The Devil's Chair

Loop around Meyssac and Collonges-La-Rouge to discover the geological fault that has left a deep mark on the ground. Red sandstone to the north and white limestone to the south will take you to the Chaise du Diable (Devil's Chair) where you can rest before diving back into the valley.

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
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    Distance: 18.14 km
  • ◔
    Average duration: 6h 40 
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    Difficulty: Moderate

  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
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    Ascent: + 528 m
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    Descent: - 527 m

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    Highest point: 468 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 144 m

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Description of the walk

Park in the U supermarket car park.

(S/E) Head to Boulevard du Quercy, turn right and then right again towards the medical-educational institute.
Follow the yellow and red signs.
Continue through the buildings; the Chemin de la Sagne is a public road.
Follow Chemin du Breuil to the intersection and continue almost opposite on a narrow road towards Bois du Peuch. Go to the wash house.

(1) Turn right onto the road towards Beauregard and continue straight ahead. Turn left then right after the bridge, following the yellow and red signs. You will reach a small stone house.

(2) Turn right onto a wide path just after this cottage.
At the end of the road, turn left onto the road, then right onto a grassy path. Further on, turn right again onto a road that will take you to Collonges-la-Rouge.
Take Rue de la Barrière and quickly turn left to cross the village, wandering through the narrow streets. Turn left before the school onto a small road going uphill. Join the D38.

(3) Turn right, bear left at the first crossroads and pass in front of the school. At the cross, take the path on the right and continue straight ahead through the woods, following the yellow and red markings. At the intersection, go down to the right, cross the stream via the small wooden bridge and go back up towards Naudoux.

(4) At the top of the hill, turn left onto a path climbing between two low walls. Join Pierre Taillade and follow the winding asphalt road to the left towards Le Puy Rouge.
At the last bend, continue straight ahead on a wide red sandstone path.
Turn right onto the road at point 403, then left onto a path through the woods. Join the road, turn left and continue to a new intersection.

(5) Follow the signs for Chadebech on the right, leave the microlight take-off site on your right and take a fairly technical and very wet path downhill alongside the Vianne. You will come to a small wooden bridge.

(6) Take it on the left and climb up towards the Chaise du Diable. Then continue straight ahead and cross the hamlet of La Chatie.

(7) Leave the yellow and red markings here and take a path on the left that descends through the woods.
Look for a small single track on the left going uphill through the woods, then turn slightly left and climb through the woods until you reach the road.

(8) Turn left and after about 50 metres, at the cross, turn right towards Dourieux. At the fork, turn right onto a fairly wide path descending through the woods. You will reach a road.

(9) Turn left, then right 100 metres further on, onto a very technical downhill path (yellow markings) which leads past the Château du Martret and then onto the D38 at the Collonges-la-Rouge crossroads.

(3) Follow the D38, taking it on the left towards Meyssac. Pass the school crossroads you took on the way out, leave the cemetery on your left, then cross the D38 and head towards the VVF on the right.

(10) Turn left and go under a covered trench, follow the Peyrague campsite and go back up to the D38. Take it on the left to return to the car park where you started (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 199 m - Supermarket car park
  2. 1 : km 1.92 - alt. 144 m - Wash house, on the right
  3. 2 : km 3.42 - alt. 160 m - Small house on the right
  4. 3 : km 5.44 - alt. 233 m - D38, crossroads of the loop
  5. 4 : km 6.88 - alt. 292 m - Turn left at the top of the hill.
  6. 5 : km 9.5 - alt. 429 m - Intersection, direction Chadebech
  7. 6 : km 10.92 - alt. 288 m - Wooden bridge
  8. 7 : km 13.21 - alt. 457 m - Point 458, on the left
  9. 8 : km 13.93 - alt. 466 m - Road, on the left
  10. 9 : km 15.56 - alt. 414 m - Place known as La Côte
  11. 10 : km 17.4 - alt. 219 m - Turn left towards the covered trench.
  12. S/E : km 18.14 - alt. 199 m - Supermarket car park

Notes

Bring water and good walking shoes.
At weekends, you can park in the IME car park. During the week, it is best to park at the supermarket car park or in the centre of Meyssac and walk to the starting point.

Worth a visit

Reviews and comments

4.6 / 5
Based on 20 reviews

Reliability of the description
4.6 / 5
Ease of following the route
4.6 / 5
Route interest
4.6 / 5
User 17930721

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Jul 16, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A very beautiful hike in dry, sunny weather (29°C). Recommended in dry weather, as some sections can be technical and slippery when wet.
Three quarters of the hike is shaded, which is very pleasant.
We followed the route and spent 20 minutes strolling around the village of Collonges la Rouge twice (on the way there and back).
We covered 21 km in 5 hours (not including a 20-minute picnic break).
Highlights of the route: the peaceful woodland trails, the scenery, the village of Collonges and the Chaise du Diable (which is well worth the effort as the climb is technical).
We only came across two other couples on the hike (excluding the streets of Collonges, but even in high season it wasn't crowded).
For those who wish to have lunch in Collonges, there are many restaurants and snack bars/ice cream parlours open (the terraces were full at lunchtime).
Regarding the route at point 3, it should be modified as follows: pass in front of the school and at the statue of the Virgin Mary (not the cross), turn right and take the path...
And at point 7, the small single track on the left leads to an unkempt woodland area that is closing in due to overgrown vegetation: bring a pair of secateurs.
I recommend this walk, even if in some places it's just walking for the sake of walking (by which I mean there's nothing in particular to see), but in our case, that's not a problem.

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vince @33
vince @33

Hello, wonderful hike and very well marked, however, a small improvement could be useful. The paragraph "8" could be modified as follows
Remove from the paragraph: "Reach the place called La Côte"
and start paragraph 9 with
"On leaving the woods on the D38, turn left, then right 100 metres further on and follow the "YELLOW" signs (or signs for the Camino de Santiago) on a very technical downhill path that leads to the Château du Martret and then onto the D38 at the Collonges la Rouge crossroads."

Best regards and thank you

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Touraine
Touraine

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : Sep 10, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Hike completed on a very hot day. We broke it up with a picnic and a visit to Collonges la Rouge.
Although the route isn't too busy, visiting Collonges is a bit of a pain as the car park is full of coaches and you don't really get to enjoy the visit.
The hike has some elevation gain but is interesting.

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dindons
dindons

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Nov 10, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A very beautiful, pleasant and easy hike, a little challenging in places but relaxing thanks to its calm atmosphere and change of scenery. Thank you to Greg 19 for this wonderful day.

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Famille92
Famille92

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : Sep 02, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Route partially completed (only the large loop, which I picked up from Lagleygeolle at point 5), in "trail" mode. Perfect for a run with elevation gain, in the shade (August is very hot!), beautiful views, pleasant little paths, and clear directions to follow the route.

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DUREPAIRE
DUREPAIRE

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : May 27, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A beautiful walk, best enjoyed when the ground is dry.

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odile86580
odile86580

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : May 20, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Clear description, no problems finding your way around. Very pleasant route with no particular difficulties, despite the paths being a little muddy due to recent rain.

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greg 19
greg 19

We're delighted that you enjoyed the tour...

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Stéphane GUILLAUME
Stéphane GUILLAUME

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Apr 22, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Hello,
I enjoyed the beautiful route, which I completed in trail running mode, extending it from point 7.
The first loop isn't particularly interesting to me, except as a warm-up, as it's relatively flat and allows you to enter the village from below.
The second loop is very green with superb views (I did it on 19 April in beautiful weather).
The description is perfect, even though this hike is well signposted.
Thanks for this walk.
Stéphane

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Philippe 31
Philippe 31

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Oct 02, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Beautiful hike

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randonneur36
randonneur36

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Sep 26, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : Yes

The paths are pleasant, with beautiful views of Collonges.

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Danet
Danet

Overall rating : 3.7 / 5

Date of your route : Jul 31, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average
Very busy route : No

Apart from the Devil's Chair as a curiosity, there isn't much point in doing this hike other than for the pleasure of walking.

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Fanete63
Fanete63

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : May 06, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Hike partially completed, joined at point 4 from Meyssac.
In dry weather, no real technical difficulty except for the climb to the Chaise du Diable.
The end of the route between Collonges and Meyssac was not very pleasant, along a road that is quite busy at weekends, with a difficult-to-find point 10.

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Lachassinie
Lachassinie

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : Feb 13, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A very beautiful route that is a PDIPR (public footpath)

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sourdine
sourdine

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Sep 02, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

stunning views of Collonges la Rouge

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