Le Revest - Tourris castle for experienced hikers

The GPS route doesn't correspond at all to the description.
We looked for our path many times without finding it.
We got lost many times before finally following our intuition and abandoning the route.

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Obviously the route has changed since February 2016, when the reviews seemed more positive. It's been some time since I did it, but this loop shouldn't be a problem for an experienced hiker who is familiar with map reading. I'm sorry the walk caused you difficulties.

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The GPS track is wrong and takes you off-piste.

On route 1, the return journey is pointless except for getting confused and taking routes via ropes and handrails to the bol and circé climbing routes...

On 2, the zigzags clearly show that you've lost your way: there's a path on the left marked yellow that leads to the same place and avoids the whole area of scree.

3 is an unpleasant roadside with lorries speeding past

4 to 6, a series of indirect paths, ditto - you've obviously been looking for your way, as there are much simpler and more direct ways of getting to the Domaine de Touris.

10/11 the GPS track indicated that of a wild boar ... Without a map and following your track, you head off-trail through the heath for several kilometres. Fortunately I already knew the area a little and I found another path.

12/ A idem your route indicates off-piste

You should review the GPS data before publishing this type of hike....

In short, a hike that could have been done in 2? hours ended up taking 4 hours because of a bad GPS track.

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A beautiful hike.

It is rightly rated as difficult: the slopes are steep, both on the way up and on the way down!
But the views are beautiful over much of the route.

The GPS track is sometimes wrong, so we'd like a more detailed description.

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It starts off really beautifully by the lake, and then the climb is nice too!

However, we then come to a main road. A bit boring, and then very little to see in the forest. Luckily there's still the cave (hole) too. The first part is fantastic, the rest a bit less so.

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Beautiful walk

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1) At point 7, turn left at 90 degrees towards the pylons.
2) At point 10, at the source of the Ripelle, go immediately right up the staircase path. Then follow the right main path, even if the tracks on the map diverge.

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nothing to say

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A short, pleasant hike that suits me just fine, as it will serve as the basis for a longer hike.

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After leaving the Dardennes reservoir, we climbed up to "le chemin des Tourris" via the "Ravin du Cierge", taking only the first part of the circuit: from "le chemin des Tourris" to "la Pyramide de Cassini". We took the "chemin des Turcos" and, at the cistern, turned right as far as the "Pyramide de Cassini". We then took another path, due east, down to the "chemin des Tourris". This path is not shown on the IGN map. In fact, we suggested this complete circuit to the "Moderators", starting from the lake.
The view from the Pyramide is magnificent. The "stone glacier" is unusual.

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Hello,
We only took the first part of the route: from the Dardennes reservoir to the "chemin des Tourris" road. Then I used the "Tourris and the Cassini Pyramid" route and took the "chemin des Toucos" to get to the Cassini Pyramid. From there we took another path, which doesn't appear on the IGN map. And on the way back we took the descent of the "Ravin du Cierge". I have suggested this complete circuit to the Moderators.
This part is very hilly, but magnificent.

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When we did, we met the person who looks after the estate and there was no problem.
He agreed that we could picnic on the side, as we were coming with a larger group, but we preferred to have lunch on the old Valletta.
That was a year ago, but things may have changed since then.

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I know from experience that the passage up a wide path between point 7 (Château de Tourris) and point 8 (between the bottom of Vieille Valette and the foot of the pylons) is expressly forbidden by the owner of the estate. He demands that hikers keep to the municipal path.

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