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Coming from Gigean on the D613, go under the A9 bridge. Immediately after, turn left onto the D2 towards Issanka.
After 700 metres, turn left between two houses onto Chemin d'Issanka. After 500 metres, it passes below a firefighting water tank and 100 metres further on, the road turns right. Leave it here and continue straight ahead for 20 metres and park your vehicle at the start of the firefighting track.
(S/E) From the parking spot, follow this firebreak track. After 250 metres, it turns right at a right angle and immediately afterwards splits into a Y. Take the left fork.
(1) At the foot of a large holm oak, just before a high-voltage power line, take the path that climbs to the left of the firebreak, a wide, 50-metre-wide deforested area that climbs straight up the hill towards the northeast. Follow this path to the top.
(2) The end of the firebreak is a viewpoint. From here, there is a beautiful view opposite of the Abbey of Saint-Félix de Monceau and, to the west, of all the villages between L'Étang de Thau and Pignan.
Continue along the path that veers south-east and meets another DFCI track, which you should follow to the left for 40 metres before leaving it immediately to take the path on the left that climbs towards the summit.
(3) The Roc d'Anduze (235m), the highest point of the Gardiole massif, offers a magnificent 360° panorama of the sea, Sète, the Étang de Thau, its surroundings and, on a clear day, the Canigou.
Continue along the path that descends on the east side. 20m after a ruined hut, keep left to come out onto the track 40m later. Turn left and follow it north for about 450m.
(4) At cistern no. 427, turn right and leave the main track to take the first path on the right, heading south.
Then take the path on the left that winds through the kermes oak trees to the edge of a pine plantation.
(5) You will come to aPR® (yellow signpost). Turn right, heading south-west, and after 1 km you will join another DFCI track.
Turn right onto the track and continue to cistern no. 194.
(6) Immediately after, a path on the right leads to a cave 50 m away. Return to the cistern.
(6) Signpost "Col de Gigean". Note the calvary (metal cross sealed on a masonry base) on the other side of the track, 20 m away. Take the path that climbs to the right of the calvary. Follow it towards the south-west and then south, ignoring the paths or tracks that branch off to the left towards Frontignan. You will reach the summit (360° panorama) from where the path descends straight south-west to the bottom of a valley, then climbs up opposite, following a firebreak.
180m after the centre of the valley, at the junction with the track, turn right and, at the next crossroads, follow the track that climbs to the left.
(7) At the crossroads on a platform, leave the track climbing up to the right towards the north and take the one opposite, heading south-west.
Then take the first path on the right that winds up to the top of the Devèse.
(8) At the top of the Devèse, turn around and take the first path on the right (30m before the overhead power line) heading north.
It descends to a pass between La Mathe and La Devèse where you will cross two other paths: on the left, descend towards Balaruc, opposite, climb up to La Mathe.
Continue downhill to the right, heading north, until you reach the abandoned track.
Go back up the track on the right for 20 m and immediately take the path that descends to the left (north) into a gully. At the bottom of the gully, turn left and after 120 m you will come to a wide track.
(9) Intersection of the stream and the track. Cross the track and take the path opposite. After 40m, look for a cement marker on the left and take the path going uphill on the right.
after 100m, ignore the path on the right and continue climbing on the left until you reach a ruined drystone shelter.
Then turn right to quickly reach a firebreak, which you cross diagonally to the right before reaching another DFCI track 30m higher up.
(10) Follow this track on the left. Less than 300 metres further on, leave this track and take the path on the left which descends along a deforested area adjacent to a residential area.
Continue downhill, following the built-up area until you reach a house with stone facades. There are also high stone boundary walls.
Take the path that descends to the north-west to reach the starting point (S/E).
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