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Parking is available near the D21 road at the foot of the old village of Beauchastel.
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(S/E) Go to the car park entrance and turn left towards an information sign. Follow the road up towards the old village and you will arrive at the Place de l'Église.
(1) Continue straight ahead until you reach a cross leaning against a house on the right (leave Rue des Terras on your left, which will be the return route, and Grand Rue on your right).
Just after the cross, turn right under a porch and follow the paved slanting street. Go up the stairs and you will arrive at a narrow street. Turn left at an acute angle and a few metres further on, turn right in front of a house, following the steps of the Chemin du Parc. Turn left just after the house and climb the steps that lead to a very narrow path. This path, which is poorly maintained, climbs quite steeply and ends at a wall. Follow it, going around it on the left, and after a final steep climb, you will reach a tarmac road.
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(2) Turn left onto the road going uphill. After about 700m, you will reach the Serre signpost (a beautiful renovated house on the right).
(3) Continue along the paved road and ignore the path that descends towards the village on your left. Higher up, beautiful views of the surrounding mountains come into view. The pavement disappears and gives way to a track. Continue along this track, ignoring all the access roads on either side, until you reach a flat area near a high-voltage power line.
(4) Continue on the main track, ignoring the other paths, and after about 1.5 km, you will reach a triangular crossroads and the Goutaillé signpost.
(5) Turn left onto the newly paved road (September 2017) until the next intersection, at the Charloubet signpost.
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(6) Turn left towards Beauchastel onto an old paved road. Pass the Grange Roustain and after 400 m you will come to a crossroads in a wide bend. Turn left onto a wide road and continue for about 300 m until you reach a group of trees.
Be careful! Look out for a sign on a tree on the left with the number 14 (cairn on the right).
(7) Leave the main road and turn right onto a very narrow, steep and barely visible path. After a hairpin bend, it joins a wider path. Turn left onto the path that descends gently down the hillside and arrives at the Ruisseau de Thourac signpost.
(8) Continue straight ahead on the same path (ignore the path on the right that leads to Saint-Laurent-du-Pape). At a pretty arched bridge, ignore the access road to Les Girodins on the left and continue on the same path. Make a wide loop, staying on the main path. You will reach the signpost for l'Échine de l'Âne (bench on the right). A steep path comes in from the left, but this is only a shortcut. Continue for about 20 metres to find the "real" crossroads.
(9) Continue in the same direction (ignore the path going up to the left). Cross another bridge and you will come back onto the tarmac (bench). Pass the cemetery and you will come to a crossroads. Turn left onto Rue des Terras to reach Place de l'Église.
(1) Turn right and go down to the car park (S/E).
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