The heritage of Les Salles-Lavauguyon

An easy walk that will allow you to discover the heritage around Les Salles Lavauguyon.

Details

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 6.60 mi
  • ◔
    Average duration: 3h 25 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Moderate

  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 404 ft
  • ↘
    Descent: - 377 ft

  • ▲
    Highest point: 942 ft
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 702 ft

Description of the walk

Car park opposite the church in the village of Les Salles-Lavauguyon.

(S/E) Head right towards Maisonnais Tardoire via the D33a. You’ll soon come to a path on the left.

(1) Take this path and enter a wood. You’ll reach a cross at the junction with the E3 road. Continue straight ahead on this road. Pass through the village of Fougeras, turn left, then leave the village and take a new path on the right.
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(2) Follow it to the right until you reach the banks of the River Tardoire.

(3) Turn left, follow the left bank of the river to reach the ruins of the medieval castle of Les Salles-Lavauguyon.

(4) In the village, turn left onto Rue Lavauguyon and walk uphill to the junction,

(5) Turn right towards Raverlat for about a hundred metres, where a small grassy path begins between the houses.

(6) Turn left onto it and you’ll soon rejoin the road, leading to the Raverlat farm.

(7) Immediately after the farm, turn right off the road onto a path that is initially stony and then grassy.

(8) Take the first road on the right to reach the pond. Walk around it, noting the stone grinding slab on your left. Finally, turn left to return to a new crossroads.

(9) At the first road on the right, head towards Maurinas. Walk along the ponds and, in Maurinas, turn right.
You will reach the crossroads at a place called Les Loges.

(10) Turn left (leaving the D34) and continue along the road, which quickly becomes a track. Veer left and follow a short stretch of road, then turn right to rejoin the track leading to the D34a.
Reach Les Tuilières.

(11) Turn left, then left again. Continue to the Maison du Bost where the track becomes a road, follow the signposts to return to the car park (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : mi 0 - alt. 820 ft - Church car park
  2. 1 : mi 0.04 - alt. 837 ft - Enter the woods via the path on the left
  3. 2 : mi 0.5 - alt. 879 ft - Path on the right
  4. 3 : mi 1.01 - alt. 748 ft - The - Tardoire (rivière) - Affluent de la Bonnieure
  5. 4 : mi 1.54 - alt. 801 ft - Rue Lavauguyon, on the left
  6. 5 : mi 1.67 - alt. 846 ft - Turn right towards Raverlat
  7. 6 : mi 1.72 - alt. 869 ft - Path between the houses
  8. 7 : mi 2.04 - alt. 932 ft - Path on the right just after the farm
  9. 8 : mi 2.25 - alt. 909 ft - To the right, towards the pond
  10. 9 : mi 2.48 - alt. 935 ft - Path on the right towards Maurinas
  11. 10 : mi 3.31 - alt. 915 ft - Turn left when leaving the D34
  12. 11 : mi 4.48 - alt. 912 ft - Turn left when leaving the D34a
  13. S/E : mi 6.6 - alt. 820 ft - : Church car park

Reviews and comments

4.4 / 5
Based on 4 reviews

Reliability of the description
4.5 / 5
Ease of following the route
4.5 / 5
Route interest
4.3 / 5
User 10701085

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : Oct 06, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A very pleasant hike, nothing to complain about.

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matmarlulu
matmarlulu

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Sep 27, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A lovely, varied route, offering beautiful scenery and cultural heritage, just as the title suggests. Best enjoyed when the porcini mushrooms are in season...

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kehan
kehan
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Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : Mar 20, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A lovely walk in the Limousin on this first day of spring, with beautiful rolling countryside and a bit of tarmac, but not too busy! You’ll come across plenty of ponds along the way.
Highly recommended!

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choupette29
choupette29

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Aug 03, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Very well signposted, lovely walk

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