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Start from a car park above the Maillane aux Baux road.
User comment on 10-09-2024:
Access to the Crêtes road at the end of the D27 is now closed by a barrier. There is only a very small car park at the start of the Crêtes road (four spaces). You will need to find somewhere to park on the side of the road.
By car, from the village of Les Baux, take the D27 towards Maillane. Pass the Lumière quarries, go up the hill and after about 1 km at the pass, take a small road on the right. After 500 m, park in a car park near the large sign "vos balades au cœur du Parc" (your walks in the heart of the park).
(S/E) From there, follow the road uphill (passing some beautiful rocks sculpted by the wind) until you quickly reach a left-hand bend on a plateau that is sometimes used as a small car park.
(1) There, take the path on the right behind the barrier and the "no vehicles" sign (blue trail). Follow this path downhill for about 400 m until you reach an intersection. You will see an orange mark on a stone.
(2) Take the path that descends completely to the right. Continue downhill until, after a barrier, you come to the D27 at the entrance to the village of Les Baux de Provence.
(3) Turn left onto the road and continue downhill for a few dozen metres until you reach the crossroads.
(4) Turn right onto Route du Val d'Enfer, towards Oustaou de Baumanière (yellow/orange route), which will take you past some sculptures (bar, shop) between beautiful rocks. Continue along the paved road on your right (no entry for cars), following the yellow/orange route towards the Oustaou de Baumanière hotel.
After thethird raised crossing, you will see the "Pavillon de Diane" in the corner of a garden.
Join the D27 and follow it for 150 m until you find the start of a path opposite the entrance to a hotel and restaurant.
(5) Keep left (cross the road carefully) and follow the small path (marked with signs for "Maussane" and "Saint Rémy par le chemin des Lombards") for about 150 metres.
(6) You will come to a wider path, which you take on your left and then, shortly afterwards, continue on the right (yellow trail).
Note that if you continue to the left, you can visit the Chapelle des Trémaïé, but you will need to make a short return trip.
(7) Follow this main track (you will see the golf course on your right), pass a golf course landmark and join the tarmac road called "Saint-Esprit" , which you take on the left (despite the yellow cross on a post). Walk along the vineyards and after about 300 m, take a path at a right angle to the right between the vineyards, passing in front of a first stele, then another, which mention the grape varieties Cabernet Sauvignon and Nouaison on the back, to arrive at the rear of Mas Sainte-Berthe.
the entrance to the Ste Berthe estate via the path on the right between the vineyards is now closed by a gate and a cattle grid.
Leave this path on your left, follow the yellow cross and continue straight ahead on the marked path. Then, at the road, turn left to the north and leave Mas Ste Berthe on your left and continue along the route described.
(8) Go around the Mas buildings to reach the Chemin (tarmac road) de Sainte-Berthe. Go up to the left until you reach the D27a road. Cross carefully and continue straight ahead towards Mas des Lombards for about 100 m.
(9) Turn right onto Chemin de la Plaine. Continue straight ahead until you reach a three-way junction at the foot of the hill (some yellow/orange markings).
(10) Turn left onto the Lombards track, passing a marker (red and white markings) and going around the barrier. Stay on this main track, which winds and climbs for about 3 km, until you reach the ridges on another fairly wide track with signs (arrows) indicating the general council (GR®6).
There, turn left (towards Les Baux).
(11) After about 200 m:
- you can turn right to climb up to the watchtower and viewpoint, making a round trip.
- otherwise, follow the red and whiteGR® trail straight ahead, ignoring the small turnoffs to the left or right.
(12) In a sharp bend to the right, stay on this track, ignoring the turn-off on the left.
Continue along this main track, ignoring the sign on the left for Val d'Enfer and Les Baux, until you reach the tarmac track with a barrier (small car park).
(1) Go back down this paved track to the starting point and car park (S/E).
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Moderate 
Visorando Member
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