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Parking on Le Nouveau Cours (D217) on the left just before Chemin du Cavage in Flassan.
(S/E) With your back to the car park, turn left onto the road to reach the Flassan signpost.
Red-white + yellow + orange signposts
(1) Turn left onto the small paved road towards Combe de Canaud.
After leaving the village, ignore a path on the right and start climbing up the valley to the Combe de Canaud sign.
Yellow + orange markings
(2) Leave theGR®91on your left and continue right towards Les Tourreus.
Go through the gate and follow the easy, gently sloping path through the valley for about two kilometres. Here and there, small platforms scattered around bear witness to a past when charcoal was produced here. Go through a gate and you will arrive at the Les Tourreus signpost.
(3) Continue straight ahead, still in the valley, towards Font de Canaud. Very soon, a path joins from the right; continue uphill together. Go around another gate and resume the path in the valley.
When the path passes at the foot of the cliffs on the left, you can see cave dwellings that were probably shepherds' shelters.
Yellow signposting
(4) At the Font de Canaud sign, leave the valley and the orange markings and turn right towards the Chapelle Saint-Jean. The path climbs steeply into the woods, then levels out until it reaches the chapel.
(5) Find the signpost a few steps south of the building and continue towards Les Bonins along a wide path lined with very tall pine trees; the descent begins. At the crossroads, 300 metres further down, turn right onto a wide path that quickly rejoins the Les Bonins crossroads (incorrectly marked on the IGN map).
(6) Continue straight ahead towards Les Grigauds, 100 metres further on. At this crossroads, continue straight ahead towards Le Mortier. After 50 metres, leave the path on the left and turn right.
Continue along this main road, ignoring all other roads on the right and left, until you reach the D217. Cross it to find the Le Mortier signpost.
(7) Continue straight ahead towards Espère du Loup, 100 m further on, leave the road on the left and continue straight ahead. Continue down this road, leaving a first road with green markings on the left.
At a large meadow with a ruined sheepfold on your right (669), leave the path on your left and 300m further down another one to continue the descent.
When the slope levels out, turn right at the T-junction and continue for 200 m until you see the Espère du Loup signpost.
Red and white signpost
(8) Continue straight ahead towards La Boissière. At this crossroads, which is easy to spot thanks to its oratory, turn right towards Flassan via the Chemin du Château.
As you approach the village, continue straight ahead on Rue de la Boissière until you reach Place de la Mairie. Follow it on the left and you will come to Rue de l'Église.
Turn left, opposite the church entrance, onto the paved slanting street that crosses Rue de Canaud and continues as Rue de la Calade. At the end of the street, turn right onto Le Nouveau Cours (D217) to return to the car park (S/E).
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