Route from La Tour to Les-Lèves-et-Thoumeyragues

Throughout the hike, mills, wine châteaux and churches combine to offer hikers a charming backdrop in a natural and varied setting. Don't miss the Romanesque church of Thoumeyragues, which is said to have been built by the monks of Saint-Émilion.
Also worth seeing: the Bouhets dovecote and the Château de la Beauze (early 16th century).

Details

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 11.17 km
  • ◔
    Average duration: 3h 35 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Moderate

  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 144 m
  • ↘
    Descent: - 136 m

  • ▲
    Highest point: 107 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 48 m

Description of the walk

The walk starts from the car park at Les-Lèves-et-Thoumeyragues Town Hall.

(S/E) Take the path on your left that runs alongside the school and climbs up the hillside. At the top, turn right, then right again at the next intersection and descend to a small road, which you take to the left to reach Peyrail.

(1) Turn left and, after crossing the road, continue straight ahead until you reach the isolated house and enter the undergrowth. At the intersection of four paths, turn right to find a small road, which you cross to take the path on the right that runs alongside the plum trees.

(2) At the end of the plot, turn left between the vineyards and plum trees to reach Les Caris. Pass between the two houses to reach La Grand Croix. Take care when crossing the D672. Turn right until you reach the crossroads.

(3) Turn left towards Landerrouat and keep left towards Mongenant. Once on the rural path, continue straight ahead until you reach the Billouquet path. Take this path to the right until you reach the undergrowth and the first intersection.

(4) Turn left (small bridge), go up to the lower corner of the vineyard, turn right and follow it to the end of the plot. Turn left onto the deep path to finally arrive at the hamlet of "La Tour". Turn left and keep left to take the La Tour country lane. Be careful as part of the path runs alongside a pond, then take the road that continues on to find another pond, after which you turn right onto the Chemin des "Sivadons buty".

(5) At the end of this path, turn left onto the path through the woods to reach the hamlet of "Les Sivadons". Turn left between two houses and then take the road uphill. At the crossroads, go straight ahead and then take the first lane on the left, go down to the bottom of the vineyards and then turn left between the two oak trees. Go down to the bottom of the vineyard, turn right, walk along a hedge on the left before entering the woods. At the end of the woods, cross the "Billouquet" bridge and go up to the tarmac road.

(6) Turn right to reach the D672 at "Mariotte". Take care when crossing and take the path opposite and go up to the house called "Bois doré". Turn right onto the path that goes down to the D672.

(7) Before reaching the road, turn left onto the path overlooking the two houses to reach La Beauze. Continue and then, at the main road, turn right and then left to reach the village and the town hall car park (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 48 m - Departure from the town hall car park.
  2. 1 : km 1.31 - alt. 70 m - Le Peyrail
  3. 2 : km 2.68 - alt. 76 m - At the end of the plot on the left
  4. 3 : km 3.77 - alt. 105 m - Leave the D672 and turn left.
  5. 4 : km 5.2 - alt. 80 m - On the bridge on the left
  6. 5 : km 6.87 - alt. 83 m - Les Petits Sivadons
  7. 6 : km 8.66 - alt. 81 m - Tarmac road, turn right
  8. 7 : km 10.1 - alt. 70 m - Turn left before the road.
  9. S/E : km 11.17 - alt. 48 m - Return to the town hall car park.

Reviews and comments

4.2 / 5
Based on 9 reviews

Reliability of the description
4.3 / 5
Ease of following the route
4.1 / 5
Route interest
4.1 / 5
Xavier Pradeau
Xavier Pradeau

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Aug 14, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A pleasant route through the vineyards. I knew about this route before it was on Visorando.

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LESSEIGNE ROSE MARIE
LESSEIGNE ROSE MARIE

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Feb 27, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A very pleasant walk offering a mix of beautiful views, small rural heritage sites and countryside...
No particular difficulties.
Highly recommended.

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Kheltan
Kheltan

Overall rating : 3.7 / 5

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

A pleasant hike, even though the path was not very well maintained in places.

Similarly, the signposting is very poor (not the responsibility of Viso Rando).
Finding your way through the vineyards was sometimes a bit tricky, even with the description and map, but you can still find your way with a little orientation and careful analysis of the map.

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Dominique Feytout
Dominique Feytout

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : Oct 21, 2018
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

A lovely walk through vineyards and charming little hamlets. Thank you for this wonderful discovery.

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Maiko2016
Maiko2016

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Oct 09, 2018
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good

Nothing to complain about.
A very beautiful hike.
Thank you for this wonderful discovery.

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henri57
henri57 ★
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Hello,

Thank you for your comment.

In some places, there are no longer any directional markers.
Cleaning around the markers so that they can be spotted.

The signposting is not the responsibility of Visorando.

Reliability of the description: Average
Reliability of the map route: Average

I got lost twice and had to retrace my steps each time, which was a waste of time, so I gave up.

You got lost many times. Is the description to blame? Or is it a lack of practice in reading and following a description, or perhaps reading a map?
If so, please feel free to send us your suggestions for improvement.

When hiking, you need to have several strings to your bow:

1. The description
2. The map-description/terrain relationship with the Visorando map (IGN 1:25,000).
3. Checking your position with the Visorando GPS app or your GPS.

See you soon!

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grandin
grandin ★

Thank you, vinorando. I have added this clarification to the description.

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vinorando
vinorando

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Jul 19, 2018
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

A very beautiful walk under a warm sun. Very good description, except for a misinterpretation (?) in paragraph 1: "at the end of the path..." This "end of the path" led us to a place called Chollet. It wasn't difficult to find the right route after that, but perhaps it could be specified that you should turn right down towards the buildings below at the first crossroads?
Thank you in any case for this lovely walk.

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jolulic
jolulic

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : May 29, 2017
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

beautiful, well-marked hike

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Regis H1.
Regis H1.

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : May 29, 2017
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

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