The path of wells and wash houses in Laburgade

Wells, wash houses, cazelles (stone huts), truffle fields, the remains of an old priory and typical Quercy houses are what you will find on this beautiful hike in the countryside near Cahors.

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 15.10 km
  • ◔
    Average duration: 4h 50 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Moderate

  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 182 m
  • ↘
    Descent: - 187 m

  • ▲
    Highest point: 276 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 195 m

Description of the walk

Car park in front of the Laburgade village hall.

(S/E) At the car park exit, take the D10 to the left, then the small passage to the right of the church which leads to the Place de la Mairie. Go straight ahead and take the road on the left towards Le Pech Blanc. You will arrive at the crossroads near the war memorial.

(1) Turn left and follow the road straight ahead for a good kilometre. Go through the S-bend and join the three-way junction.

(2) At the three-way junction, continue along the road to the left towards Labouissière. After the hamlet, continue to the big bend to the left.

(3) In the bend, almost level with an abandoned cottage, take the small path on the right (somewhat hidden by vegetation in certain seasons) to descend through the woods to a tarmac road. Turn left onto this road and you will be on theGR®65. Immediately after, you will reach the Lavoir d'Oustriols and the crossroads with a path.

(4) Take this path on the right and follow theGR®65(Chemin de Compostelle) which climbs gently. Cross the D10 (take care) and continue along the path opposite. Keep heading south-east for about 1 km until you find a smaller path that veers off to the left.

(5) Take this path straight ahead into the forest, which heads north-east and joins a tarmac road. Turn left and, after about 700 m, at a place called Biargues, you will come to a fork in the road.

(6) Continue on the left to reach Lac de Fraysse. Walk along the right side of the lake and follow the path until you reach the D22.

(7) Cross the D22 to reach the small dirt track just above on the other side of the road, which turns right after 100 m. Continue to Camp Del Frau, after the tennis court near the house.

(8) Take the path to the left, leaving the tennis court on your left. After about 300 metres, turn onto the first path on the right which descends into the woods, gradually heading north and, at the end, joins a cross path.

(9) Turn left and after about 500 metres, take thefirst path on the right. Follow it straight ahead until you reach the tarmac road.

(10) Turn right towards the village of Aujols, pass in front of the church and cemetery, and continue straight down towards the lake and its butterfly wash houses. When you reach Place du Lac, walk along the left side of the lake to reach thethird street on the left.

(11) Take this road to the left of the lake (opposite the pump) towards Flaujac Poujols, then take thefirst road on the left at the village exit sign. Pass the hamlet of Moulin de Payrot and continue straight ahead. Atthe first crossroads, turn right then left at the next bend. You will reach the hamlet of L'Escalier and the D10.

(12) Follow the D10 (take care), in the left-hand bend leave the cross on your right then keep left for about 300 m and, at the start of the right-hand bend, leave the road for the stony path and join a tarmac road.

(13) Follow the tarmac road to the right and, after about 70 m, take thefirst path on the left. Follow it until you reach the D10.

(14) Walk along the D10 (taking care) and take thefirst road on the left towards the cemetery to join the D22 at a place called Les Crouzettes.

(15) Follow the D22 to the right and, just before a crossroads with a stone cross, take the path on the right which runs alongside a series of wells and takes you back to the car park in front of the village hall in Laburgade (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 268 m - Car park in front of the village hall in Laburgade
  2. 1 : km 0.15 - alt. 270 m - Towards Le Pech Blanc
  3. 2 : km 1.18 - alt. 259 m - Towards Labouissière
  4. 3 : km 1.87 - alt. 261 m - Small path through the woods
  5. 4 : km 2.19 - alt. 229 m - Oustriols wash house
  6. 5 : km 3.99 - alt. 272 m - Small path slanting to the left
  7. 6 : km 5.17 - alt. 275 m - Fork - Place called Biargues
  8. 7 : km 6.11 - alt. 251 m - D22
  9. 8 : km 6.71 - alt. 262 m - Camp Del Frau
  10. 9 : km 8.05 - alt. 195 m - Les Conquettes
  11. 10 : km 9.92 - alt. 254 m - Towards Aujols
  12. 11 : km 10.72 - alt. 230 m - Towards Flaujac Poujols
  13. 12 : km 12.39 - alt. 268 m - The Staircase
  14. 13 : km 12.81 - alt. 266 m - Avoid the D10.
  15. 14 : km 13.78 - alt. 266 m - Return to the D10.
  16. 15 : km 14.51 - alt. 255 m - Return to the D22.
  17. S/E : km 15.1 - alt. 268 m - Car park

Reviews and comments

4.5 / 5
Based on 13 reviews

Reliability of the description
4.5 / 5
Ease of following the route
4.4 / 5
Route interest
4.5 / 5
Maiko
Maiko

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : Oct 07, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A very beautiful hike along pleasant paths lined with low walls.
Rich heritage. Discover the butterfly wash houses. Numerous wells, sometimes close to each other.
Well-restored Quercy houses.
Hike with few difficulties.
I highly recommend it.
Eliane

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CristoF
CristoF

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : Aug 12, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A lovely walk.

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artifice
artifice

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Aug 04, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

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Colombo jc
Colombo jc

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Jun 23, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A very pleasant, shaded walk, a delightful route after the heavy rain of recent days, remarkable limestone plateau heritage and the beautiful villages of Laburgade and Aujols.
I highly recommend it.

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bemer82
bemer82

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Mar 18, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A very beautiful hike with little tarmac and lots of pleasant, well-marked trails through the woods, as well as the discovery of staircase wells and butterfly wash houses. The villages of Aujols and Laburgade are very pretty.

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isalyo82
isalyo82

Overall rating : 3.7 / 5

Date of your route : Dec 04, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Beautiful paths through the woods lined with stone walls, few tarmac roads, a lovely walk for the whole family, with no particular difficulties.

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Maload
Maload

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Oct 14, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Pleasant walk, no elevation gain, each wash house, well and fountain is adorned with an informative plaque.

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maxcaviso
maxcaviso

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : May 23, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A pleasant hike, starting off on tarmac before moving onto pleasant trails and paths, with occasional washhouses adorned with water lilies along the way.
I recommend it.

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pc.montagne
pc.montagne

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : May 19, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A beautiful hike with little tarmac and dotted with places of interest that deserve to be mentioned in the guidebook (wells, the Way of St James, butterfly wash houses, the Conquêtes caves, etc.). The villages of Aujols and Laburgade are very pretty. Be careful at point 3, which is very easy to miss.
Completed in 4½ hours in overcast but bright weather with ideal temperatures.
Good restaurants in nearby Lalbenque (truffle capital...).

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catherinelanglais
catherinelanglais

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : Apr 02, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A lovely, easy walk with a rich heritage and beautiful buildings!

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UK
UK

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Jan 10, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A very beautiful hike along the lovely paths of Quercy Blanc. Be sure to follow the description carefully as the markings are very unclear, except for the section along the GR65. A splendid finale with the butterfly-winged wash houses in Aujols and its surroundings and the wells of Laburgade UK.

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LE JANNOU LOUIS
LE JANNOU LOUIS

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : May 02, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A few pilgrims on the section of the GR dedicated to St Jacques de C.
Several picnic spots... I named it the Water and Stone Hike because there were so many stone structures (walls, gariottes, dovecotes, mills, and of course wash houses and wells).
Date of hike: Wednesday 13/04/2022.
SAM Montauban.

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lalala9
lalala9

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Apr 17, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A lovely, easy walk with some interesting heritage sites to see.
A bit of road (not too busy)
Winter or mid-season hike, after that it will be too hot!

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