Following a fire on 5 April 2023 on the heights of Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert and Saint-Jean-de-Fos, the route is still passable, but the PR® des Fenestrettes has been affected, as has the voie d'Arles (GR®653). Please contact the Saint-Guilhem - Vallée de l'Hérault Tourist Office for information on the practicability of the route.
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Park in the pay car park in Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert (for the commune).
(S/E) Go through the Place de l'Eglise, where the 1855 plane tree welcomes you with its six-metre circumference. Continue along Rue du Bout du Monde and, at the end of the road, reach the small Verdus stream.
(1) Cross it and begin a virtually flat crossing in the forest to reach a crossroads of paths.
(2) Turn 180° left onto the shared GR® 653 and 74 marked in red and white, and begin a steep climb, first in the forest and then in the open, to quickly reach the first viewpoint, the Roc de la Bissonne.
(3) Continue along this path, turning left, back into the forest and soon after reaching the Max Nègre crossroads.
(4) Turn right and you will soon reach the second viewpoint, that of Max Nègre.
(5) Continue along this path, turning left quickly to reach a wide track. Turn right and keep to the right until you reach a new path.
(6) Leave the track and turn right onto the yellow path. Start downhill to join a variation of the GR®653on the edge of the Verdus.
(7) Take the GR® on the opposite side, continue on and reach the superb Fenestrelles hairpin bends (take care with children). Walk along the cliff face of the Roc de Bissonne on light scree, and return to the first crossroads on the outward journey.
(2) Follow the same route as the outward journey to return to the starting car park (S/E).
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Easy 
Visorando Member
Difficult 
