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Starts from Génolac station.
GR® signposting
(S) With your back to the station, turn right, then turn right onto the D134 towards Aujac, and continue until you reach the junction with theD134A on the right.
(1) Follow theD134A until you reach the D906.
(2) Turn left, then immediately right, between the houses, onto Ruelle de la Régordanne.
(3) Cross the D17 diagonally and follow the small road opposite. Turn off straight away onto the path on the left and follow it until you reach the tarmac.
(4) Carry on down the road. Enter Pont du Rastel, go straight through the village along Rue Aimé Crégut, and join the D278.
(5) Make a quick detour over the bridge on the right (for the photo), then carry on along the D27. Turn right onto the D906, towards Alès. Cross the bridge over the Lech, enter Chamborigaud and reach the car park at Place de la Mairie.
(6) Turn left opposite the car park, then immediately right opposite No. 14. At No. 8B, go under the road bridge and reach the end of Rue de la Ribeyrette.
(7) Continue to the right onto Route de Crouzas, then quickly turn left onto the cul-de-sac, Chemin de la Clap à l’Arboux. At the end, continue along the footpath until you reach the D906.
(8) Follow this road to the right, towards Alès, then, after about a hundred metres, take the first track on the right. At La Tavernole, ignore the D906 and the D52, and follow the Voie Regordane, almost directly opposite. Continue along a track, then cross the departmental road, and carry on along the track.
(9) At the junction with the Canebière bus stop, cross the road, then go under the archway. Continue straight ahead on the single-track path until you rejoin the D906 at the end of the Chemin de Salze.
(10) Carry on along the D906 to the left and head for the Château de Portes car park. Cross the car park and climb up to the château.
(11) Carry on along the path and, at the crossroads, ignore the first path on the left and take the second one, almost directly opposite. Continue straight on along the GR® until you reach a road. Follow it to the left, then, as you emerge from the woods, take the path on the right. Head downhill to a road with a bridge at the bottom of the valley.
(12) Cross the bridge and turn left immediately. Walk past the house on your right and continue along the path. At the next fork, turn right and head for the village of l’Affenadou. Walk straight through the village, pass under the bridge, and reach No. 192A.
(13) Turn left and follow the small road. At the hairpin bend to the left, continue along the path opposite until you reach the D906. Follow it to the right, enter Le Pradel and reach its château.
(14) Carry on along the D906 and, on leaving the village, take the path on the right, which runs alongside the departmental road, until you reach a road with a dolmen on your right. Cross the small road and continue straight ahead until you reach the next one.
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(15) First turn left then right, and take the road running alongside a rock embankment on your right. Follow it to no. 528.
GR® signposting
(16) Take the path to the left of the entrance to No. 528, and head straight on until you reach a large junction of tracks. Note the old mines on your left. Turn left, walk past a crater on your right, and head straight on until you reach an open area at the edge of the third crater.
(17) Continue along the track at the far end of the car park, the Ancienne Route de Génolhac, until you reach the first houses of Mas Dieu, at the end of Impasse du Mas Dieu. Turn right and carry on straight ahead until you reach Place Thibon Blanc.
PR® signposting
(18) Turn right, leave the village, and continue along the track, hugging the mountainside.
GR® signposting
(19) Carry on straight ahead, cross a small pass, taking a wide bend to the left, and arrive at a fork in the track.
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(20) Turn right at the fork and head down to a path near a house.
GR® signposting
(21) Continue to the right, then carry on along the tarmac road. Head straight on until the end of Rue Haute, in the village of Drulhes.
(22) Turn left and head towards Rouvègues.
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(23) At the village bus stop, turn right onto Rue du 19 Mars 1962 and follow it to the end.
(24) At the junction, turn right. At the roundabout, take the second exit towards Tamaris, and continue for a few metres until the next junction.
(25) Turn onto the second road on the right, Chemin de Tamaris. At the corner by the cemetery, go straight ahead, then, at the next two junctions, turn left and then right. Follow Rue de Robespierre and carry on straight ahead until the end of Rue Mirabeau. Turn left, walk past the church, and, at the roundabout, continue straight ahead for about a hundred metres.
(26) At the junction, take a sharp right. Go under a bridge, then through a (lit) tunnel and, finally, under a passage with a height restriction of 1.80 metres. At the exit, turn left, then take the cycle path on the right, at the corner of the athletics ground. Ride alongside it on your right, then turn left and follow the N106 to the roundabout.
(27) Cross the N106 just before the roundabout and rejoin the cycle path between the road and the River Gardon d’Alès. Ignore three bridges and a footbridge on the right, and continue to the fourth bridge, at kilometre marker 42.5 on the N106.
(28) Carry on straight ahead, as close as possible to the Gardon d’Alès, until you reach a roundabout.
(29) Take the second exit, Avenue de la Gibertine, continue along Boulevard Talabot, and head towards Alès railway station (E).
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