The Mas des Ligaudières route

The route begins at Place de l’Eglise in La Côte-Saint-André.
This square is crossed by the^GR®65(marked in white and red) and the Way of St James (yellow shell on a blue background)

(S/E) Follow the^GR® heading west (Rue du Commandant Julhiet). When you reach the junction with Avenue Jongkind, you can see the Villa Beauséjour, where the painter lived. On the other side of the junction, there is a memorial stone erected in his honour.

Carry on straight ahead along Rue du Commandant Julhiet and walk past the cemetery (there’s a drinking fountain inside). After the cemetery, turn right and continue until you reach the D518a.
Cross the road carefully (traffic goes very, very fast) and first turn right then left onto Chemin de Fagot. You’ll come to a T-junction where there’s a fountain
(1). Turn left (you’ll be leaving the^GR® trail, which goes in the other direction).
Cross the D73, where you’ll take a first turn right then left (50m) to continue along the path southwards. You’ll pass through orchards and the greenhouses of an organic farm.

(2) When you reach a T-junction, turn right, then take the^first left. This small tarmac road turns into a wide farm track, which curves naturally to the right.

(3) You’ll come out onto a small road.

(4) Turn left onto it. It will take you to the village of Sardieu.
Turn right onto the main street (Rue du Landron) and follow it to the central square, where you’ll find a bakery.

(5) In the square, head down to the left, past the cobbled church and the town hall.
Then take the first street on the left, passing the cemetery (water point) and then the sports grounds.

(6) After these, turn right. Then take the^first road on the left, followed by the^first path on the right. This path naturally curves to the left.

(7) It leads you to the Mas des Ligaudières.

(8) When you reach the road, turn right, then left after the small copse.
You’ll start a series of hairpin bends. When these are over, take a track on the right which leads onto a small tarmac road.

(9) Turn left. This will take you to the D518a, which you cross again to continue straight ahead

(10). When the small road bends to the right, take the small path opposite, situated between the playground and the EDF substation. You’ll reach a complex junction.
Take the^second street on the left (Chemin du Cerf Montant). Carry on, ignoring any streets or paths branching off to the right or left, until you reach the^second ‘Stop’ sign.
Before that, you will have passed the Parc d’Allivet and its château (half of the park is open to the public and offers a lovely spot to rest on the magnificent lawns).

(11). After the^second ‘Stop’ sign, carry on straight ahead until you reach the church square (S/E).

Please note! The centre of La Côte Saint-André is a blue zone. You will therefore need to find a parking space either on Avenue Jongkind (heading west) or on Place Hector Berlioz (to the south).
There are several water points: La Côte Saint-André cemetery (1), Sardieu cemetery.
In La Côte Saint-André, you’ll find plenty of shops, services and restaurants.
In Sardieu, there is a bakery (closed on Sunday afternoons and Mondays)

During the walk, you’ll be able to admire the peaks surrounding the Bièvre plain, the Villa Beauséjour where the painter Jongkind once lived, the pebble-stone church in Sardieu and, at the end of the route, the Château and Parc d’Allivet.
In La Croix-Saint-André, the church, the market hall and the Berlioz Museum.