The tour of Roussillon Castle

Walk along the waterways to explore Roussillon Castle. Roussillon Castle was built between the 13th and 15th centuries, likely on the ruins of an 8th-century stronghold belonging to the Duke of Aquitaine.

Details

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 4.51 km
  • ◔
    Average duration: 1h 40 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Easy

  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 122 m
  • ↘
    Descent: - 129 m

  • ▲
    Highest point: 340 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 215 m

Description of the walk

Park in front of the town hall.

(S/E) With your back to the town hall, head off to the right. Walk past the school and down to a junction 200 m away.
Turn left towards the hamlet of Les Tardieux, walk through it and continue straight on into the woods.

(1) On the left, take a short detour to see a very large old well built there for irrigation. Continue on until you reach the edge of the woods and turn right onto the small tarmac road.

(2) Here, on the left, you can admire a pretty stone well. Leave the road and take a forest track on the right until, after 500 m, you reach a tarmac road.

(3) Turn left onto it, passing a two-part wash house on the left-hand side of the road, then a little further on, still on the left, a memorial stone. After a wide bend to the right, take the path on the right which descends towards a new three-part wash house.

(4) From the wash house, continue along the path for about 500 m, carry on to the right for 200 m and take the path on the left which climbs up to Roussillon Castle. Go round it on the left.

(5) Head back up the tarmac road to reach the crossroads in the hamlet of Laborie. Continue along the road to the right, then turn left at the next junction. Head uphill and return to the village (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 329 m - Saint-Pierre Lafeuille Town Hall
  2. 1 : km 0.81 - alt. 338 m - Well
  3. 2 : km 1.11 - alt. 326 m - Built-in spring
  4. 3 : km 1.78 - alt. 281 m - "Les Tardieux" road
  5. 4 : km 2.31 - alt. 244 m - Washing house
  6. 5 : km 3.36 - alt. 293 m - Château de Roussillon
  7. S/E : km 4.5 - alt. 329 m - Saint-Pierre Lafeuille Town Hall

Notes

Yellow-green markings
(S/E) Bar, restaurant and grocery shop "Le Cinfeuil".

Worth a visit

Between (3) and (4), the wash houses are a reminder of the hard work of the housewives who, until the 1950s, would come from the village with their wheelbarrows to wash their laundry.

Between (3) and (4), a memorial stone (Christ on the cross on the rock) commemorates a hay cart that overturned, causing one fatality.

(5) Roussillon Castle was built between the 13th and 15th centuries, likely on the ruins of an 8th-century stronghold belonging to the Duke of Aquitaine.

At the crossroads of the hamlet of Laborie, you can see a beautiful stone cross.

Reviews and comments

4.1 / 5
Based on 6 reviews

Reliability of the description
3.8 / 5
Ease of following the route
4 / 5
Route interest
4.5 / 5
Max1246
Max1246

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : Mar 18, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Brilliant!

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Val194
Val194

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Aug 28, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A lovely little walk!

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chabolo32
chabolo32

Overall rating : 3 / 5

Date of your route : Aug 05, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★☆☆☆ Disappointing
Ease of following the route : ★★☆☆☆ Disappointing
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A lovely walk with plenty of shaded sections. Beautiful views
Very little road, so brilliant
However, it’s very poorly signposted, so you have to keep referring to the map on the app
Even the route description isn’t up to scratch – it’s a real shame

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marieabel
marieabel

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Oct 17, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A lovely walk, a stunning castle – I did it in the afternoon. In the morning, I did the "Between Rocks and Springs around Saint-Pierre-la-Feuille" route. I had a meal at a table near the car; there were toilets on site, so I didn’t have to carry a rucksack! I only came across a few other walkers.

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pommade
pommade

I agree: I didn’t do that route, because when I saw that the other one continued on and that you could also see the castle (albeit from a distance), I took the other one, which isn’t much longer or any more difficult; there were no other walkers when I did it in January. The route is well signposted.

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Clementine46
Clementine46

Overall rating : 3.3 / 5

Date of your route : Mar 30, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★☆☆☆ Disappointing
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A very pleasant walk.
Very poorly signposted

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pommade
pommade

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Jan 04, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average
Very busy route : Yes

If you’re going to do this route, it’s better to take the other one (over hill and dale), which lets you see more of the region whilst visiting the castle and is easy enough, but be careful: in heavy rain, there are some VERY tricky sections where you’ll get your feet wet due to overflowing streams

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