Les Trois Tours

Leaving Faugères, climb up to the mill and cross the heath dotted with drystone shelters...

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
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    Distance: 4.44 km
  • ◔
    Average duration: 1h 45 
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    Difficulty: Easy

  • ⚐
    Back to start: No
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    Ascent: + 159 m
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    Descent: - 139 m

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    Highest point: 417 m
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    Lowest point: 268 m

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Description of the walk

Departure from the Palais de Bacchus next to the church. Yellow markings.

(S/E) Go up Rue de Derrière la Ville. On the left, take Chemin de Pousseq to the next crossroads.
Turn right onto Chemin des Trois Tours. You will reach a crossroads marked with a cross.

(1) Turn right. Pass the start of a path on your left and walk down the tarmac road for a few metres.
Turn left onto a path called "Chemin des Muletiers" marked Chemin des Trois Tours on the map. Walk along the dry stone walls and then climb left through oak trees to the site of the 3 Towers. You can visit the mill. Climb up to the observation tower for a magnificent 360° panorama.

(2) Descend via the DFCI track to a crossroads. Turn left onto the green network (green markers). More than a hundred dry stone huts (Garabelles) are listed in the municipality. Two of them, nicknamed Romeo and Juliet, are accessible via the Green Trail.

(3) At a right-hand bend, before a crossroads, turn left onto a path. Continue along the track. On the right is another Garabelle with a chicane entrance. After the Garabelle, leave the green network on the right onto a wide track.

(4) At a sharp left-hand bend, you will overlook the Route de Bédarieux to Béziers via the Col de Pétafi.
At a low dry stone wall on the left, descend to the right along a stony path under the box trees. You will reach a wide crossroads of tracks known as the Carrefour de la Grenouille. Head left for a few metres. Turn right onto a walled path, the Chemin du Four à Chaux. Continue straight ahead, ignoring the path that descends. You will come to a tarmac road at the first houses in the village. Continue downhill to return to the Carrefour de la Croix.

(1) Take the same path back to the car park (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S : km 0 - alt. 268 m - Palais de Bacchus
  2. 1 : km 0.23 - alt. 291 m - Crossroads
  3. 2 : km 0.93 - alt. 417 m - Les Trois Tours
  4. 3 : km 2.03 - alt. 380 m - On the left
  5. 4 : km 2.99 - alt. 371 m - Turn left
  6. E : km 4.44 - alt. 288 m - Palais de Bacchus

Notes

Walking shoes

Worth a visit

Visit the village. Two religions face to face. Faugères, a Protestant stronghold. Rue Droite, the main street of the old village, see the viguier's house at no. 7 and the louvetier's house.
Wine cellar selling Faugères wines on the Route de Bédarieux.

Reviews and comments

4.4 / 5
Based on 16 reviews

Reliability of the description
4.3 / 5
Ease of following the route
4.3 / 5
Route interest
4.7 / 5
jeanbernardcervera
jeanbernardcervera

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Feb 26, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A very beautiful, easy half-day hike.
Recommended in good weather.
Be aware, however, that there are a large number of forest tracks.
The use of a GPS device is recommended.
Thanks to Visorando.

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MartineBourdilleau
MartineBourdilleau

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Sep 04, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A lovely hike. After climbing up to the towers, the descent is enhanced by visits to the numerous calabelles along the route and beautiful views of the landscape.
I recommend it.

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Caroline34320
Caroline34320

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Feb 22, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : Yes

Super intuitive app
I recommend it!

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Nabot1er
Nabot1er

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Feb 08, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

The hike is a bit steep at the beginning, but not for long.
The view is magnificent once you reach the three towers, with the Haut Languedoc park on one side and the plain on the other... and the Pyrenees to the south.

The descent is completely different, very easy and culturally interesting.

If you only have half a day, I highly recommend this hike.

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Elise34
Elise34

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : May 27, 2019
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good

Lovely walk.

Thank you for sharing.

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gazok54
gazok54 ★

Thank you, Françoise Val, but we have nothing to do with the signposting.
With Visorando, it is essential to use the description and map of the route.

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Françoise Val
Françoise Val

Overall rating : 3 / 5

Date of your route : Sep 30, 2018
Reliability of the description : ★★☆☆☆ Disappointing
Ease of following the route : Not used / Not applicable
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

A pleasant hike with no particular difficulties. However, the signposting leaves something to be desired. We did the hike with the help of the PDF file. The mill and garabelles are superb. Lovely views.

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Pierre0046
Pierre0046

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : Sep 24, 2018
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

When you reach the three towers (mill, orientation table, etc.), you've completed the most difficult part of the hike. After that, with the smartphone app, it's impossible to get lost, and the rest of the walk is very easy and just as enjoyable. Done in September 2018 in beautiful weather...

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Popa
Popa

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Jun 01, 2018
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good

A very beautiful hike. A short climb up to the mill, followed by a leisurely stroll through the Garabelles and past magnificent dry stone walls.

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jmborange
jmborange

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : Jun 10, 2018
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

A walk to recommend for families with young children who are used to walking. No particular difficulties and lots of points of interest for children: mushrooms in the undergrowth; the mill and the carabelles, of course, but also lots of insects in the flower-filled meadows we came across (in this late spring...).
The return to the village is poorly signposted and we must have taken a wrong turn because we ended up (via a very pleasant little path) directly on a large square below where we were supposed to end up. This allowed us to walk through the village's narrow streets, which was no bad thing. In short, a beautiful hike despite the "changeable" weather!

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CocoSoso
CocoSoso

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Jul 22, 2017
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

The panoramic view and the magnificent mill are superb.
We thought we would see more drystone shelters. We didn't find Romeo and Juliet

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jupaka
jupaka

Overall rating : 3.7 / 5

Date of your route : May 24, 2016
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good

markings need to be redone! Very difficult to spot! That said, hiking in spring is a real treat
i highly recommend it!

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juju34
juju34

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Jan 17, 2016
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good

__very beautiful, varied and well-restored caravels
we pushed on to Soumartre Cave, which we explored using ropes for safety.
there were no markings, so it was difficult to find our way, but we ended up doing a beautiful circular 4½-hour loop

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gazok54
gazok54 ★

Thank you for your wisdom and modesty, melmel. It's true that until now, the comments have been mostly positive. If you do this hike again, please feel free to let us know and rate it again, even if it's negative. In that case, it would be interesting for all of us if you could share your ideas on how to improve the description.

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melmel
melmel

Overall rating : 3.3 / 5

Date of your route : Jan 18, 2015
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★☆☆☆ Disappointing
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good

Nice hike, beautiful scenery, although the directions are not very clear. Judging by the comments, perhaps that's our fault...
We'll do it again!

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