Between the forest and the hamlet around Saint-Victor

Starting from Saint-Victor-Malescours, a route through woodland, a small hamlet and a plateau offering a lovely view.

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 8.14 mi
  • ◔
    Average duration: 4h 20 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Moderate

  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 702 ft
  • ↘
    Descent: - 712 ft

  • ▲
    Highest point: 3,048 ft
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 2,575 ft

Description of the walk

Start from the community hall, opposite the cemetery.

(S/E) With your back to the cemetery, take Chemin de Planchette straight ahead (north-east).

(1) Cross the D23 road with care and continue straight ahead towards Malploton. Walk through the hamlet.

(2) At the three-way junction, take the path on the left (ignore the turn-off on the right to Paravel). At the next three-way junction, also take the path on the left which leads into the forest.

(3) At the top, at a T-junction, turn right.

(4) Cross the road and continue along the path opposite (south). At the next junction, continue straight ahead.

(5) Join the small road and follow it to the right for 100m. Then turn sharply left. Walk alongside a river (the Semène) on your right. Stay on the main path and ignore a turn-off to the left.

(6) At the T-junction, turn right. At the next junction (crossroads), turn left.

(7) At the crossroads, turn right. After about 50 metres, take the path on the left that runs alongside a hedge. Walk through the woods for about 1 km. At the end, follow a path to the left for about 50 metres.

(8) Then turn left onto a path not shown on the map. At the next junctions, veer left.

(9) As you leave the woods, continue straight on (west) and head uphill. At the top, turn left towards the hamlet. At the end of the road, turn right and pass between two farm buildings.

(10) Shortly afterwards, take the path climbing up to the right. At the three-way junction, continue along the path on the right.

(11) At the next junction, turn left. Ignore a path branching off to the right. Leave the forest, go round a building on the right and turn left.

(12) At the end of the path, turn right. After a cross, take a path on the left. At a junction, continue straight ahead (west).

(13) Facing the D23, take the small road on the left. Go straight on (south) and ignore the side paths.

(14) Cross the D23 with care and continue along the small road to the car park of the community hall (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : mi 0 - alt. 2,887 ft - Car park at the community hall
  2. 1 : mi 0.54 - alt. 2,841 ft - D23 road
  3. 2 : mi 0.96 - alt. 2,838 ft - Small road
  4. 3 : mi 1.32 - alt. 2,858 ft - T-junction
  5. 4 : mi 1.67 - alt. 2,782 ft - Cross the road
  6. 5 : mi 2.18 - alt. 2,651 ft - Turn right, then take the path on the left further down. Follow the - Semène (rivière)
  7. 6 : mi 2.98 - alt. 2,641 ft - T-junction
  8. 7 : mi 3.29 - alt. 2,608 ft - Crossroads
  9. 8 : mi 3.92 - alt. 2,746 ft - Start of the path
  10. 9 : mi 4.17 - alt. 2,664 ft - Exit from the woods
  11. 10 : mi 4.61 - alt. 2,818 ft - Start of the path
  12. 11 : mi 5.55 - alt. 2,927 ft - Junction
  13. 12 : mi 6.16 - alt. 2,995 ft - T-junction
  14. 13 : mi 6.62 - alt. 2,976 ft - Crossroads
  15. 14 : mi 7.69 - alt. 2,910 ft - Le Trève
  16. S/E : mi 8.14 - alt. 2,887 ft - Car park at the community hall

Notes

A good pair of trainers – some paths may be muddy and, of course, there are stones.

Reviews and comments

5 / 5
Based on 3 reviews

Reliability of the description
5 / 5
Ease of following the route
5 / 5
Route interest
5 / 5
Elizabeth
Elizabeth

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Dec 12, 2025
Reliability of the description : Not used / Not applicable
Ease of following the route : Not used / Not applicable
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

•Thank you for this lovely, easy hike. We set off from Lagarne, where there is a car park not far from the restaurant. We walked around Saint-Victor.
•I really liked Malploton Castle, which, with its history, has been quite successful on Facebook. Fraisse Castle is also interesting.
•No problems along the route.

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JLParroutel
JLParroutel

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : May 08, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A lovely route full of ups and downs with beautiful scenery, often with Le Chaussitre in view.
The walk was a bit of a let-down as several paths had recently been churned up by forestry tractors and log hauling; as it had rained a few days earlier, it was quite muddy in places...
...but we’re not holding a grudge: we’ll come back another time with friends.

Note: as it was more convenient for us, we set off from point 13 (large car parks available), and as we no longer needed to go to St Victor-M., we avoided crossing the very busy D23 twice by taking a shortcut along a path to the left.
It’s visible on the route map; it starts at the red arrow before No. 14 and joins No. 1.

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Jeep42
Jeep42

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Sep 13, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A very enjoyable tour

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