2 : km 0.98 - alt. 179 m - Crossroads at the end of the circular loop - Ibie (rivière) - Affluent de L'Ardèche
  4. 3 : km 1.69 - alt. 266 m - Crossroads, path between the two trees
  5. 4 : km 2.32 - alt. 209 m - Lavender field
  6. 5 : km 2.82 - alt. 213 m - Y-junction
  7. 6 : km 3.91 - alt. 311 m - Forest track
  8. 7 : km 4.49 - alt. 287 m - Crossroads
  9. 8 : km 5.69 - alt. 164 m - La Vanade - Ibie (rivière) - Affluent de L'Ardèche
  10. S/E : km 7.45 - alt. 180 m - Car park with waste containers

Notes

No water source

Worth a visit

Bread ovens

Ibie River

Reviews and comments

2.3 / 5
Based on 1 review
Reliability of the description
3 / 5
Ease of following the route
3 / 5
Route interest
1 / 5
souchez rando
souchez rando

hello, we can't please everyone, but for my part, I would like to thank the staff at Saint Maurice d'Ibie Town Hall for allowing me to publish this

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User 1089264

Overall rating : 2.3 / 5

Date of your route : Oct 06, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★☆☆☆☆ Very disappointing
Very busy route : No

Hike without any particular interest

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