Short walk on the outskirts of Collonges-la-Rouge

This short walk makes a pleasant addition to a visit to Collonges-la-Rouge and offers some lovely views of the village.

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 4.80 km
  • ◔
    Average duration: 1h 40 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Easy

  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 107 m
  • ↘
    Descent: - 107 m

  • ▲
    Highest point: 235 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 172 m

Description of the walk

Start from the car park (pay-and-display) located along the D38 above the village.

(S/E) From the car park, cross the D38 and head down the road opposite, towards La Serre and La Gondronne.

(1) At the bottom of the street, take a short detour first to the left then right. Stroll through the various streets of the village to explore it. At the end of your visit, walk down the main street (Rue de la Barrière) to the southern exit of the village (Y-junction).

(2) Turn left onto theGR® (signposted Saillac – 12th-century church – 2km). At the first Y-junction, keep right.

(3) Shortly after an old wash house, situated below and to the right of the road and before the hamlet of La Souteyrie, take theGR® to the right. This runs alongside an orchard, then goes round the back of a few houses and climbs slightly, leading onto a tarmac path opposite a chestnut orchard. Turn right, pass through the hamlet of Couzedoux, leave theGR® and look for the start of a path on the right, about a hundred metres before a farm building on the left of the road (before the hamlet of Le Treuil).

(4) Turn onto this path, which descends to the right of the road and passes behind the house. Follow it down until you reach the tarmac road and continue down this road.

(5) At the bridge, continue uphill towards the village and rejoin the main street of Collonges-la-Rouge.

(2) Walk up the main street to the D38, turn right and head for the car park (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 234 m - Car park
  2. 1 : km 0.19 - alt. 217 m - Bottom of the street
  3. 2 : km 1.04 - alt. 213 m - Lower part of the village
  4. 3 : km 1.97 - alt. 183 m - Trail entrance
  5. 4 : km 3.41 - alt. 227 m - Start of the downhill path
  6. 5 : km 4.06 - alt. 185 m - Bridge
  7. S/E : km 4.8 - alt. 234 m - Car park

Worth a visit

Visit Collonges-la-Rouge and also Turenne, further west, on the D8.
Views of the village from Couzedoux.

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

4.2 / 5
Based on 5 reviews

Reliability of the description
4.4 / 5
Ease of following the route
4.4 / 5
Route interest
3.8 / 5
saint victor
saint victor

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : Aug 25, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★☆☆☆ Disappointing
Very busy route : No

A nice little walk, nothing more. However, the village of Collonge la Rouge is very pleasant (but very busy). Thank you for the route

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vodkachette
vodkachette

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Nov 14, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A drive along the country lanes above Collonges-La-Rouge, after a visit to the village, which is very pretty. A pleasant drive

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helnchr
helnchr

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Nov 14, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

a nice little walk

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Elisabeth Sicre
Elisabeth Sicre

Overall rating : 3.3 / 5

Date of your route : Feb 23, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

Hello,

We ran into the usual problem with many walks (not just those on Visorando): the starting point is marked as a car park along the road, but there are several of them. This led to (following a mistake at the start) a somewhat haphazard route through the junctions, which of course didn’t match the description.

But despite this minor inconvenience, thank you for your descriptions, which make us want to explore everything, even if our age, our stiffness and our health limit our hiking ambitions.
ES

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JUMP-CLM
JUMP-CLM

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Feb 08, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good

Hello,

On this walk, there’s just one mistake in section 3: at the end of the route description, turn right, pass through the hamlet of Couzedoux, leave the GR and look for the start of a path on the left (the path is on the right, not the left).

See you soon

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