The Blauzac Capitelles

Discover Blauzac, its Roman bridge and its "capitelles", dry-stone buildings used mainly as shelters for farmers.

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 12.62 km
  • ◔
    Average duration: 4h 05 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Moderate

  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 156 m
  • ↘
    Descent: - 160 m

  • ▲
    Highest point: 140 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 61 m
  • ⚐ Country: France
  • ⚐ City: Blauzac (30700)
  • ⚑
    Start/End: N 43.96335° / E 4.370302°
  • ❏
    IGN map(s): Ref. 2941OT
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Description of the walk

Start : From Place du 8 Mai 1945, 30 700 Blauzac

(S/E) Go down the Rue de l'Hôtel de Ville to the bottom of the village, direction 'Le Code'. At the T-junction, turn left, then right into Chemin des Capitelles. At the end of the street, turn right into Chemin du Pont Romain.

(1) At the next intersection, at a well, turn left onto a path that you follow until you reach a fork.

(2) Turn right onto Chemin des Capitelles. Go North-East and ignore the first path on the right.

(3) At the crossroads of paths, turn left on the path (Chemin de Sares et Prelong) towards Aillargues. At the top of the path, on your right, you will find a capitelle with a pyramidal roof. At the junction (cote 123), turn right and stay on the main path.

(4) Turn right at an acute angle towards the Guiraud hut. Shortly after, the path turns left. At a fork in the road, turn left. Ignore the path that is immediately on your left as you enter. Pass in front of the three capitelles. The path forks to the left, then to the right (at a capitelle), then to the left again before joining the wide path. Then turn right.

(5) At the next junction (capitelle integrated in the wall of a property - Mas de la Librotte), turn right. At the next intersection turn left, then at the next one turn right. Continue uphill through a wooded and stony area until you reach the intersection of several paths. Shortly before this intersection, on the left, in the middle of the olive trees, there is a very beautiful capitelle.

(6) Continue straight ahead passing the green water tank. Shortly after, the path turns left following a low stone wall, thus bypassing a very tidy wooded area with mazets (huts) and capitelles, before turning left again at a ruined mazet (without roof). Ignore the path on the right and then another on the left. The path narrows and goes down to two capitelles side by side. Continue until the next crossing.

(7) Turn left (yellow cross - not marked) and follow the path to the road.

(8) Turn right to reach the Grand Mas (Maison Familiale Rurale). Pass between majestic plane trees and, after crossing the small bridge, follow the path on the right that goes along the river to the Roman Bridge. Cross it and continue to the next intersection.

(9) Continue straight ahead, skirting the Malaïgue estate and ignoring the first path on the right.

(10) Turn right. Take the first path on the left along a cultivated field. This path turns right and then left and climbs the hill to the next intersection.

Turn left and continue straight ahead without worrying about the paths on either side. You will reach the crossroads from the outbound journey.

(3) Continue straight ahead (South-West). Leave a path on the right.

(2) Turn left and go down to the road.

(1) Cross the road and take the Chemin du Bassin which leads to the Rue Basse that you follow up to the Place du 8 Mai 1945 car park. (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 118 m - Place du 8 Mai 1945
  2. 1 : km 0.66 - alt. 87 m - Road/path crossing
  3. 2 : km 1.07 - alt. 105 m - The Code, go right
  4. 3 : km 2.16 - alt. 125 m - Chemin de Sares et Prelong
  5. 4 : km 3.04 - alt. 116 m - Turn to the right
  6. 5 : km 3.97 - alt. 116 m - Mas de la Librotte, turn right
  7. 6 : km 4.72 - alt. 138 m - Chemin de Pellecuer, Straight on
  8. 7 : km 6.06 - alt. 102 m - Turn left
  9. 8 : km 6.62 - alt. 72 m - Turn to the right
  10. 9 : km 7.95 - alt. 68 m - Les Pontils, Straight on
  11. 10 : km 8.97 - alt. 89 m - Malaigue
  12. 11 : km 9.52 - alt. 120 m - Malaïgue, go left
  13. S/E : km 12.62 - alt. 118 m - Place du 8 Mai 1945

Notes

Start &parking : From Place du 8 Mai 1945, 30 700 Blauzac

Worth a visit

At 8km, Uzès, first duchy of France.

Reviews and comments

4.7 / 5
Based on 63 reviews

Reliability of the description
4.7 / 5
Ease of following the route
4.7 / 5
Route interest
4.7 / 5
Cathy30000
Cathy30000

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : May 04, 2026
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A lovely family walk, with plenty of pleasant wooded areas.

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User 4313006

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Jan 30, 2026
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A beautiful route to revisit when the weather improves

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User 28355115

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Dec 26, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : Yes

Very beautiful hike, easy but enjoyable and a nice change of scenery.

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Pedibusien
Pedibusien

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Nov 09, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A very attractive route in a pleasant forest setting.
No particular difficulties. Most of the route is shaded.
Perfectly marked route and well-maintained paths/trails.
13 km recorded on my pedometer for an actual walking time of 3 hours 40 minutes.
Little elevation gain but sometimes short, fairly steep climbs.

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Pedibusien
Pedibusien

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Nov 09, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A very attractive route in a pleasant forest setting.
No particular difficulties. Most of the route is shaded.
Perfectly marked route and well-maintained paths/trails.

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User 10954639

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Sep 15, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A very beautiful, relatively easy hike with plenty of shade. Thank you to the person who organised the hike.

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Zinna
Zinna

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Aug 29, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : Yes

A hike that is almost entirely in the shade, easy to do with very little elevation gain, accessible to dogs, but quite crowded...

But really very pleasant

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jean lunain
jean lunain

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Apr 07, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : Yes

Very nice hike with our grandchildren, who were very interested in all the drystone shelters.
Very easy route.

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NAELLE30
NAELLE30

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : Jan 13, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : Yes

A very pretty walk, I found the village of Blauzac and the route very clean and well maintained.
There are lots of routes and the GPS is very useful.
We walked 14 km with some pretty drystone shelters and a must-see bridge.
Worth doing again.

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Petitcrunch77
Petitcrunch77

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Dec 27, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Accessible to all. Very pleasant.

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Brandalise
Brandalise

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Dec 02, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : Yes

The route highlights the original drystone shelters as well as the Roman bridge and is easy because it is not very steep, ending with a visit to the beautiful Blauzac.

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GEPE002
GEPE002

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Nov 14, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : Yes

A crazy start at the car park and then a very pleasant walk through the woods. Recommended for all ages!

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promeneuse
promeneuse

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Nov 12, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : Yes

Very pleasant walk, some beautiful drystone shelters to see, well-maintained path.
Very pretty village of Blauzac.

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YB30
YB30

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Nov 11, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A beautiful walk through oak woods or paths through medieval forests.
There are many beautiful drystone shelters, all perfectly restored, and the Roman bridge is a real work of art. The only difficulty, easily corrected by GPS, is that the route crosses several others. Otherwise, there are no difficulties to report, the paths are well-maintained and the gradient is not very steep.

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nane2638
nane2638

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Oct 07, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : Yes

A must-do hike!
Not much of a climb, but the drystone shelters are remarkable, as is the Roman bridge, a little gem!

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