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Coming from Manosque, at the Col de la Mort d’Imbert, leave the D5 and turn right towards La Tuilerie and Les Gipières. Follow the road (which is in poor condition) to the end and park at the Bellevue car park (a barrier prevents vehicles from passing).
(S/E) Take the small tarmac path to the right of the barrier and continue to the picnic area.
(1) Turn right and take the road towards a water tank. Continue straight on at the junction, then turn left to pass the water tank on your right.
(2) Ignore the path on the right (which you will take on the way back) and stay on the road. Then turn right to cut across the hairpin bend, cross the road again and continue along the path opposite. 50 m further on, take the path on the left: the one on the right leads to the same place. Then continue north-east.
(3) At the junction, keep left. The path overlooks the valley with views of Mont Ventoux and Montagne de Lure. Ignore the path on the right and walk for about 1.5 km to reach a wider road after ignoring a path on the right. The general direction changes and you have a view of the Durance plain. Go straight on along the road.
(4) At the bend to the right, turn left onto a barely visible path: a gap in the vegetation. A good landmark is the walnut tree facing the path on the other side of the road. Shortly afterwards, at the fork, take the unmarked path on the right which goes round a rocky outcrop and overlooks the Durance plain. Join the PR®.
(5) Turn right onto it and continue until you are just past point 2. Do not take the path you came on; stay on the track to the left until you come to a wider road. Turn left onto this road and follow it for a good hundred metres.
(6) On the right, there is a small round post with a green band at the top, indicating a small path to the right. Follow it for about 700 m, where a similar post will indicate the path to the right. After about 150 m, it crosses a road. Turn left onto it and follow it.
After a hairpin bend, you will see a well on the right, covered by a dry-stone dome. Walk past the well and follow thePR® on the right, which leads to a ruined house and then a pretty dovecote. Continue along this path until you reach the road.
(7) Continue to the left and, after about 200 m, take the path on the left.
(1) Rather than returning to the finish via the same route as on the way out, go round the picnic area and take the small tarmac path on the right where you can see curious elephant tusks and a huge “ear”. This also leads back to the starting point (S/E).
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