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(S/E) Village of Jullié. Park in the centre of the village of Jullié, on the square in front of the church or nearby.
The route is marked by a holly leaf on a dark red background, except from (5) to (9).
Cross the roundabout and take Rue du Lavoir, a small street opposite the church that goes downhill. After 50 metres, you will find the wash house on your right.
(1) Le Lavoir, take the cul-de-sac on the right in front of the wash house, Impasse des Lavandières, which turns into a dirt track a little further on. Follow this track until it joins the D68 road a little higher up, in a hairpin bend.
(2) Hairpin bend on the D68, turn left.
Follow the D68 uphill, passing between a few houses.
Continue straight ahead until you reach a second hairpin bend. Follow the bend and continue for about 50 metres.
(3) Take the path on the right that climbs up through the vineyards.
Follow the holly leaf signs.
At the fork, take the left-hand path and you will come to a pine forest.
Turn left again.
Follow this road straight ahead until you reach the D137 road. Cross this road and take the road straight ahead.
Continue straight ahead until you reach Mont Fétraud.
(4) At Mont Fétraud, a clearing at the intersection of four paths, take the path that goes straight up ahead.
Continue along this main road until you reach the D627 road.
(5) La Croix Follain (hiking signpost), from this point, do not follow the holly leaf markings (unless you want to shorten the hike, as the holly leaf will take you directly to (9)).
To the right of the La Croix Follain signpost is a hut marked Suez.
Take the path to the right of the Suez hut, then the path that branches off behind it, heading north-west.
Climb this path through the woods, which becomes stony and steep.
At a fork, follow the path on the right to the top and take an open path on the right, through the broom, which leads to the orientation table fifty metres away.
(6) Rontécolon orientation table, 360° view. Retrace your steps to the path and descend to the right, heading east.
You will see a picnic shelter on the left and the D627 ahead again.
(7) Les Grandes Terres, turn completely left behind the picnic shelter and take theGR®76(marked red and white).
Ignore a path on the left and continue to the right, following the GR® signs.
At the second fork, do not take the path that descends to the right, continue on theGR® on the left and follow it to the small hamlet of Le Rousset.
(8) Le Rousset, arrive at a house and a paved road. Do not follow the GR® markings.
Follow the road that climbs to the left.
At a group of houses, continue along the road, keeping to the left.
When you reach the D68, turn left again, follow the bend to the right and continue straight up this road to the Col de Gerbet.
(9) Col de Gerbet (alt. 612), follow the holly leaf markings.
A few metres after the Col de Gerbet sign, take the first path on the right.
Follow this road straight ahead (ignore a road on the right) until you reach the D644 road.
(10) Take the D644 on the right and follow it to the Col de la Sibérie.
(11) Col de la Sibérie: take the path to the right of the stele, which further on becomes a trail. Ignore a path on the right.
At a fork, turn right and go through a gate that enters a meadow. Follow the bottom of the meadow to the left, turn right in front of the fence, and exit the meadow a little further on through another gate.
Walk along the outside of another meadow.
(12) Turn left just after the end of the meadow fence, go straight ahead to a barrier and a gate opposite.
(13) Go through the gate and take the path that enters the woods.
Follow the path straight ahead until you reach the Chapelle de Vâtre.
(14) Pass the chapel and turn left onto the road that passes under the chapel. Follow this road.
At a group of houses below, turn left towards Les Bourbons.
Follow this road for a while; it crosses the river in a right-hand bend and continues downhill.
You will see woods on your left and meadows with a river on your right.
(15) Just after the woods, take the path that climbs up to the left through the vineyards.
Climb higher than the house and turn right to descend.
When you reach a bush, turn left and descend to the D17 road.
(16) At the Étang de la Roche, cross the road and head towards the village centre opposite.
The road runs alongside the Roche pond and then climbs up towards the castle.
(17) Château de La Roche, turn right in front of the castle and drive along the right-hand side.
Continue straight ahead until you reach the village.
Enter the village straight ahead (ignore the roads on the right and left).
You will arrive at the wash house.
(1) Continue straight ahead to the starting point (S/E).
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