Via Notre-Dame du Puy du Bassin

Park along the road by the Dézéjouls chapel.

(S/E) Head north to go round the village on the left.

(1) As you leave the village, turn left.

(2) Shortly afterwards, ignore a path branching off to the right and stay on the road until you reach the Croisement des Tilleuls junction with the D75.

(3) Cross the road carefully and follow the path opposite to the Notre-Dame du Puy du Bassin Chapel.

(4) Walk past the chapel and continue along the path (marked for mountain bikes) to the D72.

(5) Turn right, follow this road and, at a three-way junction marked with a cross, continue to the right.

(6) Just before you leave the forest, take the path through the woods, which heads right then turns left towards the north-west and rejoins the D75.

(7) Follow it for about 300 m.

(8) At a bend, just before a ‘dangerous bends’ sign, take the path on the right and continue to the road you took at the start of the walk.

(2) Follow the road to the left.

(1) At the three-way junction, turn left. At the next junction, turn right. Join the D72 and follow it to the right. Take the second right to reach the Chapelle de Dézéjouls immediately (S/E).

Rising to 709 m, the Puy du Bassin is the highest point in the Xaintrie region.A chapel rebuilt in 1918 and a statue of the Virgin Mary, erected in 1876, can be found there.

The Sothys Gardens are located nearby, in Auriac, as is the Croix de l'Arbre lake.