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Town hall car park.
(S/E) From the Alvignac town hall car park, head towards the church and join the D673. Then turn right. Pass the first road on the right and take the next one on the left. Just before you reach the D673, turn left and continue along this path until you reach the road.
(1) Cross the D673 and walk up the avenue of plane trees that leads to the crossroads before the Château de Salgues. Turn left towards Mazeyrac and turn right at the second crossroads.
Cross the hamlet and continue along the path that climbs to a ridge. This is the boundary between the arid Causse and the green Limargue. After passing a sheepfold, you will come to a pasture. On the right, you can access the Fort de Cantal cazelle (dry stone hut): then retrace your steps. Turn left onto the path that descends, then turn right to reach a crossroads.
(2) Turn left. After 300 metres, turn left again, then take the path on the right to reach a small road.
Not far from there, on your right, is the Château de Cantecor. This seigneury first belonged to the Miers family, then was conquered by François de Tanes, Lord of Salgues, in 1566. The Marquise de Pompadour also stayed there when she came to take the waters at the Miers thermal spring.
(3) Cross the small road and descend into the valley to reach the woods of jonquils, then a fork in the road.
(4) Turn right and follow the path that runs along the valley to the next crossroads.
(5) Follow the path lined with low walls straight ahead. Continue along this path for about 400 metres until you reach the ruins of Fonfrège. Please note that you cannot access them as they are private property.
Continue until you reach a small tarmac road.
(6) Continue to the left. Pass a first and then a second road on the right and at the next crossroads, turn left towards the holiday camp to reach a crossroads.
(7) Cross the D20, head towards the building and take the path that descends into a valley. When you reach a crossroads, go to the Source Salmière and then retrace your steps.
(8) Take the path on the right. Follow the path through the woods until you reach a road. Turn right and pass the Lavoir des Fontanelles.
(9) Cross the D20 and continue straight on Rue du Couderc. Then, at the small square, turn right and at the second crossroads, turn left to reach a fountain and a wash house. Then take the path that goes left and climbs back up towards the village. At the tarmac road (Rue du Mas de Troy), turn right and take the second road on the left to return to your starting point (S/E).
The daffodils were there, in abundance! The Salmière spring site is really worth seeing, beautifully restored. We enjoyed the tables set up in the Bouillon kiosk. After a short tour of the lake, we extended our route by passing by the Théron de Pénoutou fountain and returned to our vehicles in the Casino car park. A beautiful route!
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