Meyrals and its hidden architectural heritage

Date of your route : Aug 22, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average
Very busy route : No

The starting point is not accessible by car. Following previous comments, we parked next to the church. Walk through the woods until point 5. Be careful, it's infested with horseflies! We didn't want to do the loop to avoid the road section (from point 5), but given how we were harassed by swarms of horseflies, we decided to follow the path after point 5.
We agree with the previous comments: the walk ends with a very long stretch of road, which isn't very interesting.

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Date of your route : Feb 10, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

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Date of your route : Jun 18, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average
Very busy route : Yes

I did this loop this morning.
The indicated start/finish point is not easily accessible by car, probably due to a change in road signs (no entry). I parked in the church car park.
According to my Décat'Coach app, the route is 7.220 km long with a total elevation gain of 170 metres.
Dogs should theoretically be kept on a leash throughout the route in this municipality (green zone), but we had no problems this morning.
Finally, the last 3 kilometres between points 5 and 6 are on a paved road but with very little traffic.
The rest of the description is accurate.

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Date of your route : Sep 12, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average
Very busy route : Yes

A pleasant first half, especially when it's hot.
However, the second part on the road is a little disappointing and long.

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Date of your route : Jul 13, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average
Very busy route : No

The first half is pleasant: small paths through the woods or along the bottom of a valley.
disappointing second half: From point 5 onwards, the route follows a small road with some traffic. Therefore, of limited interest.

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Date of your route : May 10, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Nice hike, just the end on the departmental road is a bit long.
Thanks!

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Date of your route : Apr 12, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A quiet corner of the Périgord Noir with a beautiful village, pretty dry stone cottages, a rich heritage and pleasant countryside.

We doubted several times that we were on the right track. But we had a wonderful time!

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Date of your route : Feb 24, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

I couldn't get the route to work on my mobile phone at first. Apparently, you can't use it while you're hiking... We also regretted that the second half of the route was mainly on a tarmac road, unless we missed the path as described on the map... Other than that, the hike was enjoyable, especially during lockdown.
Would you like to add any comments to our review? I see that everyone regrets the long stretch on tarmac...

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Date of your route : Aug 10, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

The start of the hike is very nice, with woods and fields. However, the last two kilometres, from the war memorial onwards, are on the road. It is better to take the left-hand path that goes back into the woods when you reach the spring.

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Date of your route : Aug 10, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

The start is not easy to find, as the place name is not indicated, but using the topography, you can find the path after 1 km, and it is well signposted after that

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Date of your route : Dec 27, 2019
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★☆☆☆ Disappointing

On the one hand, a good half of the route is on paved roads with traffic, and on the other hand, the section on forest trails is quite monotonous.

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Date of your route : Oct 26, 2019
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

Everything went well apart from the slightly faulty signposting, but with a compass it was fine.

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Date of your route : Oct 15, 2019
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

Direction Chaniot not visible, hence departure from the pond, also worth seeing: information board.
Other signs about the cave dwellings, dry stone huts and St Raphaël spring can be seen along the walk.
Didn't see the chapel of the same name? Too bad, as it was described as "absolutely beautiful"...
In any case, the title "built heritage" is appropriate for this walk.

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Date of your route : Jun 03, 2019
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average

A bit too much tar.

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Date of your route : Jun 03, 2019
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average

To avoid driving too far, we took the route indicated in the description, but it disappeared after 200 metres, completely destroyed by logging equipment. We had to climb over branches and tree trunks before finally reaching the path! Otherwise, you have to take the road between the memorial and the village, which is long and tedious
The rest of the route is nice but not particularly interesting. We didn't see the chapel either, which is apparently on private land

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