Medieval Lomagne

Following in the footsteps of the past, this route gives you an insight into the architecture of the region through the sites of Lesquère, Pitrac, Les Galis and Arton. Depending on the season, you will pass fields of garlic, onions and melons, and cross vineyards on the gentle slopes of the Lomagne region.

Details

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 19.94 km
  • ◔
    Average duration: 6h 35 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Moderate

  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 306 m
  • ↘
    Descent: - 300 m

  • ▲
    Highest point: 217 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 99 m
  • ⚐ Country: France
  • ⚐ District: Lectoure (32700)
  • ⚑
    Start/End: N 43.935766° / E 0.624914°
  • ❏
    IGN map(s): Ref. 1841SB, 1842SB
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Description of the walk

Park in the Espace Croix Rouge car park on Rue Victor Hugo in Lectoure.

Red and whiteGRP® Cœur de Gascogne trail markers

(S/E). At the roundabout, turn left then right onto a downhill track. Continue along the path until you reach the Chemin du Ruisseau junction.

(1) Turn right and continue along this path until you reach a T-junction. Turn left and continue along the path until you reach a junction with a path on your right.

No more markings

(2) Turn right into the woods, cross the bamboo grove and come out onto a road.

Red and white markings forthe GR®65

Turn left, then turn right at the junction and take the path on the left. Continue until you reach the crossroads at a place called Le Petit Vaucluse.

(3) Turn right and stay on this tarmac road, which curves to the right and then descends. At the bottom of the slope, a path branches off to the left.

(4) Take it on the left and stay on this path until you reach the N21 national road. Take care when crossing the road.

(5) Turn left and follow the main road to the crossroads. Turn right onto the Pitrac farm track. On this track, take the first right. At the next left-hand bend, take the path opposite which crosses a stream.

No more markings

Continue straight ahead, leaving theGR®65on your right. Stay on this path until you reach the junction with a tarmac road.

(6) Turn left and continue to the T-junction. Turn right and cross the hamlet of Les Galis. At the junction after Les Galis, turn right and continue to a place called Abat. Stay on the path opposite and go around the place, leaving a path that branches off to the left. Begin the descent south-west to the stream.

(7) Turn left and follow the stream to the junction with theGR®65trail.

Red and white markings forthe GR®65

Turn left and follow the river, passing a first bridge on your right that crosses the river towards Barachin. Continue to the next crossing.

No more markings

(8) Turn right onto the footbridge, pass the place called Barachin, cross the D23 road and continue straight ahead, pass the Marès farm and take the grassy path opposite. Go around a reservoir and continue to the junction with the D269 road.

(9) Cross the D269 and continue straight ahead. Stay on this road until you reach Lesquère and take the path opposite which climbs towards Arton. Pass the Arton site and continue on the path to the left which runs alongside the vineyards, climbing up to the junction with a tarmac road.

(10) Turn left onto the road and continue to the D7 road. Turn left, then take the path on the right. Stay on this road until you reach a T-junction. Turn left, then take the right-hand track. Continue until you reach a left-hand bend.

(11) At the bend, take the path that branches off to the right. Stay on this path and continue straight ahead until you reach a place called Maison Neuve.

(12) At the crossroads, turn left and continue along this road. After two bends, you will find a path on the right.

(13) Take it on the right; it leads to a paved road marking the entrance to Lectoure. Continue on this road, which crosses a housing estate, and stay on this road until you reach the junction with Rue Alsace Lorraine.

(14) Turn left onto Rue Alsace Lorraine until you reach Rue Saint-Gervais on the right. Turn into this street, which becomes Chemin des Amandiers, and continue to the roundabout. Take Rue Victor Hugo and head for the car park (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 164 m - Parking on Rue Victor Hugo
  2. 1 : km 0.47 - alt. 99 m - Crossroads at Chemin du Ruisseau
  3. 2 : km 1.46 - alt. 149 m - Trail junction on the right
  4. 3 : km 2.74 - alt. 197 m - Le Petit Vaucluse crossroads
  5. 4 : km 3.38 - alt. 166 m - Take the path on the left
  6. 5 : km 4.37 - alt. 214 m - N21 junction
  7. 6 : km 5.95 - alt. 200 m - At the end of the trail, turn left.
  8. 7 : km 8.23 - alt. 133 m - Turn left
  9. 8 : km 9.17 - alt. 116 m - On the right, take the footbridge
  10. 9 : km 10.77 - alt. 135 m - D269 road junction
  11. 10 : km 13.76 - alt. 194 m - At the end of the trail, turn left.
  12. 11 : km 15.41 - alt. 182 m - In the bend, path on the right
  13. 12 : km 16.64 - alt. 196 m - Maison Neuve crossroads on the left
  14. 13 : km 17.23 - alt. 178 m - Leave the road and take the path on the right
  15. 14 : km 19.04 - alt. 178 m - Crossroads at Rue Alsace Lorraine, on the left
  16. S/E : km 19.94 - alt. 164 m - Parking on Rue Victor Hugo

Notes

There are some lovely spots along the route for a picnic break.
Map essential

Worth a visit

Town of Lectoure with workshops: Bleu de Lectoure.
Executioner's Tower, Saint-Gervais Cathedral.
Bamboo grove.
Architecture of the Lomagne region.
Panoramic view of the Pyrenees on a clear day.

Always be cautious and plan ahead when you're outdoors. Visorando and the author of this route cannot be held responsible for any accidents occurring on this route.

The GR® and PR® markings are the intellectual property of the Fédération Française de Randonnée Pédestre.

Reviews and comments

4.6 / 5
Based on 8 reviews

Reliability of the description
4.3 / 5
Ease of following the route
4.7 / 5
Route interest
4.8 / 5
skargo
skargo

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Apr 25, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : Yes

Hike done under generous sunshine, lots of people on parts of the Camino de Santiago, but no one else on the rest of the route, beautiful views, highly recommended.

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Laurent Carlier
Laurent Carlier

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Mar 11, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : Not used / Not applicable
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Another beautiful walk, with lovely views of the Pyrenees in places.

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Roroboubou
Roroboubou

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Feb 17, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

The description is average or even incomplete at times, but that doesn't detract from this pleasant walk in the Gers countryside.

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RORO2
RORO2

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Jan 01, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

We did this beautiful route in early January after a rainy spell. The mud was very sticky on our shoes! No problems with the route using GPS.

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Martine Lacapere
Martine Lacapere

Overall rating : 3.7 / 5

Date of your route : Jun 22, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Good route, mainly on roads. But be careful, it is not well signposted. Beautiful views of the Gers hillsides.

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sequoia1
sequoia1

Overall rating : 4.5 / 5

Date of your route : Mar 10, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : Not used / Not applicable
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Beautiful route. Encounter with deer and partridges.
At point 5, like others, we made a mistake and continued to follow the GR65. The PR4 signpost is poorly placed at this point: it is certainly an arrow indicating the direction to take, but it is placed a little after the junction with the GR65. As we were heading in the right direction, there were no markings, so we followed the GR (which was muddier at this point). When we realised, we turned back, but in fact following the GR also works, as you rejoin the PR4 a little further on.

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LaPierre
LaPierre

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Jun 14, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A magnificent walk in Lomagne!
For the start of the hike: the GRP trail markings are not red/white as described, but yellow/red.
You need to take the path down from the cemetery (on your right as you come from the roundabout, just before the Corhaut tower), pass in front of the cemetery (on your right) and continue straight down to the stream (as shown on the map).
Between points 2 and 3, at the St Michel fountain, the description is not clear, nor are the markings on the ground, so we took a wrong turn and joined the GRP a little further up, went too far, never saw the Petit Vaucluse and caught up with the N21 a little too far north, at the junction with the D219.
Apart from this minor hiccup, everything else was superb (the residences of Pitrac, Lesquère and Arton, among others).
The route is really easy. For a reasonably experienced walker, allow 1 hour less than indicated, including breaks.

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vlerk
vlerk

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Aug 04, 2019
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good

Well, Lomagne is still very, very beautiful!
— Yellow "PR4" markings
— Easy hike with the Visorando description and map (no GPS).
— Start: The GRP is marked red/yellow (not red/white).
— Landmark 5: After the Pitrac Farm, I missed "the path opposite that crosses a stream." So I continued to follow the GR 65 (using the Visorando map), which guided me perfectly to landmark 8 and also took me through beautiful landscapes.
— Other than that, I had no problems with the description or the map.
— A minimum of tarmac. What a joy! And long stretches on dirt roads or paths.
Thank you very much, Dill!
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Vlerk
(I am not a native French speaker. Please excuse me if my rudimentary French leads me to write nonsense or offensive things.)

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