Le Castellas from Roquefort-les-Pins

Park in the car park at the post office and head towards the fountain in Place Mougins Roquefort.

(S/E) Follow the D6085 on the right towards the roundabout. Turn right onto Chemin du Plan until you reach the crossroads of Chemin des Pignatons and Chemin du Camouyer, marker 251. Turn right onto Chemin du Camouyer. You will reach a three-way junction.

(1) Turn left onto Chemin des Bertrands. Before reaching the antennas, you will come to marker 260. Turn left onto Chemin du Debram. Follow the slight downhill slope to the crossroads at a place called Le Debram.

(2) Turn right onto Chemin de Notre-Dame aux Terres Blanches. You will soon reach the crossroads at marker 262. Turn left towards Camp Tracier. At the camp, first turn left then right to reach the crossroads at marker 263 near the Grotte de la Chèvre d'Or.

(3) Turn left onto the GR®653A, the Way of St James, marked in white and red. Leave it at marker 264, continue and then reach the crossroads at marker 266. Please note: the marker shown on the IGN map is no longer there.

(4) Keep to the far right and continue up the final climb to the summit of Castellas.

(5) Retrace your steps in the opposite direction to the junction at marker 263.

(3) Keep left on the GR®653A, pass marker 269. u Pré Olivier. Continue on the GR® until you reach the crossroads marked by marker 261.

(6) Turn left and take the Chemin de Notre-Dame to reach the Terres Blanches crossroads.

(7) Leave the GR® here, turn right onto Chemin de Combe-Nicette, and continue along this path until you reach the initial crossroads in Roquefort-les-Pins that you passed on the way there, at Chemin du Camouyer.

(1) Take this road opposite and, in the opposite direction to the outward journey, return to the car park at the post office (S/E).

Caution: the path through the forest is slippery in wet weather (rocks, mud, dead leaves).

(5) Le Castellas: enjoy the site and the panoramic view here.