Route des Mines d'Or de la Forêt de Champvert

Access: 38 mins from Limoges. Take the A20 towards Toulouse, then take exit 42. Follow the RD7 bis and drive through Saint-Germain-les-Belles. Turn right onto the RD16.
Car park at the town hall in Saint-Vitte-sur-Briance.

(S/E) Head towards the sewage treatment works.

(1) Keep right after passing La Grande Briance. After the bend, turn right onto the dirt track, cross La Grande Briance and head up towards the village of Curzac.

2 – At the road, turn left, then right onto the RD16. Follow the track on the left leading to Latronche. Pass through the village.

(3) On leaving the village, take the path that climbs to the right, offering beautiful panoramic views. Join the D16. At the road, turn right and follow it for 300 metres.

(4) Turn left and head towards Ozier Bas. Walk through the hamlet. After the lake, take the path on the left and continue to a second lake.

(5) Turn north at the fork, then right at the junction, and continue to another junction.

(6) Turn north, cross the Amboiras stream and arrive at Foulenour.

(7) Turn right in the hamlet, then continue straight on along a grassy track. After the pond, turn left.

(8) At the star-shaped junction, take the RD16 to the right for 20 metres, then immediately follow the stony track to the right. At the Fork in the road, turn left again. Cross the plateau.

(9) Cross the D12 and continue along the grassy path opposite.
Follow the track, then turn right between two meadows, then left.

(10) At the crossroads, turn right, heading due south, and continue along this track, which becomes tarmac at the first house.

(11) Walk past the village of Amboiras and continue along the small road.

(12) At the bend, turn left onto the tarmac path which climbs.

(13) On the hilltop, at the crossroads, take the path on the right which leads back down towards the village of Plaisance.

(14) Turn left, then cross the RD12 and take the road opposite. Turn left at the first road and follow it due south.

(15) At the next junction, turn right – a hairpin bend – under the trees, then at the next junction turn left until you reach the RD31.

(16) Take the road on the left, then turn right. The road becomes a stony track, then a grassy path.

(17) At Le Mas, turn right, then left. Follow the road, which turns into a track.

(18) Then turn left, crossing the Briansoulet.

(19) At the Fork in the road, turn left again. The path descends towards the river.
Pass by the Moulin Brûlé and follow the track to the road

(20) Turn right, then turn right again at the next junction. Follow this road due south.

(21) Before the forest, take the path on the right and head towards Les Ages. After the village, at a wide bend, follow the grassy path.

(22) At the road, turn right, cross the Fournaud stream, then turn left between the road and the farm.

(23) At the crossroads, turn left. Turn right twice before reaching Le Peychaud.

(24) Follow the road to the left, then turn right onto the path that leads into the coppice.

(25) Turn right before reaching Coussac, following a hedge. In the woods, follow the stony path, which descends steeply in places. Take the right-hand bend to rejoin the road.

(1) Cross the Briance bridge again, then head back up towards the village to return to the town hall car park (S/E) .