From Rochebeaucourt to the Argentine Plateau

Arrive via the RD939 or D12 and head to the centre of the village of La Rochebeaucourt, Place du Champ de Foire.

(S/E) From Place du Champ de Foire, turn right onto Route de Ribérac, heading south-southeast. At^{the first} junction, turn left up Rue des Carrières de Font Babou. At the bottom of the hill, at the junction with Route des Carrières, make a sharp right turn to join the D12.

(1) At the stop sign, turn left, cross the small Pierres de Beix wash house and carefully follow the D12 until you reach an old stone changing platform. Take the dirt track opposite. On the way up, keep to the right-hand path until you reach the Argentine cemetery and its church.

(2) Opposite the cemetery, turn right, walk along the church (on your right) and turn left, walking alongside the cemetery. Then follow a small steep path that runs along the rock and descends to the old railway line.

(3) Turn left at a 90° angle and follow this old track. At the junction with the tarmac road, opposite the^first gatekeeper's house, the junction is a few metres to the left. Cross the road and continue to the next gatekeeper's house (private property), walk along the left-hand side and you will come to a tarmac road (Route des Carriers).

(4) Follow it a few metres to the right to find the old railway line immediately on your left. Continue, leaving the Boudoire wash house below and passing under the bridge.

(5) Continue and join the old Roman road on the right, which climbs up this bridge towards the plateau. Continue to the barrier that prohibits access to the plateau's aeronautical area.

(6) Turn right, under the power line, to join a wide dirt track.

(7) Follow it to the left and cross the entire Argentine plateau, keeping the airfield on your left. After the small car park where this path ends, you will come to a crossroads of small roads.

(8) Take a road on the right and then, further on, continue left onto Route du Plateau d'Argentine until you reach Croix des Sauterelles.

(9) Turn right onto Route de la Croix des Sauterelles, which crosses Route des Carrières in the middle and then joins Route des Gravelles at its end on the heights.

(10) When you reach the top, slip into the oak undergrowth opposite. The small path, still on the left, comes out opposite the Nizonne valley. It joins another path opposite, which goes to the left. There you will find the small Bouquerie fountain, nestled at the far right.

(11) Head in the opposite direction, to the left, until you reach the crossroads and turn onto the path furthest to the right. It runs along the edge of the field to the Bonneuil fountain.

(12) Continue along this path, which leads to the heart of the village. Take Rue des Fossés on the left for 50 metres and you will reach the town hall (on the right).

(13) Take the main street on the left and you will reach Place du Champ de Foire (S/E).

Place du Champ de Foire: car park, tables and toilets.
Non-potable spring water at several points along the route.