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Park in the lower car park of the Château-Vallon National Dance Centre (CND) in Olliuoules.
(S/E) Take the track, which is closed off by a barrier at the far end of the car park. Continue due west to reach the crossroads where the Détras cistern is situated.
(1) Turn left and continue uphill until you reach a junction of tracks at a hairpin bend.
Enjoy the lovely view here and the information boards about the Bay of Toulon.
(2) Stay on the right-hand track and continue uphill to reach an Oppidum. Note: do not be put off by the ‘Private Property’ signs on a tree on the right. Follow this track to a rather neglected property. The track turns left and becomes very rough.
(3) Take the small path on the right marked with two old signs reading ‘Oppidum’ and ‘Private Property’: access permitted. Follow this path, which crosses a scree slope, to reach an enclosed area with the ruins of a Celto-Ligurian oppidum.
Continue along the path, which is not shown on the map but is clearly visible. Follow the ridge, taking the opportunity to veer slightly to the left to enjoy the view of the sea and the Gorges d’Ollioules.
Turn right and, after a short stretch of scree, descend steeply. Follow the path, which remains clearly visible, now through the forest. You’ll emerge onto theGR®®; take it to the right and you’ll soon reach a major junction called Barre de Taillan Est.
(4) Follow the blue markings; takethe second path on the right. Pass the telegraph mast to reach the ridge, where you’ll find a sign marking the boundary between the municipalities of Evenos, Ollioules and Le Revest. Descend down a scree slope, before climbing steeply again to pass another municipal boundary sign. Go round it on the left to reach a T-junction.
(5) Turn right, still following the blue markings. Cross some piles of rocks, then come to a wider track near a high-voltage power line. Continue straight ahead along the track. Pass some ruins and an open area with a view of the harbour, then reach a straight trench in the forest. Head down to the left. Leave the marked trail and follow the trench downwards. At the lowest point, you’ll come to an inconspicuous path.
(6) Take it to the left – please note that this path is not shown on the IGN map, but it is clearly visible. You will then walk through the Vallon de Glaizes. Atthe first junction, turn right. Leave the forest and, at asecond junction, rejoin the blue markings. Continue until you reach athird junction.
(7) Leave the blue markings here and follow the yellow markings to the left. The path runs along a ledge at first, then, after a hairpin bend to the left downhill, rejoins the junction you passed on the way out – the one at Barre de Taillan Est.
(4) Take thesecond path on the left, still following the yellow markings, to emerge at the Détras cistern – a junction you also passed on the way out.
(1) Head straight ahead along the route you took on the way there to easily find the car park at the Centre National de la Danse in Château-Vallon (S/E).
Visorando Member
Easy 
Association / Club / Walk leader
Difficult 
Very difficult 
