Route from Espeyrac to Entraygues between the GR®65 and GR®465

Park at Place de l’Église in Espeyrac.

(S) Head up Rue de la Forge for 200 metres, then turn right to reach the hamlet of Monteil.

(1) Take the dirt track on the left and you’ll reach the water reservoir.

(2) Continue along this track to the right until you reach the D42; follow it carefully to the right for 200 m until you come to a dirt track.

(3) Turn left onto it and walk uphill beneath the oak trees. Continue along this ascending path until you reach the small road in the hamlet of Verlong. Follow it to the left until you reach the entrance to a pasture.

(4) Go through the gate and take the path leading into the pasture on the right. Carry on due north until you reach the D201.

(5) Turn right onto it and follow it carefully as far as the hamlet of Valayssac.

(6) Leave the D201 and continue straight ahead along the small road for 500 m. At the Trigadino crossroads, you’ll see a cross, followed shortly afterwards by a hairpin bend.

(7) Take the path opposite, known as the ‘Queen Margot’s Path’, which winds down to the Riou Castau

(8) At the river, take the small road on the right and go through the barrier. Then follow the small road along the left bank of the Lot to reach the Val de Saures campsite and, shortly afterwards, the community centre.

(9) Cross the Lot via the footbridge. Continue through the magnificent medieval village of Entraygues-sur-Truyère to reach the Pont de Truyère (E).

Also worth exploring by mountain bike or on horseback.
(E) Entraygues-sur-Truyère, all amenities: cafés, hotels, restaurants, lodges. There are also doctors and a chemist’s.

This route is well worth taking, if only for the panoramic views over the Lot and Truyère valleys and the Monts du Macif Central. A route rich in biodiversity.
Between (7) and (8): take the time to admire the sweeping view over the Lot.
(E) Take the time to admire the château of Entraygues-sur-Truyère, its half-timbered houses and its ‘cantous’ (covered passageways linking the narrow streets), not forgetting the famous Truyère Bridge.