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Park in the Pré de l'Espérance car park.
(S/E) Walk up Allée de la Gare to reach the start of the cycle path (another car park is available). Take the cycle path on your right. (Watch out for bicycles!)
Cross Avenue de la Blancherie and continue along the cycle path. There is a beautiful view on the right of the La Blancherie vineyards and the town centre (village bell tower).
Cross the crossroads (watch out for cars) and continue along the cycle path opposite. You will reach the junction with Chemin Maxime Ardurats.
(1) Leave the path on your right and walk along the vineyards of Château Magneau.
(2) Remarkable hackberry tree. Take the tarmac path on your left and walk between the vineyards. Don't miss the superb hackberry tree, which is probably over a hundred years old.
At the end of Chemin des Audets, turn left onto Chemin de Prévost.
(3) At Perbos, take the sandy path on your left (house with stone wall). Follow this path to the next road. Turn left onto this road, which crosses the cycle path and passes through the woods and vineyards of Château Magneau.
Continue to the five-way crossroads (elevation 51). Cross (watch out for cars) and continue straight ahead towards Château Méric. Pass the entrance to Château Méric and continue along this road.
(4) At the bend, turn right and take the path towards the vineyards. Leave the Méric private road on your right.
When you reach the vineyards, walk along the right-hand side until you reach the hedge. Turn left and walk along the hedge, keeping it on your left.
At the end of the plot (facing the woods), turn right. You are now between two vineyard plots.
(5) At the end of these two plots, continue straight ahead between the vineyards on your left and an uncultivated area on your right. Be careful to walk along the vineyards on your left, leaving the ditch on your right.
At the end of this plot, turn left after crossing the stream (Rouille de Deynaud). Follow this path between the woods on your left and the vines on your right.
At the end of the plot, follow the path that turns left into the woods. Continue along this path, which leads to a vineyard plot on your left. At the end of the plot, turn left towards the Magneau houses and walk past them.
(6) Take Avenue de Rambaud on your right, then take the first white path on the left. Follow this path to the end of the vineyards.
(7) Turn right, head between the vineyards and meadows and reach La Rouille du Reys under a power line. Continue to the right and reach a passage on the left that allows you to cross the stream.
(8) Cross this stream to climb the opposite hillside. Follow this path, which turns right towards the high-voltage pylon, then turn left along the woods.
(9) Don't miss the view when you turn around. Take the path that enters the woods on your right. Continue along this forest path and pass close to a pidgeon hunting hut.
(10) Take the path on the left which will take you out of the woods onto Chemin de la Girotte. Turn right then left, along Avenue du Reys. Pass in front of Château Picaut. You will reach the Roman crossroads.
(11) Be sure to cross Avenue Bellevue at the pedestrian crossing. Continue down Avenue du Reys (watch out for cars on the bend).
When you reach the cemetery, turn left onto the grassy path (opposite the cemetery). Continue straight on until you reach Chemin d'Eyquem.
On this road, first turn right then left (after the safety rail), jump over the ditch to take the small path.
You are now above Pré de l'Espérance.
When you reach Allée de la Gare, head down towards Pré de l'Espérance to return to your starting point (S/E).
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