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The parking spot is on Rue Saint-Vincent, on the left-hand side, along the pavement, just before the Post Office. For cars, there is a car park near the stadium, slightly lower down on the left.
(S/E) Take Rue Saint-Vincent heading south-east. Cross Rue du Square on the right-hand side and note the Logis de la Pinsonnière.
(1) At the junction, turn right into Rue du Moulin des Cinq, then left into Rue de la Mairie. Continue straight on, passing a Romanesque chapel, then the town hall, which is a former 17th-century priory. At the end of the street, turn right to reach the foot of the church.
(2) Go round the church on the right, taking Rue Rabelais. At the corner, turn left and walk past the church’s apse. Cross Rue du Dolmen (D55) at the pedestrian crossing and follow Rue de l’Orée.
(3) Turn onto the path just after No. 18. Immediately turn right onto a perpendicular path. Cross Rue de l’Origan and continue along the path. You’ll come out onto Rue de l’Armoise; first turn right then left to take another path. At the T-junction, turn right onto Rue de la Chapelle, which quickly gives way to a path between two vineyard plots. You’ll reach a small road; follow it to the right for about thirty metres.
(4) At the crossroads, follow the D204 to the left, known as the Quatre Chemins. Admire the beautiful Croix Dorée estate on your right. Go round the next crossroads on the left and take the Chemin Rural de l'Étang opposite, which leads into the Forest of Beaulieu. Continue straight on, north-north-east.
(5) At a junction, just as you leave the woods, turn right (east). Follow this winding path, staying on the edge of the woods, until you reach the D204.
(6) Follow it to the right for about twenty metres. Take the farm track on the left, heading south, on the left-hand side of the road. The track, running along the edge of the woods, overlooks the hamlets of La Fraudière and La Tabourderie, with a pond between them.
(7) When the main track turns right, leave it and continue straight on (south-east) along another track. At the junction shortly afterwards, go straight on. Walk south, then south and south-west, through the forest. Leave the forest and pass between plots of vines.
(8) You will come out onto the D55; cross it carefully and follow it to the right for a good hundred metres. Then turn left to see the dolmen known as Pierre Couverte Mont-Benault.
(9) Head back to the previous junction.
(8) Then turn right onto a path that climbs a hillside planted with vines. Go straight on, ignoring all the side paths. At the top, cross a small road and continue straight ahead onto a path leading to the D54.
(10) First turn left then right to follow a small road (Route de la Mulonnière) heading west. Note the Layon below, on the left.
(11) At the junction (castle on the left), turn right, then immediately left onto a path. At the T-junction, at a place called La Mulonnière, follow a small road to the right for about 200 m.
(12) Then turn left onto a small road going uphill. When the road turns left at a 90° angle, continue straight ahead onto a path that immediately turns right, then left. Return to the road and follow it as it continues.
(13) At the T-junction, follow a small road to the left and pass the hamlet of La Mine. Take the second road on the right. Cross the D204 road with care and continue along the small road straight ahead.
(14) Take the first path on the right, cross a short wooded area, and climb a hillside planted with vines. Pass in front of the Moulin des Cinq, and continue along the street of the same name.
(15) Turn left onto Chemin des Douze. When the road immediately bends left, continue straight ahead along a path. Take the first path on the right.
(16) Join Rue du Martinet and turn left onto the path that continues from it. At the next junction (calvary), first turn right then left to follow another path. Go straight on to reach Rue Saint-Vincent (S/E).
, I still think it’s a lovely walk.
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