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In Ambialet, leave your vehicle in the hikers' car park at the crossroads at the entrance to the bridge. Information board on hikes.
Yellow markings (lines and Sentier des Cabanes signs)
(S/E) Leave the bridge on your right and follow the D172 road, with the Tarn on your right, in the direction indicated by the Sentier des Cabanes sign. Shortly afterwards, take a path/staircase down to the riverbank and continue with the Tarn still on your right.
(1) At La Condomine, continue straight on Rue de la Heath.
(2) Further on, follow the street to the right towards the village, cross the village and continue to follow the street that returns to the D172. At the T-junction, turn left and then, after about 100 metres, turn right to take the tunnel under the D172. At the junction on the other side, follow the Route d'Oubièges to the right.
GR®® Red and White Markings
(3) At the start of the left-hand bend in the road, ignore the path on the right with yellow markings and continue along the road following the GR®® markings. About 50 metres further on, turn right onto the path. Shortly afterwards, be careful not to follow the path that continues straight ahead, but follow theGR®® that branches off to the left. At the intersection of paths, continue to the left and, at the next intersection, go straight ahead. You will come to a road; follow it to the left.
Red and whiteGR®® markings and yellow markings (Sentier des Cabanes lines and signs)
(4) Ignore a road on the right and find the yellow markings. At the next road junction, turn left, then follow the small road Chemin de la Canague on the left. At the end of the tarmac road, continue on the path. You will come to a crossroads with several roads, at a large cross.
(5) Follow the path straight up for a round trip to the top of the hill. Further up, ignore a path that descends to the left, just before a sign for Montagne de Saint-Raphael. Almost at the foot of the pylons, descend a few metres on the marked path for a better view of the Ambialet site. Then continue to the foot of the pylons for a view to the south.
(6) Descend to the crossroads with the large cross.
Yellow markings (more or less present)
(5) Turn left, cross the road and take the path that descends opposite. You will come to another road. Follow the path opposite that branches off to the right (do not take the one straight ahead, which is marked as closed to vehicles). Further on, ignore a path on the left (not shown on the IGN map). You will come to a tarmac road at a small access road to a house.
(7) Turn left onto the road and then immediately take the path on the left. When you reach the Blasou stream, continue straight ahead, ignoring the path on the left that turns sharply. You will come to a road; follow it to the left until you reach the nearby crossroads.
No markings
(8) Turn left to cross the bridge over the stream, then continue along the road. Leave the hamlet of La Bourié on your left.
Red and whiteGR®® markings and yellow markings
(9) Just before reaching a road, find the yellow andGR®® markings and follow the path to the left, which climbs to a ridge and then descends. Ignore the paths that climb to the right. You will come to a road.
(10) Follow it to the left. You will come to the D77. Follow it carefully to the right for about 20 metres, then take a sharp left onto a small road that leads back to Ambialet. At the end of the road, go back up the D77, turn right to go under the tunnel (be careful, there is no pavement) and you will come back to the hikers' car park.
Yellow markings (Ambialade Sentier du Patrimoine signs and markings)
(S/E) Leave theGR®® markings and turn right to pass under another tunnel. Cross a bridge and pass to the left of the beautiful power station.
(11) At the crossroads with a circular fountain, turn right towards the Porte de l'Almière for a return trip to the dam. Go to the other bank of the Tarn then retrace your steps to the crossroads at the fountain.
(11) Immediately take the lane that climbs to the right, indicated by a sign for Ambialade. Continue straight on along Sentier de l'Escalette. Ignore the street on the left, continue straight on, take a few steps, make a hairpin turn to the right and continue along a beautiful schist path (which is also a Way of the Cross, and can really become one in wet weather). You will arrive at the site of the Notre-Dame de l'Auder Chapel.
(12) Turn right, walk past the Audier (information sign), enjoy the view, climb the steps to reach the church and cemetery. Retrace your steps.
(12) Continue straight ahead on the access road to the former priory, then, about 50 metres further on, take the path on the left of the road. Further on, the path joins the road.
(13) Turn left and follow the road, with the Tarn on your right, until you return to the village of Ambialet (a slightly long stretch).
No signposts
Turn left onto Rue de la Presqu'île and go straight ahead at the intersection. At the T-junction, turn left and you will come to the crossroads with the fountain.
(11) Go straight ahead, go back under the tunnel and you will find the hikers' car park (S/E).
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