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Plenty of parking spaces on Place de la Liberté.
No signposts
(S/E) From the car park, head towards the Frédéric Mistral Bridge and cross the Drôme. Continue straight ahead on Rue Maurice Long. At the end, turn left/right to follow Rue des Cordeliers. Quickly climb the long staircase (leaving a passage under a porch on your right). When you reach the steps of the Chapelle des Cordeliers, turn left to go around it and reach a large terrace offering views over the city rooftops. Continue straight ahead along the paved slanting street, ignore the steps on your left and take the wide steps down to Rue Sainte-Marie. Turn left onto this street, which is used as a car park, to go around the retirement home (viewpoint + cross) and continue to the crossroads.
(1) Turn right and follow Montée de Fontalis (Résidence Charles Armorin on your left). The road becomes steeper as you approach the dialysis centre. Continue uphill to No. 553, where the slope levels out, leave Allée des Fontanlis on your left and continue for 10 metres to the next junction.
Turn right and follow Chemin des Roches, which climbs a little further. At the crossroads in a bend, turn left and quickly onto the stony path that climbs to the right. When you reach a telecoms mast, go around it on the path on the left, which almost completely circles it, to reach a ridge path.
Yellow markings
(2) Turn left and follow this path, which offers panoramic views. When you reach a field, ignore the path that enters it on the left (access to the climbing site) and follow the main path. The trail climbs and runs along a long rocky spur until it reaches a gap in the rock.
(3) Continue straight ahead; the path on the right will be the return route. About 200m further on, the trail crosses to the other side of the rocky outcrop and continues along it (ignore the path that continues straight ahead to the left of the rock face). The trail then alternates between rocky ridges and paths through the woods. It then begins to descend to a crossroads.
(4) Turn right and descend steeply into the woods (the ground is slippery when wet). You will come out onto a path; follow it uphill to the right. Keep right at the next two forks, following the wide path to reach some houses after a short descent. Take the path on the right that climbs uphill, then after 150 metres, turn left onto the path on the left. Follow this grassy path for about 150 metres and look for a very small trail on the right. Be careful, as the start of the trail is not very visible.
Without signposts
(5) Turn right and follow the path uphill. It winds a few times to ease the climb and arrives at a fork. Turn right (leave the left-hand track, which is private) and climb straight up until you reach the ridge path.
Yellow signposts
(3) Turn left onto the trail to follow the same section of the ridge trail to the telecommunications antenna.
(2) Continue straight ahead, leaving small tracks on the right that descend onto a path. Further on, the trail comes out onto a path. Follow it to the left for a few metres (leave the trail that continues straight ahead), then go opposite onto a smaller descending path with a few steps. You will quickly come to a crossroads. Turn right (the trail on the left is private) to reach a road and a car park. Walk a few steps forward, then climb up to the right towards a closed chapel. Follow the path that passes in front of this chapel and heads towards the picnic area. Go down to the foot of the tower and turn left to go down to the entrance (visits possible: see Practical Information). Go back up the road on the left for about ten metres.
Without signposts
(6) Turn right and go down the partially paved Chemin des Remparts. After a right-hand bend, the path arrives in front of a carriage gate. Go through it and continue straight ahead (leaving the stairs on your left). Follow the paved slanting street that leads to the Fontaine de Saboury behind a house. Continue a little further to the corner of the building (leaving Rue Saint-François on your left and the street on your right), then continue straight ahead on Rue du Clocher.
after 30 metres, continue left on the narrow paved slanting street that descends towards the church. After several flights of steps, turn right onto Montée du Maupras, which descends further down steps. At the bottom, turn right onto Rue Côte Chaude until you reach a small square. Turn right onto Rue Peyrolerie, which leads to Place du Général de Gaulle in front of the Church of Saint-Sauveur.
(7) Continue straight ahead to cross the square, then turn left and right to follow Rue de l'Hôtel de Ville and rejoin the outward route. Turn left onto Rue Maurice Long, then cross the Pont Frédéric Mistral bridge to return to the car park (S/E).
Local authority
Easy 
Visorando member
Difficult 
