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The departure car park is located on Rue du Parc in Bagnols-sur-Cèze.
This is the car park shared by the Lagaraud clinic and the Kiabi store (next to the Intermarché and Bricomarché stores).
(S/E) Go up Rue du Parc heading west, turn left at the Lagaraud roundabout, then take Rue de Provence (1st on the right). Take the 1st right again, Avenue Fontresquières, then the 3rd left, Chemin du Château d'Eau.
Yellow markings
(1) At the end of Chemin du Château d'Eau, go through the green barrier on the left to take the path, Chemin de l'Éolienne.
After 100 metres, turn right at the three-way junction (yellow markings on the ground) and follow the old Roman road.
When you come to a clearing, climb up to the right to reach a small road (there is another green barrier to pass through). Turn left onto the road, Chemin des Masses.
After a 300m climb, you will come out onto the Plateau des Masses. You will arrive at the corner of a property.
(2) Continue right on the track that runs alongside a farm, this is Chemin de la Source. Leave the tarmac road that branches off to the left (this will be the return route) and reach the start of a path on the right.
(3) Do not take this path, but continue on the track until you reach the "Les Fumades" sign. At the three-way junction, take the wide path that climbs to the right and passes under the EDF power line (at the top, there is a DFCI M5 sign). Stay on the Chemin des Fumades until you reach the signpost: Bagnols 5.4km / Tresques 4.4km / Blagnas 1.8 km.
(4) Continue straight ahead towards Tresques/Blagnas. On the left, there is a view of Mont Ventoux, the Camp de César plateau and the Château de Gicon. Later, the track becomes a small tarmac road that descends.
At the Château Courac sign, continue straight ahead on the tarmac road until you reach the sign: Blagnas-145m (Tresques 1.9 km / Bagnols 9.5 km / Les Fumades 2.5 km).
Off the marked trail
(5) Turn left onto Chemin de Boussac. At the next crossroads (there is a house on the right), take the track straight ahead.
When you reach the corner of the vineyard, leave the path on the right and continue along the wall on your left, passing right by the edge of a field (groups should stay in single file). At the end of the field, you will come to a small road (Chemin de Boussac, on the map).
(6) Go down to the right until you reach the D5 road. Take the D5 to the left for about 150 metres, then turn right onto Chemin Saint-Martin (you will be walking along a wall) to reach the Chapelle Saint-Martin de Jussan.
To leave the chapel, head west along Chemin de la Chapelle, perpendicular to the path you arrived on. Continue straight ahead without following the yellow markings that lead left towards the village. You will reach a crossroads 80 metres after the bend in the path.
(7) Take the path through the woods (not shown on the IGN map) which passes to the left of the house and leads back to the D5.
Turn left onto the D5. You can walk along the vineyards to avoid being on the road. When the road bends to the left, leave it on the right towards Blagnas. Pass two roads on the left to reach Blagnas.
Yellow and yellow-blue markings
(5) Turn left towards Sabran 5.7km / Sous le Castillon 1.7km. The fairly wide path is initially stony and then very sandy. Several shells + yellow-blue markings indicate this section. After about 2km, the path enters the undergrowth at a three-way junction.
(8) Continue straight ahead on the wide sandy path despite the yellow-blue cross.
Yellow markings
About 100 metres further on, you will reach the "Sous le Castillon" signpost, where the directional arrows are broken. Continue straight ahead on the main path to reach, about 600 metres further on, a clearing from where you can see the Château de Boussargues.
(9) Continue along the marked trail until you reach the tarmac road and the Chemin du Bouffaran crossroads.
Off the marked trail
(10) Leave the marked trail and take the path on the right, which is blocked to vehicles by rocks and branches. Follow this path until you reach the access road to the château.
(11) Turn right onto Chemin Boussargues Nord.
(12) Reach the castle and make the round trip to the chapel, which is marked. (See practical information if you are stopping here for lunch).
(13) To leave, return to the castle.
(12) Turn right onto the tarmac road for 50 metres and leave it via a path on the right under the trees.
Yellow-blue markings
Join a sandy path that turns left to pass in front of a shed.
When the path bends at the corner of a vineyard, leave it and continue straight ahead between the vines. At the end of the vines, take the path through the undergrowth opposite (marked with shells).
The path comes out again at the edge of the vineyards. Walk along the vineyards for 50 metres, then take a path on the right through the undergrowth (there is a yellow shell on the ground). A little further on (about 50 metres) at the three-way junction, leave the path on the right and take the one opposite.
About 400m further on, the path passes near a fallen tree and leads to a T-junction with a track.
Yellow markings
Follow the track on the right, which climbs alongside the vineyards and then passes under two large EDF pylons. Continue 30 metres after the second pylon to find another crossroads.
No markings
(14) Take the first path on the left, turn right then left after the ditch. Walk along the vineyard to the bend and turn right. Continue along the vineyard (about 80 steps) until you reach a tree that stands out from the others due to its size.
Then go down a small, faint path at the foot of the tree, then a few steps to reach a plateau of vineyards below (this passage is 20 metres at most).
Once off the path, walk along the vineyard on the right, until you reach the house (still on your right). Pass the house and continue downhill along the vineyard. You will see Mont Ventoux in front of you. When you reach the flat, take the first path on the right under the EDF line and continue between the vineyards to reach the marked trail.
Yellow markings
(3) Turn left and choose either the marked track (which you took on the way there) or stay along the vineyard above the track; the two routes meet further on. Pass in front of the mini farm again.
No markings
(2) Continue straight ahead on Chemin de la Source under the telephone line until you reach a circular bend in the path.
(15) Take the very small path on the left, which is the continuation of Chemin de la Source. Descend through the undergrowth to the level of the house (just in front of the gate) and continue downhill.
Be careful after the fallen trees, as there is a small precipice on the right-hand side of the path.
A little further on, there is a slightly tricky section with a large rock to climb down. There are small steps carved into it, which are very helpful. You will come out at the end of Avenue Fontresquières and continue for a good hundred metres.
(16) Take the first right, Rue des Lavandes, then the first left, Chemin de Lagaraud.
Continue straight on to Parc Marquet.
(17) Cross it to the right to reach Rue Penchenier via a staircase. Go down this street, then turn left to pass in front of the clinic and return to the starting car park (S/E).
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