Explore a particularly interesting woods above the town of Vans.
Calculated time: 3h05[?] 
Distance : 9.16km
Vertical gain : 163m
Vertical drop : 156m
Highest point : 250m
Lowest point : 152m 
Difficulty : Average
Back to starting point : Yes
Walking
Area : Massif central 
Location : Les Vans
(07140)
Starting point : N 44.407686° / E 4.165826° Park at the Chassagnes church square.
Head down due south through the village and reach a very broad stony track (1) by a short climb which joins another horizontal track.
Take it and reach the hermitage of Saint Eugene (2), then continue for about 200 m to reach a broad platform overlooking Chassagnes. Retrace your steps to then make a left along a blue marked trail that leads to a point of interest: La Gleysasse, views and cave (3).
Stay on the path that runs around the cliff and majestically overlooks the meandering Chassezac.
Then head on to a crossroads, turn right along the marked path (in Yellow) where a sign reads (4) “Les Trois Seigneurs” (at this point do not pay attention to the yellow cross on the right). “Les Trois Seigneurs” (The Three Lords) (5) is the crossroads with the GR®4. Turn left, cross the road to reach the Les Clairières car park. Follow the Green markings along Le Sentier de la Vierge (6). This trail loops back to the car park.
Head back across the road to return to the Trois Seigneurs crossroads (5). Turn left on the GR®4 Keep on this route for about 1 km until a Yellow-marked trail starts on the right (7) leading to the easily visible Chapel of Sainte Philomène.
At the chapel below the trail joins the car park.
Some more walks in Ardèche are available close to this walk.
Waypoints :
D/A : km 0 - alt. 191m
1 : km 0.43 - alt. 160m - Chassagnes crossroads
2 : km 1.57 - alt. 227m - Ermitage Saint Eugène
3 : km 3.03 - alt. 229m - La Gleysasse
4 : km 3.78 - alt. 200m - Crossroads
5 : km 4.73 - alt. 212m - Trois Seigneurs crossroads
6 : km 5.7 - alt. 223m - La Vierge
7 : km 8.08 - alt. 245m - Crossroads for Sainte Philomène
D/A : km 9.16 - alt. 191m
No drinking water refill point.
Visorando and this author cannot be held responsible in the case of accidents or problems occuring on this walk.
The hermitage of Saint Eugène and the Chapel of Sainte Philomène on the route.
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