Le Jas de Frédéric via Riboux

This is a beautiful, easy hike, alternating between paths and tracks, where you can discover: a cade oven, a jas and a well. The Jas de Frédéric has been beautifully restored and is in an ideal location. The route is not always marked, so it is best to follow the GPS.

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 12.62 km
  • ◔
    Average duration: 4h 10 
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    Difficulty: Moderate

  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 203 m
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    Descent: - 212 m

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    Highest point: 660 m
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    Lowest point: 537 m

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Description of the walk

Park in the small car park along the road to Riboux (D602), just before you reach the village, next to the start of the hike, which is visible from the road.

(S/E) Follow the track on the right towards Puits d'Arnaud.

(1) At the fork, turn right and walk past the two houses. The well is visible from the road behind the house. Continue along this track.

(2) Continue along the track towards the fire cistern.

(3) Turn left and follow the marked track north. At elevation 601, continue west. Pass under the power line three times.

(4) Cross a stream. Head left, pass under the power line once more and continue to the junction with another track, then turn right. You can follow the blue markings to see the cade oven (about 15 minutes there and back).
Return to the track and continue until you reach a fork.

(5) At this fork, continue left to Jas de Frédéric, an ideal spot for a picnic break.

(6) Go back up the track behind the jas and continue on the left, passing under the same power line. Continue until you reach a cistern.

(7) Take the hairpin bend onto the track on the left, pass under the power line again and arrive at a path on the left.

(8) Leave the track and take this path on the left, which is circular in its design before joining the track, which you follow to the left until you reach a hairpin bend.

(9) In the bend, bear left and quickly take the path that climbs to the right (red mark) until you reach the track on the left, which you follow to an underground cistern where you will find a
sign pointing to the Buscarle Well. Take the path on the left to the well.

(10) Return to the cistern and continue right on the track until you reach the fork in the road.

(1) Turn right and follow the outward route in reverse to the car park (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 550 m - Parking on the side of the D602.
  2. 1 : km 1.23 - alt. 566 m - Crossroads of the circular
  3. 2 : km 1.73 - alt. 557 m - Field on the left
  4. 3 : km 2.4 - alt. 575 m - Fire hydrant
  5. 4 : km 4.09 - alt. 651 m - Track
  6. 5 : km 5.38 - alt. 633 m - Y-junction
  7. 6 : km 5.88 - alt. 631 m - Jas de Frédéric
  8. 7 : km 7.18 - alt. 647 m - Buried cistern
  9. 8 : km 7.7 - alt. 616 m - Trail
  10. 9 : km 8.59 - alt. 590 m - Trail marked in red.
  11. 10 : km 9.69 - alt. 554 m - Buscarle Well
  12. S/E : km 12.62 - alt. 548 m - Parking on the side of the D602.

Notes

No drinking water on this route.

Worth a visit

Beautiful views of Sainte-Baume and then the sea, with Cap Sicié and the Embiez Islands in the background.

Reviews and comments

4.1 / 5
Based on 13 reviews

Reliability of the description
4 / 5
Ease of following the route
4 / 5
Route interest
4.3 / 5
Cadiou Christian
Cadiou Christian

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Oct 30, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

An easy route, enjoyable in a group, with beautiful views and a picnic at Jas de Frédérique.

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favery
favery

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Nov 03, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : Yes

Easy and enjoyable route in a Provençal setting.

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Claudius13190
Claudius13190

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Oct 17, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : Yes

Very beautiful route.

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favery
favery

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Oct 20, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A beautiful route, with a great place to eat at Jas de Frédérique.

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DENISFRAN
DENISFRAN

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Oct 02, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

It would be a shame to leave the cars at the side of the road, so we started this route in Riboux because the hamlet has a large car park after the few houses...
From Riboux, we joined the route at point 1, but we did it in reverse so that we would have covered more than half the route by the time we reached Jas de Frédéric for our picnic. Going the other way, the lunch break would have been a bit too early! Then, to return to the car park, we continued on to point 601 and then descended to the village (clearly visible on the map). Jas de Frédéric is a charming place for a relaxing break, and the sea view accompanies much of this route.

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CARLE
CARLE

Overall rating : 3.7 / 5

Date of your route : May 29, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average
Very busy route : No

Hike 80% on trails, beautiful views, a Sunday stroll, lunch at Le Jas, with a few tables
Check out the Four à cade, marked with a sign at point 5. There is little shade, so bring water.
Enjoy your hike!

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SAUBESTY
SAUBESTY

Overall rating : 3 / 5

Date of your route : Mar 11, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average
Very busy route : No

The route is lost in places.

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madi83
madi83

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : Dec 03, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A pleasant, easy hike on wide trails with moderate slopes. Beautiful views of the coastline for much of the route.

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phdelgrange
phdelgrange

Overall rating : 3.7 / 5

Date of your route : Apr 16, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Hike with lots of firebreaks, so not recommended when it's hot, which wasn't the case for us thanks to a light mistral wind. A few single tracks are included to add variety to the route and make it more enjoyable.
Much of the route is scenic with distant views of the coast
A few suggestions for improvement:
- Point 2: When you leave the track, "follow the olive trees" to find the red-marked trail.
- Point 3: When you cross the path, take the path along and "above" the low wall
- Point 4: To exit the DCFI, you can follow the GRP (yellow/red markings) then turn right onto the blue-marked path that leads to the cade oven
- Point 5: The path leading to Frederic's jas is marked in blue
- Point 9: At the bend, turn left onto "le sentier du vallon" (the valley path) then take the path that climbs to the right.

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Janine13
Janine13

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Mar 07, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Very pleasant hike. We just had some difficulty finding the small path at point 2. I think we ended up extending the hike, but we ended up back at point 4.
We had an extra companion: a friendly dog named Isis who stayed with us throughout the walk.

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VERDIMSBURGOMS
VERDIMSBURGOMS

Overall rating : 3.7 / 5

Date of your route : Jan 25, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Hello,
It is impossible to follow the entire route, as it crosses private property
from which we were chased away.
Nevertheless, it was a very pleasant hike.

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lajiji
lajiji

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Nov 14, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A very beautiful and fairly easy hike on the southern slopes of Sainte-Baume. I also recommend stopping on the way back for a drink at the local pub in Riboux...

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Khor
Khor

Overall rating : 3.7 / 5

Date of your route : May 29, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Beautiful views of the coast between La Ciotat and Le Brusc. Easy walk on open terrain. Nice stop at Jas de Frédéric. Very quiet walk, we passed three cyclists on the way back 12 to 1 and then half a dozen horse-drawn carriages with magnificent horses on the common trunk on the way back.
Three-quarters of the route follows DFCI tracks, which are easy to walk on but a little monotonous.
The description is often ambiguous, with confusing wording between right and left, which led us to backtrack a few times when the route leaves the DFCI tracks. Thank goodness for GPS, which allows you to quickly realise your mistake!
Error to report: the detour to the "four à cade" does not start at marker no. 5 (where a path with old purple rather than red markings begins, which we ended up abandoning when it became clear that it would not lead to the four à cade) but at marker no. 7.This is where a well-marked blue trail begins, with a sign indicating "four à cade".

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