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Park in one of the car parks at the southern entrance to Fontaine-de-Vaucluse (D24), 250 metres before the bridge. (Car parks are paid after 10 a.m.: €4)
(S/E) From the car park, turn left onto the D24, cross the bridge and take Avenue Robert Garcin - D25 (second street on the left), pass in front of the church and go up the road on the right, Chemin des Soleillants. The signpost is no longer standing, but the signs are on the ground, follow the yellow markings.
(1) 150m further up, in the bend, go straight up the rocky path lined with dry stone walls. When the markings make a turn, at a wooden bench, leave the path that goes straight ahead and continue up to the right.
N.B. On this section up to Les Fayardes, many paths and trails do not appear on the map but are still there, so be sure to follow the markings and the main path.
Continue along this stony path and, after the barrier, turn left for 70 metres to reach the Les Fayardes crossroads.
(2) Continue straight ahead towards "Saumane - Les Lauses". After 150 metres, a cairn indicates a right turn onto a path marked in yellow and red (GRP®). When the path crosses a tarmac road, continue straight ahead (markings not very visible). The path runs alongside a stone wall and arrives at the "Les Lauses" sign just after a drystone shelter.
(3) Turn right towards "Marculy". After 700 metres, leave the path on the left marked "zone aménagée" (developed area). Continue climbing, go through a gate, ignore the road on the right and continue until you reach the Marculy sign.
(4) Continue straight ahead on the tarmac road towards "Le Mourre Pelé". At the next fork, take the left-hand path, which quickly becomes a track and ends 400m further on in front of a barrier that you must cross.
Continue on the left track for 350 metres and, at a bend, leave it to take the marked path on the right which climbs steeply. After a short steep climb, you will come to the "Mourre Pelé" crossroads.
(5) Head right towards "Valescure" and 50 metres further up on a flat section in the forest, a large cairn invites you to turn right and descend towards the valley.
Follow the markings to the Ferme de Valescure (which has been undergoing renovation by volunteers for several years).
(6) Continue along the path that descends and provides access to the farm.
Leave the path that runs along the road on the right below and continue on the road. After passing cistern no. 159, continue south on theGR® marked path, which leads 500 metres further on to the "Cabane" crossroads.
(7) Turn left onto a path that climbs to a drystone shelter (stone hut), then descends again.
A second, well-hidden drystone shelter on the left soon appears, followed by another, more visible one.
The path ends its descent alongside olive trees planted on terraces and leads to the "La Perrière" crossroads.
(8) Continue straight ahead on the tarmac Chemin des Beaumes Rouges, which leads to Chemin de la Fontaine.
(9) Turn left to make a round trip to the Fontaine de Vaucluse.
(10) Retrace your steps, go to the bridge and turn left to cross it.
Continue along the D24, passing under the arches, and you will find the car park on your right (S/E).
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