Pisieu-Assieu

(S) Start from the car park at Place Sant Marti de Tous, join the Route de Pommier de Beaurepaire, then head towards the village centre. Turn right to pass in front of the cemetery and continue along the Route du Molard to the water reservoir. Turn left, heading south-west, onto the stony Chemin de Compostelle. After 2 km, you will arrive at the village of Revel-Tourdan; continue straight on along the Montée du Croton.

(1) At the junction with Rue du Bour-Vieux, by a wash house, turn right. At the end of the street, turn left onto Rue des Terraux.

(2) Turn right onto Chemin Neuf. (You can stock up on supplies at the small grocery shop on the left). Continue westwards, pass the cemetery and then leave the village, staying on Chemin Neuf until the junction with Chemin du Moulin Coquaz, the first path on the left.

(3) Take a sharp left-hand bend onto this track, turn right at Moulin Coquaz, cross the Le Dolon stream and continue to the D51.

(4) First turn left then right to head across the fields. Follow the red and white markings of^{the GR®65}and turn left at the lake until you reach the departmental road.

(5) Cross the D538 with care and continue along the Chemin de St Jacques. Keep heading in the same direction until you reach the junction. Continue straight on, reach a crossroads and take the path opposite to reach the left-hand bend which leads you onto the Chemin de la Perrière.

(6) Continue left along this path. Ignore the first track on the right, then take the second one, near the TGV line, at a bend.

(7) Turn right and rejoin the path running parallel to the Paris–Lyon–Marseille TGV line heading north. Continue to the tunnel that passes under the line.

(8) Go under the TGV line and continue along the Chemin des Sources. At the junction with the Route des Brosses, turn left and head towards the hamlet known as Le Pinel.

(9) Continue right onto Route des Fontaines, which heads north-west. Cross the Dolon stream again and keep heading in this direction until you reach the Y-junction.

(10) Turn right onto Route des Fontaines. When you reach a junction, turn right and then left.

(11) Pass through the hamlet of L'Hôpital and continue to Chemin des Crées.

(12) Turn right and continue to the water tower.

(13) Turn left and continue to a five-way junction. (Please note: the signposting on the ground does not correspond to the IGN Rando map).

(14) Ignore the path on the right and take the next one, heading north-west until you reach a four-way junction.

(15) Take the first path on the right and continue south until you rejoin the^GR® 65 on the Chemin de Taravas.

(16) Turn right and continue until you reach a junction with the Route des Grandes Bruyères.

(17) Turn left, pass the first path on your right and, 50 metres further on at the junction, take the path on the right.

(18) Continue along the^GR® 65 to the Route de la Forge, keeping to the right at all times.

(19) Turn right, then 150 metres further on, turn right again onto the Chemin de la Salette to arrive in front of the Chapelle de La Salette.

(20) After the Chapel of La Salette, take a hairpin bend and continue south-west to the orientation table, going straight on at every junction.

(21) From the Bellegarde-Poussieu orientation table, continue south-west. Cross the D134A with care and continue in the same direction through a landscape alternating between fields, meadows and woodland, until you reach the junction of^{the GR®65}and^GR®422.

(22) Keep right onto the^GR®65until you reach a fork in the path, located just past the one marked with a cross.

(23) Turn left and leave the^GR®65 for a short while to cross the Bois de Surieu (Note: the signposting on the ground does not match the IGN map). At the next junction, turn right until you rejoin the^GR®65by heading straight on and continuing along the road to the first track at the exit of the Bois de Surieu.

(24) Turn left and continue north on the road to the Monastery of Surieu.

(25) At the monastery, turn left into the hairpin bends, then continue along a road, follow the signposting, pass through the tennis courts to reach the T-junction with the Route de la Chapelle.

(26) Turn right then left towards St Romain Church. Pass the church site, then at the end of the street on the Montée du Dorier, turn right following signs for Les Brosses. Pass the junction and continue to the hamlet of Le Mercier.

(27) Head left towards the north along the Chemin des Petits Plans until you reach the Bois de la Limone.

(28) Continue left towards the west, keeping straight on, until you reach a road near the village of Assieu. Turn left until you reach the bend near the village.

(29) Leave the^GR®65by turning left onto Rue des Vanaux until you rejoin the D131, keeping to the right at all times.

(30) Turn left and head towards the village centre (provisions available: butcher’s, delicatessen and bakery on Rue du Trievoz). Follow this street until you reach Rue Gasavignard, located at the next sharp left-hand bend.

(31) Take this street. At the fork, turn left to reach the football pitch and find a spot to pitch your tent (E).

Provisions: small grocery shop in Revel-Tourdan at the junction (1)
Butcher’s and delicatessen + bakery in Assieu (29)
Camping possible on the football pitch (E)
Accommodation available in Assieu (30)
La petite ferme des Vitoz: 06 83 22 83 50 - email: lapetitefermedesvitoz@gmail.com
A' CIEUX TERRE 6 Rue de la Coquillonne, 38150 Assieu: 06 10 78 14 23

(20) La Salette Chapel: Former parish church of Bellegarde, built on a rocky outcrop south of the surrounding wall of the Bellegarde family’s castle, traces of which date back to the 11th century.
(25) The Monastery of Notre Dame de Surieu is well worth a visit. Monastic life is still practised here.