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To get to the starting point, drive through the main square of Revest-les-Roches and park in the car park just before the village exit, opposite marker 31.
(S/E) Follow the signpost for "Mont Vial" by going up the small street on your left and then turning right. Throughout the route, the path is very easy to follow and always well signposted.
(1) Cross a small road for a few metres, then signpost 32, where the road turns into a path. Continue following the direction of the summit. The trail is very pleasant and starts in a forest of oak and conifer trees, gradually becoming more rocky as you approach the summit.
(2) The path climbs a little more here but quickly becomes less steep. Follow a north-westerly then westerly direction. The peaks of the Tinée and Vésubie valleys are now visible on your right.
(3) Note the Balme du Vial cave on your right. Continue along the path; the Col du Serse is not far away.
(4) At Col du Serse and marker 8, leave the Malaussène direction opposite and turn left towards Mont Vial. You will begin to see the antenna at its summit.
(5) At the summit and marker 285, enjoy the view before heading back down the road towards Toudon, the ridge and Col du Vial.
(6) Take a shortcut that avoids a bend in the road, but be careful as it comes very close to the edge of the ridge. Return to the road and continue to marker 283.
(7) Leave the road that descends to your left towards Tourette-du-Château and continue straight on, following the ridge towards Toudon and Col du Vial. You will reach a fork at marker 282.
(8) Continue towards Col du Vial a little further on.
(9) Pass Col du Vial and cross markers 281 and then 280. Keep heading towards the village of Toudon. Then pass markers 63 and 62, turning left each time, and you will finally arrive at the village.
(10) In Toudon, descend to the road and take the stairs opposite, which lead to the wash house on the main street. Cross the village until you reach the last house. Almost at the end of the metal fence on your right, take the small alley on the left, which starts with three steps. Join a small road and pass the fountain and its basins. Walk a few metres and you will find the start of the path on the left.
(11) Take the path that climbs towards Tourette-du-Château via Le Toasc.
(12) At the fork, leave the path on the left that climbs towards Crête du Vial and continue straight ahead until you reach the road and marker 66, which is slightly damaged.
(13) Go down the road and turn right. The yellow markers indicating the path are painted on the tarmac. Turn left a few metres further on, still following the yellow markings on the ground, then take the path that crosses the area known as Les Chabanes towards Tourette-du-Château. A sign a little further on indicates that the village is 20 minutes away.
(14) At the crossroads in the village of Tourette-du-Château, take the second road on the left for a few metres. Before the bend, at marker 43, take the path on the right, which will take you through the village under the main road. Pass marker 41 and continue straight ahead towards Revest-les-Roches. Join the D27.
(15) Walk a few metres to the right on the departmental road to find marker 33 on your left. Follow the path that climbs just above. At the road, turn left, go around a hairpin bend and you will reach the cemetery. Go around it on the right and you will return to the starting point (S/E).
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