Reilhanette, under the gaze of Mont Ventoux

This short hike under the watchful eye of Mont Ventoux allows you to visit this heritage site and enjoy the sumptuous landscapes of Mont Ventoux to the south of the village and the Hautes Baronnies to the north.

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 5.91 km
  • ◔
    Average duration: 2h 10 
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    Difficulty: Easy

  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 167 m
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    Descent: - 168 m

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    Highest point: 729 m
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    Lowest point: 571 m

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Description of the walk

Departure from Place de Reilhanette.

(S/E) Just to the right of the houses, take the small road to the left of the war memorial, then turn immediately right to climb the hills. At the crossroads, continue left on the small road, which turns into a path.

(1) At the three-way junction, continue left, leaving a better-maintained path that leads to a beautiful house with caravans and a yurt. The path climbs up the hillside to a small pass.

(2) Look for a path marked by a cairn that branches off to the right, just before the farm. You will come to a meadow where the path widens and descends gently.

(3) At the corner of the second meadow, leave it via a grassy path and, a few metres further on, take a narrower path heading north. Reach the ridge.

(4) Turn right and descend, following the path towards the road, which is visible from the ridge.

(5) Follow the small road on the right that takes you back to the valley. Pass the hamlet of La Villette. After the third hairpin bend, take the path on the left and rejoin the road below. Cross the Toulourenc via an old bridge and arrive at the D159.

(6) Turn right and follow the road to the third crossroads. Continue right towards Reilhanette on the D159a and reach the village square (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 586 m - Place de Reilhanette
  2. 1 : km 0.39 - alt. 612 m - Crossroads, left
  3. 2 : km 1.41 - alt. 685 m - Cairn, path on the right
  4. 3 : km 1.74 - alt. 689 m - Path on the right, not very visible.
  5. 4 : km 1.9 - alt. 721 m - Crête
  6. 5 : km 2.35 - alt. 701 m - Small road, on the right
  7. 6 : km 3.66 - alt. 591 m - D159, on the right. Old bridge over the - Toulourenc (rivière) - Affluent de l'Ouvèze
  8. S/E : km 5.91 - alt. 586 m - Place de Reilhanette

Notes

Water available at the start in Reilhanette.

You can also start from Montbrun-les-Bains.

The first part requires a little attention: the yellow markings are not very visible and sometimes absent.

Alternative route:

(6) At the second crossroads, 500 metres after the bridge, you can turn left and reach Montbrun-les-Bains via a small road. You will arrive at the castle. The narrow streets allow you to descend the village and reach the D542. Pass in front of the supermarket and at the crossroads, turn right onto the D159 then left onto the D159A.

Worth a visit

Visit the villages of Reilhanette and Montbrun-les-Bains, typical Provençal villages. The view from the castle of Reilhanette is superb.

Reviews and comments

3.7 / 5
Based on 10 reviews

Reliability of the description
3.5 / 5
Ease of following the route
4 / 5
Route interest
3.7 / 5
barbbu
barbbu

Overall rating : 3.3 / 5

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

About a third of the route is on the road! The rest is quite nice...

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Nicole 07
Nicole 07

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Sep 26, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average
Very busy route : No

Actually, it's not finished because it's a busy road with cars driving a little too fast for my liking.

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Béalon
Béalon

Overall rating : 3.7 / 5

Date of your route : Sep 19, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : Yes

The last part of the road seemed uninteresting to us, so we turned around at the station and came back the same way.

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Lojoelro
Lojoelro

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Aug 11, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A pleasant short walk alternating between tarmac paths, dirt tracks, trails, meadows and roads.
Very beautiful scenery.
Very pleasant.
Difficulty encountered at point 3 because on the map you have to cross a meadow, but in reality, this meadow is cut in two. By following the GPS position, you will eventually find the right path.

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BERANGER
BERANGER

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Jan 02, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A lovely walk through the heath, with beautiful views of the pretty villages of Reilhanette and Montbrun.

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Franck D
Franck D

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : May 09, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

It's true that there are many paths in the field, but no worries with the app + the description.

As the weather improved, we decided to extend our hike.
Average duration: 5 hours
Distance: 13.18km
Elevation gain: 423m
Difficulty: Medium

  • From (5), we set off to the left (Adret de Vic), staying on the side with a view of Mont Ventoux, then returned (Ubac de Vic) via the GR 91C to get back to the point (6).
  • At the point (6), we continued straight ahead to climb up the opposite side and go around "la Citadelle". We arrived at Montbrun from the east.

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Croix A.
Croix A.

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Jul 14, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Route completed with the help of the mobile app, but it can be difficult to follow with only the paper directions!
By following the route on the phone, we had no problems. Between points 3 and 4: fields surrounded by electric wires: go around the left side (the route is clearly marked) and return to the path by passing under the cable...you will find this fence again a little further up the ridge.
The second part of the route is on a quiet road.
The main attractions are the village of Reilhanette at the start (climb up to the castle) and Montbrun-les-Bains (pretty paved slanting streets, numerous fountains, church and castle).
In total, we covered a little over 7 km.

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CHANNIE
CHANNIE

It is indeed at point 2 that the description is correct but the route is inaccurate. I am not familiar with the OSM map you are referring to.

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henri57
henri57 ★

Hello,

Thank you for your feedback.

We have noticed that the correct route is not shown... but this is IGN's fault. We have an old map on which it was marked!

Near the point (2), does the path marked on your old map correspond to the one currently shown on the OSM map?

See you soon.

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CHANNIE
CHANNIE

Overall rating : 2.7 / 5

Date of your route : May 06, 2019
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★☆☆☆ Disappointing
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average

Knowing the area, we knew there was a section of road and decided not to do the circular route but to go there and back along the "path" section.
The description lacks precision in some places. Furthermore, the map is incorrect precisely where the change of direction is not very marked: we noticed that the correct path is not shown on it... but that is IGN's fault. We have an old map on which it was marked!
Recent comment: the "meadows" indicated have recently been ploughed and the path on the edge has been encroached upon!

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bibi
bibi ★

Thank you for this feedback on the hike. The moderator mentioned is simply the person who approved the hike, not the author...
How can we reword point 2 so that future users don't get confused?
Kind regards

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rabougri
rabougri

Overall rating : 1.7 / 5

Date of your route : May 24, 2017
Reliability of the description : ★☆☆☆☆ Very disappointing
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★☆☆☆☆ Very disappointing

The village war memorial has been moved. Count 50 metres before turning right after passing this monument.
Then ignore any fanciful signs saying "private property" and immediately turn right onto the tarmac road (it is a public road).
At point 2, an error in the description led us astray! (rather embarrassing for a "moderator”! ...) We were unable to complete the circular route...
In fact, about 200 metres after the small pass and before "the farm", there is a first path on the right, marked by a cairn, which we took as indicated and... which led us astray.
We turned back after more than an hour of walking, looking for matches between the terrain and the description... and returned to the small pass.
To check, we went back beyond the first cairn and found a second cairn about 300 metres before "the farm", which is not a farm at all (no agricultural activity!) but a holiday home. This second cairn indicated the right path this time.
We then realised, after studying the map, that most of the end of the hike consisted of walking along the road...
We wanted to avoid using geolocation on our hikes, but faced with this "type" of description, we decided to equip ourselves with it.

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