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Parking is available near the community centre in Aspères.
(S/E) Go up Rue des Sports, turn left onto Rue de l'Église to go around the old town hall on your right.
Take the small road opposite, which will take you up to the ruins of the Priory of Saint Pierre via a small tarmac road.
(1) Leave the small road on the left and follow the wall surrounding the old cemetery, built partly on the ruins of the Priory of Saint Pierre. Take the time to explore the old cemetery.
Go around the ruins through a small pine forest to rejoin the small road, which you will follow up to the left.
Walk alongside a small olive grove and then a copse of fir trees. Further on, leave the small road and take a stony path (signposted DFCI1 C1).
(2) Turn right, then keep right at the next fork to descend into the valley on a stony path that crosses vineyards and then climbs back up through groves of pine and holm oak trees. Pass under a power line.
(3) At the fork, continue left on the path that will cross vineyards and heath for about 2 km.
Near the village of Saint-Clément, discover a pretty old bridge over the Quiquilhan, a small stream with clear waters. Head back up towards the village to the cross.
(4) Turn right and follow the small road that passes through a group of houses. At the fork, take the path on the right and walk alongside a vineyard and then a small mazet on your right
(5) Take the small path on the right (at the sign, follow the direction of Aspères) to cross the Quiquilhan stream again and go up opposite. Ignore a path on the left.
(6) At the fork, turn right and continue south-east, ignoring all the paths on the left.
(7) Turn left, passing in front of a small mazet (a bench allows you to enjoy the landscape below the olive grove).
Further on, climb up a fairly steep stony path that crosses the Bois de Boulous. At the top, you will find a pretty landscape with a vineyard crowning the rounded hill.
Go around the vineyard on the right and, at the fork, take the path on the right and descend into the valley.
(8) Turn right before Mas Bousanquet (on the right, the magnificent Mas Montel) to return to the village of Aspères, which you will enter via Rue du Puits.
When you reach Rue de l'Église, turn right, pass by the church and you will find Rue des Sports on your left, which will take you back down to the starting point (S/E).
A lovely walk, with plenty to see... and plenty of walking.
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