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The walk starts from the cemetery car park. This is on the D17 after passing through Le Tholonet, taking a left turn uphill at the Moulin de Cézanne.
(S/E) From the car park, take the road that climbs to the right of the cemetery.
At the property at No. 257, which is blocked by a green gate, take the path with a green barrier, marked in yellow.
At the private swimming pool, take the path marked with yellow dots on the left that goes uphill.
Follow the yellow dots until you reach a path.
(1) Take it on the right uphill. At the top, at the wooden gate, take the path on the left, marked in yellow/red.
Join a wide path, turn left downhill, signposted "Barrage Zola".
Continue downhill to the dam.
(2) Cross the Zola dam and, after the wooden bridge, take the path immediately on the right.
Then keep as far to the right as possible to enjoy the view of the reservoir.
When you reach a platform, continue on. At a cairn, take the path on the right, marked in purple/white.
The path then becomes tricky on the side of the rock, is no longer marked and descends towards the stream on the right.
(3) When you reach a small valley, take the path on the right (do not continue straight ahead on the path that is not shown on the map). The path joins the Cause stream. Then join a larger path and take it to the right.
(4) When you reach a fork in the path, take the left-hand path that climbs uphill (offset on the map). Then keep to the left to join a path that climbs up to the ridge.
(5) Cross a trail with a view of Sainte-Victoire, take it to the left, slightly uphill. Shortly after, leave the trail that climbs to the left (not shown on the map). At the top, you will arrive at theGR®653A, take it to the left.
Pass the cairns and stay on the main trail to reach a crossroads.
(6) Take the path on the left (do not climb the rocks), continue for a few metres and then, at the fork, follow the smaller path on the right (do not take the one that descends to the left).
Walk along the terraces on your right and continue straight ahead. When you reach a hollow rock, keep to the right. Then pass the stone walls around a cave and continue straight ahead.
You will come to a first viewpoint from where you can see the path ahead, on the right at the top of the white cliffs.
The path then climbs a little with a few steps carved into the rock. A sign on a tree appears in purple on a white background.
When you reach a Departmental Council sign with a purple/white marker, go down the path for 10 metres and then turn right (the path stays on the ridge). Then turn left onto the path that descends.
At the next junction, take the path on the left that descends, making an S-bend. Join a path coming from the left and continue straight ahead.
When you reach a fork in the path with stones in the middle, take the left-hand path.
(7) Finally, you will reach the part of the trail with multiple viewpoints over the Zola dam.
Pass a cave with two red "no entry" signs and continue straight ahead. You will come to a winding path below on the left.
Take it downhill to the left. Then continue along this path until it joins a main road. At this point (elevation 287), take the path opposite which climbs and then begins to descend. Stay on the main path until you reach the first properties.
(8) Continue to the left along the cliffs. The path then descends to the Roman dam.
(9) Cross the ford, then stay on this path which climbs uphill. Then rejoin the path you took on the way there.
(1) Turn right and follow the route in reverse to return to the cemetery car park (S/E).
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