Le Pin Church, Le Cabana and Marguestau

You walk through woods and vineyards. You pass through the hamlet of Peyroutin and the village of Marguestau.

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 10.25 mi
  • ◔
    Average duration: 5h 05 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Moderate

  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 443 ft
  • ↘
    Descent: - 449 ft

  • ▲
    Highest point: 512 ft
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 344 ft
  • ⚐ Country: France
  • ⚐ City: Ayzieu (32800)
  • ⚑
    Start/End: N 43.864356° / W 0.045133°
  • ❏
    IGN map(s): Ref. 1742SB
  • Hour-by-hour weather

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Description of the walk

(S/E) From the car park at Le Pin church, with your back to the church, follow the road to the right towards the south for just under a hundred metres.

(1) When the road bends to the left, turn right onto a forest track. Follow this track for about 1.3 km. It crosses the Maignan stream.

(2) Turn right onto the D33 and continue for about 400 metres.

(3) At the junction with the D30, turn left for 50 metres and then turn right onto the D33. After Bel-Air, turn
left and then right at the next three-way junction.

(4) Turn right at the corner of a vineyard and carry on to the hamlet of Brousset.

(5) Turn left and follow the road for 1.1 km. Continue straight on along the forest track.

(6) Where the road forks, turn right.

(7) At the junction, turn right and carry on towards the hamlet of Peyroutin.

(8) Turn right onto the tarmac road and, after 75m, turn left into a vineyard lane. At the tarmac road, turn right and continue towards Marguestau.

(9) At the crossroads, turn left onto the D109 towards Ayzieu and continue for 2.4 km.

(10) Turn right onto the gravel track, ignore the turn-offs to the hamlet of Le Mulé and continue to the right for about 500m.

(11) Turn left towards Le Nouet and Les Arbeils, pass these hamlets and reach a junction.

(12) Turn slightly left, cross the D30 and carry on.

(13) At the fork, turn right and pass the hamlet of Le Sauby.

(14) Turn right with the road and head back towards the church at Le Pin (S/E).
Start after 500m (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : mi 0 - alt. 489 ft - Le Pin Church
  2. 1 : mi 0.06 - alt. 479 ft - Crossroads at the end of the circular loop
  3. 2 : mi 0.9 - alt. 502 ft - Maisonneuve
  4. 3 : mi 1.15 - alt. 449 ft - Junction with the D30
  5. 4 : mi 2.26 - alt. 486 ft - Turn right at the vineyard
  6. 5 : mi 3.5 - alt. 374 ft - Broustet Marguesteau
  7. 6 : mi 4.33 - alt. 449 ft - Junction on the right
  8. 7 : mi 4.58 - alt. 449 ft - La Cabana crossroads
  9. 8 : mi 5.38 - alt. 410 ft - Peyroutin
  10. 9 : mi 6.65 - alt. 413 ft - Marguestau
  11. 10 : mi 8.14 - alt. 361 ft - Gravel path to the right
  12. 11 : mi 8.49 - alt. 371 ft - Le Basta
  13. 12 : mi 9.43 - alt. 463 ft - Junction after Les Arbeils
  14. 13 : mi 9.9 - alt. 499 ft - Junction before Sauby
  15. S/E : mi 10.25 - alt. 489 ft - Le Pin Church

Notes

(S/E) Water point in the cemetery.

Worth a visit

(S/E) Le Pin Church, 11th century. A single-nave building with a semicircular apse.

(8) Domaine de Pujo, producer of Armagnac, wine and Floc de Gascogne.

Reviews and comments

3.7 / 5
Based on 6 reviews

Reliability of the description
4.2 / 5
Ease of following the route
4.3 / 5
Route interest
2.5 / 5
Elsa91400
Elsa91400

Overall rating : 3.3 / 5

Date of your route : May 13, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★☆☆☆ Disappointing
Very busy route : No

Definitely too much tarmac… The walk is mainly along major tarmac roads with quite a bit of traffic (and motorists who barely move over!).
We didn’t enjoy it at all

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PEXK768
PEXK768

Overall rating : 3.3 / 5

Date of your route : Apr 25, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★☆☆☆ Disappointing
Very busy route : No

Too much tarmac.

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Nanard40
Nanard40

Overall rating : 3 / 5

Date of your route : Apr 10, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★☆☆☆ Disappointing
Very busy route : No

There’s too much driving involved in this route, which takes some of the fun out of the hike.

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p@scal
p@scal

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Feb 18, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A lovely route. It takes you through meadows, woods and vineyards. Not too much tarmac, though. Make sure you work out the distances properly, as the route is quite long. A bit muddy after several days of rain, but still great fun.

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Cmarsil
Cmarsil

Overall rating : 3.7 / 5

Date of your route : Nov 12, 2018
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average

There are indeed plenty of stretches of tarmac road, but with very little traffic

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Roroboubou
Roroboubou

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : Jun 07, 2018
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★☆☆☆ Disappointing

The description and route map are excellent; there were no problems with the route itself. As for how interesting it was… well… too much walking along narrow tarmac roads with heavy traffic… A shame.

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