Country:
District:
Access: Park in the car park provided for hikers. Coming from Gaillac, go through the roundabout and take the first street on the right, just before the war memorial square. Coming from Cordes-sur-Ciel, take the first street on the left just after the war memorial square. The car park is indicated by a sign, which is only visible when coming from Cordes.
(S/E) Leave the car park and take the street on the right to reach the D922. Follow this road on the right on the wide pavement, pass two information signs (hiking and Gaillac wines) and turn right at the corner of the bar-tobacconist's.
YellowPR® markings
Follow the small tarmac road that runs alongside a few dilapidated farm sheds and then fields on the left. Leave the entrance to a property on your left and continue to a fork in the road a few metres further on.
(1) Continue right on the road, which soon gives way to a wide carriageway. Go straight ahead at the crossroads and ignore the path leading down into the woods on the left. At the next crossroads (metal gate on the left), turn right, pass in front of the buildings and continue straight ahead on a wide grassy path that joins a quiet tarmac road.
(2) Turn left. At the crossroads (stop sign), turn right and continue on the left at the junction to quickly reach the church of Salettes.
(3) At the crossroads at the corner of the cemetery, turn left to reach the Château de Salettes, which houses a wine cellar and a renowned gourmet restaurant. After admiring the beautifully restored building, turn back towards the church and, before the crossroads, leave the road and take a sharp left turn onto a wide path that descends into a small wood and leads to a vineyard.
Once at the vineyard, turn left then right to walk along it. Cross a stream, which is almost undetectable as it is overgrown with vegetation, and continue straight ahead until you reach a wide, stabilised path. Turn left and follow it until you reach a wooden signpost (elevation 182).
(4) Turn left onto a wide, grassy path that climbs slightly. Pass in front of the Jardin des Couleurs (a small enclosed garden of dye plants) and arrive at the tarmac road. Continue straight ahead to the castle. After stopping to admire this magnificent example of a fortified castle, continue towards the church and cemetery, ignore a small road on the left and arrive at a crossroads.
(5) A yellow sign invites you to turn right. Do not follow the sign as this is anotherPR® trail, but turn left onto a small tarmac road (dead end sign) which becomes a grassy path at the second house in La Roque. After a short descent, the path leads to a small road. Cross the road and then the railway line, cross a stream and arrive at a fork at the entrance to a small valley covered with vineyards.
(6) Turn left to climb up into a small wood. At the T-junction, cross the road and follow the wide path opposite between the vineyards. At the bottom of a short descent, turn left at a 90° angle, pass the houses of Timberle and come out onto a road.
(7) Turn left and join the D6. Cross (take care as this road has much more traffic than the previous ones) and take the wide, partially gravel path opposite. Pass a turning on the left and continue to a junction.
No markings
(8) Leave thePR® trail on your right and turn left. At the fork, about a hundred metres further on, turn right and you will come to a wide, partially tarmac road. Follow this road to the left for about twenty metres, then continue on the left to leave it and take the first road on the left.
Yellow markings
(9) At the crossroads (Chasse Gardée sign), turn left downhill. Ignore the first path on the left and continue straight ahead until you reach a tarmac road. Follow this road to the right.
No markings
(10) At the crossroads (hunters' car park a few metres to the left), turn right onto the road. Keep left at the next junction, cross the railway line and join the D6. Continue to the right towards Granéjouls. At the fork, take the left hairpin bend to reach the Church of Saint-Jean Baptiste.
Yellow markings
(11) After stopping at the church (closed when I passed by), continue along the road and then, at the end of the bend, turn right onto the path that descends into a small wood. Follow this path (which can be very wet and even muddy in heavy rain) and continue straight ahead into the small valley with the Vère river on your right.
(1) Turn right onto the small road you took at the start and return to the car park (S/E).
Visorando member
Easy 
