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Park your car on the small road running parallel to the D115, shortly after the old Penne railway station. You can park on the verge of this very quiet road.
GR®®46signposting (white and red) +PR®® (yellow).
(S/E) Continue north-east along this road and join the D115 after turning left onto the D33, opposite a very beautiful house at a place called Granier.
(1) Cross the very busy road with care and turn right onto the wide path that runs alongside the River Aveyron.
(2) At the hamlet of Amiel, cross the D115 once more, taking the same care, and head up the small tarmac road opposite. At the first junction after the bend, turn right and follow the stony path which takes a sharp left-hand bend and leads to a fork.
GRP®® (yellow and red) +PR®® (yellow) signposting.
(3) Turn right and stay on the wide path which leads up to the plateau; it levels out and opens onto a clearing marked by an imposing cairn.
(4) Continue slightly to the right, following theGRP®® to reach the Suquets viewpoint (theGRP®® route shown on the IGN map is incorrect here).
Take a moment to admire the view, then, with your back to the viewpoint, take the path on the right, which soon narrows to a track and follows the edge of the plateau. Ignore two paths leading down to the right: the first leads to the Grotte de la Pyramide, the second to the few buildings at Bancaze.
About 150m after this second path, having walked alongside a low dry-stone wall marking the boundary of a property, you’ll reach a junction (not shown on the IGN map).
No signposting.
(5) Leave theGRP®® signposting and turn left. The path soon gives way to a small tarmac road which passes between several beautifully restored houses, then heads north-east and leads to a large crossroads.
(6) Turn left, pass the entrance to several buildings on the left a little further on, and continue to a Fork in the road.
(7) Leave the road and turn right onto a wide, compacted track, which you follow straight on until you reach a group of buildings called Patrouquet.
(8) Pass between the buildings, turn left at the first junction just after them, then right at the next one.
(9) About 250 metres further on, a barrier blocks access to motor vehicles. Go through it easily and carry on straight ahead. The path becomes less distinct but remains fairly easy to follow amongst the oak trees (the junction at elevation 337 shown on the IGN map does not exist on the ground). Go through a second gate identical to the previous one and emerge onto a wide track.
GR®®46signposting (white and red).
(10) Turn left onto theGR®®, which is soon joined by aPR®® (no. 7) coming from the left, at the spot marked ‘Les Grangettes’ on the IGN map. Continue straight on along this wide, very well-marked path, which winds through the oak woods before emerging into an area where box trees become increasingly common.
You are approaching the Aveyron valley and begin to see, on the right, the cliffs that mark the start of the gorges. Pass the viewpoint shown on the IGN map – which is difficult to access and partially obscured by vegetation – and begin the descent towards the hamlet of Amiel.
(11) From this point, the view opens up to the Aveyron opposite and the cliffs to the right. A short break is highly recommended here to take in the spectacle.
Continue the descent to the junction.
(3) Carry on straight ahead, cross the hamlet and then the D115, and turn left onto theGR®® which leads to the car park (S/E) after crossing the departmental road once more.
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