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In Pisieu, park in the car park just above the cemetery on Route du Molard.
(S/E) Go up Route du Molard (photo 1), as soon as this road turns right, take the path on the left and then the small tarmac road on the left. When this ridge road turns left to go downhill, continue straight on along the wide ridge path.
(1) At the first crossroads, continue straight ahead. You will see Barbarin Castle on your left (photo 2). When you reach the castle, take the path that goes up to the right. At the next crossroads, take the path on the left, which will take you back to the ridge path. At the next crossroads, continue straight ahead on theGR® trail, marked in red and white.
(2) At a place called Les Primarets, continue straight ahead towards "Revel Tourdan" and "Saint-Jacques de Compostelle". The path turns into a tarmac road which leads to a car park. Take the road on the left which descends towards the centre of the village of Revel.
At the bottom of the Croton hill, at the wash house, turn right onto Rue du Vieux Bourg to begin your visit to the old village of Revel.
Tour of Revel: for those who do not wish to do so, go directly to point 3 below.
Take the first small street on the right, Rue de Rochechin. The road turns into a path that leads to a square. At the end of the square, take the stairs on the right called "Chemin des Chèvres" (Goat Path). Go around the ruins of the old castle on the left, climbing a few steps to reach a flat, grassy area. You will see a beautiful fortified Dauphiné residence and the back of the town hall. Cross the lawn to take the passage between the two buildings (town hall and fortified farm). After the passage, when you reach the road, go down to the left "la montée du château" towards the centre of the village. Go down to the bottom of the square (Impasse du Pigeonnier) to admire the Dauphiné houses and the old dovecote, which has been beautifully restored and converted into a museum of rural traditions. Turn back and immediately turn left onto Rue des Fromentaux. Take the first street on the left (Chemin de la Poterne) to see what remains of the ramparts of Revel. At the end, take the road on the left (Chemin Neuf), go to the wash house, and there, turn left onto Montée de Champ Romieu. At the top, turn right onto the main street, pass in front of the church, and continue along the main street. When you pass Notary Séguin's office, turn left (cobblestone alley), then right onto Rue Bilier (small alley). Turn right at the first alley (Desgranges house) to see the old well. At the bottom, turn right onto Grande Rue, then take the first alley on the left (Ruelle du Four). At the bottom, turn left onto Rue Basse, then left again onto the main street until you are in front of the entrance to the old "Rochiet bottier" shop. To the left of the shop, take Rue des Soupirs and immediately take the first street on the right, then the first on the left, Rue du Bourg Vieux, until you reach the exit of the medieval part of the village.
(3) At the wash house, continue straight on along the Route de Pisieu. Then turn right onto Chemin de Gambaloup, which descends. When the road turns left, take the small street on the right and then immediately take the path on the left that descends. At the end of the path, continue straight on along the road (Chemin de Barbarin), then when the road turns right at a right angle, take the grassy path opposite. Enjoy beautiful, unobstructed views of the plain, with the bell tower of the priory church of Notre Dame de Tourdan slightly to the right and views of the Alps to the left.
(4) At the road, turn right, then immediately take the path on the left.
At this point, if you wish to visit old Tourdan, see the explanations below in the section "during the hike or nearby".
At the end of the path, continue straight ahead on the road (Chemin de la Marie Blanc).
(5) At the next crossroads, take the road on the left (Chemin de Beaurepaire).
(6) Just after the bridge, turn right onto the path that runs alongside the stream. When you reach the confluence of the two streams, the path is no longer marked, so simply follow the second stream upstream. Come out onto the road at the bridge and turn left (Chemin de Beaurepaire). Just before the second bridge (6), turn right onto the first yellow-marked path that climbs towards "Beaurepaire et le Châtelard". Continue along this same path until you reach a crossroads, where you turn slightly to the right.
(7) At Le Châtelard, continue straight on towards Charpenay Pisieu. At the next crossroads, continue slightly to the right, keeping in the same direction towards Charenau and Pisieu.
(8) At the junction with the D135a road, turn right and then immediately left onto the grassy path between two fields. At the end of the path, turn left.
(9) When the path begins to turn to the right, take the path on the left. You will see the Pilat massif opposite. At the next junction (AICA prt sign), take the path on the right. The path descends and runs alongside the Barbarin pond.
(10) At the small road (chemin de l'étang), turn right and then, about 20 metres further on, take the small road on the left, called chemin grange neuve, which climbs towards Pisieu. When you reach a lodge and the road ends, continue on the path that climbs uphill. At the top, at a fork, take the path on the left.
(11) When you reach the Beaurepaire road (D135a), turn right towards the church and enjoy the beautiful views on your right of the Belledonne massif stretching as far as Les Écrins. At the crossroads, opposite the church, take the Revel-Tourdan road on the left, then the first street on the right towards a car park. After the old Pisieu inn, turn right into the cemetery cul-de-sac. At the end, take the "route du Molard" on the left which goes uphill, walk along the cemetery and return to the car park where you started (S/E).
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