Grand tour of the village of Valvignères

After this pleasant walk, you can finish with a tour of the village by following the signs within it.
Near the wash house, on the grassy verge, there is a sign summarising the points of interest.

Details

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 4.47 mi
  • ◔
    Average duration: 2h 20 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Easy

  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 276 ft
  • ↘
    Descent: - 295 ft

  • ▲
    Highest point: 764 ft
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 502 ft

Description of the walk

Park in the village centre.

(S/E) From the wash house, head towards the campsite. At the fork in the road, keep right towards the tennis court and continue along the stony path. At the crossroads, turn left, skirting the campsite. At the bottom of the descent, continue along the path branching off to the right.

(1) Walk alongside the vineyards until you reach a road.

(2) Cross the road, taking a slight detour first left then right to go round the ditches. Then take the path back between the vineyards.

(3) At the road, head down to the right, cross the bridge and head towards the Caveau des Vigneaux on the left.

(4) At the Caveau des Vigneaux, turn left and follow the path until you reach a new road, where you turn left. A few dozen metres further on, continue along the road to the right, passing houses until you reach a sharp bend.

(5) Leave the road and take the dirt track on the left, following it until you reach a junction with a concrete road (elevation 231), where you turn right. Walk through the vineyards until you reach the A-road.

(6) Turn right. Please note: unfortunately, you will need to walk carefully along the A-road for about 200 metres.

(7) Take the path on the left and head towards Le Chaussay. When you leave the path and reach the tarmac road, continue to the right and you’ll arrive behind the cooperative winery, which you’ll need to go round.

(8) Valvignères Cooperative Winery.
During opening hours, a magnificent wine cellar awaits you.
Otherwise, take the Route des Termes, which is behind you when facing the winery. Follow this road and then turn right to complete a circular route through fields and vineyards. As you look around, you’ll spot an apiary (you’ll need to look closely).

Return to the starting point (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : mi 0 - alt. 577 ft - Main wash house
  2. 1 : mi 0.46 - alt. 571 ft - Walk through the vineyards
  3. 2 : mi 0.7 - alt. 600 ft - Route du Soulier
  4. 3 : mi 1.06 - alt. 643 ft - Road to the village
  5. 4 : mi 1.29 - alt. 636 ft - Caveau des Vigneaux
  6. 5 : mi 1.87 - alt. 679 ft - End of the tarmac
  7. 6 : mi 3 - alt. 597 ft - Departmental road
  8. 7 : mi 3.14 - alt. 591 ft - Leave the main road, take the path on the left
  9. 8 : mi 3.58 - alt. 584 ft - Co-operative winery
  10. S/E : mi 4.47 - alt. 577 ft - Main wash house

Worth a visit

Valvignères, vallis vinaria or the valley of the vine. Full of wine cellars. A cooperative winery awaits you along your route and beyond.

Reviews and comments

4 / 5
Based on 5 reviews

Reliability of the description
4 / 5
Ease of following the route
4 / 5
Route interest
4 / 5
mancusoagnes
mancusoagnes

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Apr 07, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A short, easy walk, apart from a small ditch (with water in it) to cross, which had the group in good spirits when some of them finally made it across!! It was very hot and there wasn’t a single tree to provide shade, so we drank plenty (water, of course), even though we passed right by the wine cellars. A very pretty village – a shame the bar was ‘only’ getting ready to open; there were 18 of us and we would have appreciated a drink.

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ccglt
ccglt

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Feb 13, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A great little route to warm up... The guide was spot on. Thanks for all your hard work.

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chtiardechoise
chtiardechoise

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Mar 25, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

As the visorandonneur suggested, parts of the route were barely visible, if at all. For our group, this wasn’t a problem as long as we could share our passion with our four-legged friends. We’d love to do it again on a lovely afternoon once we’ve found the rest of the markings. Otherwise, the walk was absolutely brilliant – thanks again;

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Romaine1
Romaine1

Overall rating : 3.3 / 5

Date of your route : Feb 26, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

We set off from the tennis courts, but the S/E signposts at point 3 aren’t very clear. For example, the S/E sign says: “At the bottom of the descent, continue along the path branching off to the right”. We took that path, but the route faded away on an uphill stretch. We gave up on the walk after point 3 (we didn’t go to the Vigneaux wine cellar) because the path wasn’t visible.
Before point 3, we were walking between fields and vineyards with electric fencing, so the instruction “follow the vineyard” seems too vague. On arriving in a hamlet near Le Soulier, I asked for directions. We’re from the neighbouring village. I should have read Christian+iane’s review beforehand.

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Christian+iane
Christian+iane

Overall rating : 3.3 / 5

Date of your route : Oct 04, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★☆☆☆ Disappointing
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average
Very busy route : No

In some places, the Visorando route takes us through fields and vineyards, which are waterlogged in wet weather.

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