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Access: From Pélissane, take the road to Eguilles. From the roundabout with the D572, follow the D17 for 700 metres, then turn right onto a tarmac road with a 30 km/h speed limit. Follow it for about 1 km (the track turns left after about 250 metres). The track eventually reaches a junction: the track opposite and the one on the left are unpaved, whilst the one on the right is tarmac-surfaced and lined with a hedge of trees, with a sign reading ‘Domaine de Gigery’. Park here.
(S/E) Set off eastwards, i.e. follow the path opposite the one leading to Gigery. You’ll first pass between a vineyard and an olive grove, then through a pine forest. After about 1 km, the path crosses another one of the same width: carry on straight ahead. About a hundred metres further on, you’ll see the old Bidoussanne milestone on your left.
(1) Continue east-south-east along the path for about 400 metres.
(2) Take the path on the right. About a hundred metres further on, at the three-way junction, take the path on the left. This path narrows, is not always clearly marked, but follows a wire fence and runs along the bottom of a slope. It then reaches a T-junction with another path.
(3) Turn right. Shortly afterwards, you’ll emerge from the pine forest into a landscape of heath, very different from the valley you walked alongside on the way there. After about 500 metres, first turn right then left. About a hundred metres further on, cross a wider track and carry on straight ahead. At the next fork in the road, follow the track straight ahead, which skirts the Colline des Toirs to the left.
(4) After passing a vineyard on the left (from here you can see the Lançon-Provence motorway toll booth), take a slightly descending path to the left which enters a pine forest. Turn left, then walk alongside a field on your left. When you reach a small ruined house, enter the pine forest again.
(5) A little further on, at a three-way junction, take the rocky path leading uphill to the right (West-South-West).
(6) At the end of this track, at a junction, turn right onto a sunken track. Follow it back to the starting junction (S/E).
. What's more, we were treated to a show by the Patrouille de France during our picnic, and thanks to the GPX file, it was impossible to get lost.
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