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The car park for the hike is 400 m after the bridge over the Cadoule, just behind a small hackberry tree on the right-hand side of the road.
Please note: this is not the Pont des Tourilles, but on the small road that leaves Castries towards Bannières (Route de Bannières) in the Parc du Moulin à Vent district. Keep the water tower on your right and the car park is not the first one after the bridge over the Cadoule but 300 to 400 m further on the right.
(S/E) Head down towards the bed of the Cadoule River, then turn left before you reach it onto a path that runs alongside it to the north. After 100 m, continue down the large rock slabs on the right opposite, which bring you closer to the river. The path begins 50 m after this (do not go towards the olive trees: this is private property). After about 200 m, turn right to reach the vineyards. Follow the edge of the field on the right, then straight ahead until you reach the river. If there is water, use the large boulders to cross, then climb up the small hill on the other side opposite. Turn right and continue for 10 m to finish climbing.
(1) Turn left and follow the main road straight ahead for about 100 m. At the bend, do not follow the main road but continue straight ahead on a smaller road. Continue straight ahead for 150 m until you reach a large road. Follow it to the left and continue until you reach a junction of three large roads.
(2) Go straight ahead onto the small, somewhat hidden road. A small pine tree with yellow paint on the trunk marks the entrance. Continue to an old field with old olive trees: the path continues straight ahead between the tree-lined paths. At the end of the field, the path turns to the right. Continue to the right for about 200 metres until you reach another small path. Turn right and a few metres further on, continue along the main path to the left (in front of you) and then go uphill.
after 200 m, do not go towards the road, but continue to your left on the main path which descends and soon becomes narrower.
Do not go towards the vineyards on the left, but go straight ahead on the small path and continue straight ahead for about 200 m.
(3) Back on a large path, go up to the right immediately and follow this path until you reach the road. Cross it and continue straight ahead on the path that starts between the trees. At the next large path, first turn left then right onto a smaller path on the right. Then turn left onto the next path 30 metres after that. Continue straight ahead until you reach the road and cross it. Continue on the path opposite, which will take you to the remains of the old Pont des Tourilles bridge, of which only an arch remains. Then cross the river using the stone blocks that form a ford and continue to the next crossroads. Turn left onto the main road.
(4) After 50 m, take a smaller path that branches off diagonally to the right. Stay on this small path that leads into the woods for about 600 m. After 500 m, turn right when the path splits in two at a clearing. Cross the main road and take the small path opposite that leads back into the woods on the other side.
After 250 m, when you reach a vineyard, turn left, follow the vineyard and take the path that leads back into the woods. At the next crossroads, turn right.
Follow the path downhill for about 150 m and turn right at each small fork in the path until you reach a large carriageway below.
Take this main road, keeping to the right.
(5) 50 m after a ruined house, continue down the path on the left that runs alongside a vineyard (not the one that goes up to the right) until you reach a small path that goes up to the right between the trees. Take this path, then turn left and continue to the next crossroads 200 m further on. Turn left onto the larger road and continue until it forms a three-way junction. Keep left.
(6) In the grove of trees below on your left is the Source du Boulidou. You will find a small, somewhat steep path leading down through the trees and rocks. Then go back up your path, go down a little further and turn right onto a small path that goes straight up towards the top of the hill. Continue along this path to the top of the hill.
After 400 m at the top, return to a wide path and continue straight ahead. Shortly afterwards, turn left onto a path leading down the hill and stay on the diagonal path that gently slopes downwards. Be careful, after 200 m of descent, take the less travelled small path on the left that continues down through the woods: the one on the right goes back up again. When you reach a larger path at the bottom, turn right and continue until you reach a fence marking the boundary of a wooded area at a crossroads.
(7) On your left, a path descends with a dead pine tree that has fallen in the middle of the path (easily avoidable). From here, I suggest a round trip to see the ruins of the old Templar farm. Go down the path to the road and continue for about 200 m. The ruins will appear on your right. There are several old buildings, including one at the back that still has vaults and remains of fine wall coverings (I think it was a small church).
(8) Turn around and go back to the crossroads near the fence.
(7) Take the path that goes up to the right along the fence and then stay on the main path until you reach the top (do not go down to the left halfway). At the top, at the first crossroads, turn left. Stay on the main path and after 200 m turn right onto a path that goes uphill. At the crossroads in the woods, turn left and continue until you reach a very large dirt road. Turn left and follow this large road until you reach the road. Follow the road to the right and, after about 50 metres, turn left onto a small road behind large boulders at the side of the road. Follow this road until the next crossroads with an old road.
(9) Cross the road and take the path opposite that branches off slightly to the left. Follow this path for 250 m, then take thefirst path on the right between two vineyards. Continue and climb up until you reach a large road. Turn left and immediately leave the large road that turns and climbs up the hill, taking a smaller road that branches off to the left opposite. Stay on this road and go straight ahead at all the crossroads.
(10) Look for and take a path that descends to the left towards a small pasture field below. This path is similar in size to the one you are on. Descend, cross the field and turn right onto the main road. Continue until you return to the starting point of the walk (S/E).
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