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Fontvieille Tourist Office car park (pay-and-display).
(S/E) With the Tourist Office on your left, walk up through the car park heading south, then continue along the wall of a property (yellow and blue signposts).
After crossing the small stream, the markings turn left towards the Tissot Mill – Avon Mill to go round the Daudet Mill on the left.
N.B. Those who are particularly keen can pop round to the mill, but this visit is scheduled for the end of the route.
At the junction, take the path opposite (the one furthest to the left), marked in yellow and signposted ‘Château de Montauban’. After about 100 metres, take a short detour to the left to see what remains of the Ramet Mill(1).
Back on the path, continue for 200m until you come to the Tissot or Avon mill (2) on your left.
50 metres past the mill, at the junction, head right towards Les Baux-de-Provence on theGR®® trail, which you’ll follow for nearly 3 kilometres.
The path runs along an ancient Roman road, recognisable by the cart wheel ruts embedded in the rock. A little further on, a path branches off to the left alongside a wall (marked in yellow) or continues for a few metres before also branching off further on to the left onto a better path (marked in red and white); the two paths rejoin a little further on, so it doesn’t matter which one you take. Please note that only theGR®® route is shown on the map at this point.
At a junction alongside the houses, ignore the yellow markings to the right and left and continue along the GR®® track. After 500m, you’ll come to a major junction.
(3) Take the marked track on the left, ignoring the three paths on the right. About 400 metres further on, the track will soon be joined by another coming from the left. Carry on along the track, ignoring all the side paths; pass in front of cistern no. 138 and continue straight ahead, ignoring the paths on either side.
(4) When theGR®® begins to curve to the left, head right onto the path leading downhill (yellow markings). Start the descent into the valley, quickly passing a path on the right and then one on the left. About 300 metres further on, follow the path that curves to the left and reach a junction just before an aqueduct.
(5) Turn right onto an uphill path which leads to the edge of a canal. Follow the path to the right along the canal until you reach an open area marked with a car park sign.
(6) Turn left and you’ll soon reach a small tarmac road (D82). Follow it to the right for about 600 metres.
(7) After crossing an elevated section, turn right onto the track. Cross the canal and turn left onto the track running alongside it. Further on, a crossing allows you to cross the canal and follow it along the opposite bank. You’ll come to a wide track.
(8) Head left for 100m to rejoin the tarmac road. Turn right and follow this road to the aqueduct. Turn left just before it and walk alongside it until you come to a cut in the rock offering a panoramic view and a glimpse of the ruins of the Roman mill.
(9) Retrace your steps to walk alongside the ruins once more until you reach the tarmac road. Follow it to the right as far as the junction you passed on the way out. Turn left and walk for 100 metres until you reach the junction with the path coming from the canal.
(8) Continue straight on, cross the canal and you’ll soon reach another junction. Turn left onto the path and follow the blue and yellow markings. Ignore the small tracks and stay on the main path. At the next T-junction, turn left. Ignore the junction 100 metres further on and carry on straight ahead.
(10) At the next junction, turn right to follow the D65 for a short while. Pass a car park, then continue along the signposted path until you reach another car park.
(11) Go through the gate and take the path on the right, which leads to a large junction. Turn left, following the signposted direction towards the Daudet mill; the path is still marked in blue and yellow. 150 metres further on, at a picnic area, take the path on the right. After 300 metres, you’ll be able to see the long-awaited mill on your left.
Head left towards it and, after a short, steep climb, you’ll reach the Moulin de Daudet and Moulin de Ribet (12).
Choose one of the paths leading off to the left (several tracks are marked by the footsteps of numerous visitors) and head towards a sign for Moulin Sourdon.
Follow the sign to the left towards the road, cross it and head up to the left along a narrow path to the mill. Climb up into the mill to reach an orientation table under its roof (13).
Head back down to the road via the same path and follow it to the left until you reach the car park (S/E).
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