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Park in the paid car park in the village.
(S/E) To start the hike, head to the village square, where there is a huge plane tree in the middle. Then take Rue du Bout du Monde.
(1) Between the last houses, at the hiking trail sign, turn right onto theGR®74(red and white markings), a gravel path that climbs towards the castle. It rises above the village (steep climb) and reaches Cap de la Crous (Col de la Croix). Continue to the crossroads of the castle trail.
(2) Do not take the path on the right leading to the castle (private property, closed to the public) and follow the path on the left, which is still stony in places. You will reach the crossroads at an altitude of 350 metres at a place called Le Mort.
(3) Take the path on the right (the one on the left is the path back to the village) to continue climbing towards the hermitage of Notre-Dame-du-Lieu-Plaisant or Belle Grâce (spring under the rock behind the hermitage). Continue until you reach it.
(4) Make a return trip to visit the Belle Grâce or Notre-Dame-du-Lieu-Plaisant hermitage. Then resume the trail. The path climbs in switchbacks to Cap du Ginestet (the material that makes up the site is dolomite, a ruiniform rock; the view extends over the large fossil coral reef of the Séranne). Descend through the Salzmann pine forest towards Les Lavagnes and reach a crossroads.
(5) Take the track on the left that winds along the hillside to Cap de la Pousterle.
(6) Leave the track and turn left into the gap to cross the pass. Descend along the path through the heath. Return to the crossroads at an altitude of 350 metres.
(3) Turn right onto the route you took on the way there to reach the crossroads with Rue du Bout du Monde.
(1) Do not return to the car park via the same route you took on the way there, Rue du Bout du Monde. Instead, continue straight ahead to reach Chemin des Hortes. Follow it to the left, walk alongside the cemetery and return to the car park (S/E).
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