From L’Isle-de-Noé to Montesquiou

Park near L’Isle-de-Noé Castle.

(S/E) On leaving the castle courtyard, turn right onto Avenue Georges Clémenceau, then left onto the D943 – take care.
Follow the red and white markings of^{the GR®653}.

Cross the Grande Baïse bridge and, at the junction, turn left. At the bend in front of the nursery, follow the path that branches off to the left.

(1) Take this tarmac path, pass a wash house on your left, then follow the path that climbs to the right. Pass the Couget farm, continue to the next house where the path goes round the back of the house.

(2) Stay on this path until you reach the crossroads. Cross the road and take the stony path leading to the hamlet of Cadiran de Haut. Walk round the houses and, at the bend, take the path branching off to the right.

(3) Begin a short descent, pass through the courtyard of an old farm and continue to the junction with a tarmac road at the hamlet of Ménichet.

(4) Cross the road and keep to the path straight ahead; this is still the^GR®653. The route alternates between ascents and descents until you reach a junction with a tarmac road.

(5) Take the road straight ahead; it leads to the farm. Cross a bridge over the Ruisseau de Barres, then, at the bend just before reaching the farm, take the path that climbs to the left. Continue along this path until it joins a tarmac track. Turn right onto this track until you reach the D943 county road.

(6) Cross the D943, walk past the municipal weighbridge and turn into Rue du Barry opposite, which leads to the centre of the village of Montesquiou.

(7) After visiting the village, head back up Rue du Barry and follow the same route as on the way there. You’ll reach the Ménichet crossroads.

Leave the red and white markings of^{the GR®653}here.

(4) Take the road on the right until you reach the bend. Take the path that climbs up to the embankment of Lac du Lizet.

(8) Continue along this path, leaving the embankment path on your right. This path runs alongside the lake then veers left across the meadow towards the woods, where it becomes a footpath. Continue along this path, first uphill then downhill, until you reach a junction with a track.

(9) Turn left onto this track. Reach the edge of the woods. Turn left to reach a crossroads. Continue right, downhill. Reach the Cadiran de Haut crossroads.

(3) Turn right and follow the same route as on the way there to reach the car park at L’Isle-de-Noé Castle (S/E).

The park and castle of L’Isle-de-Noé
The village of Montesquiou
Picnics can be enjoyed in Montesquiou or by the shores of Lake Lizet