Sainte-Victoire la Croix de Provence

Start from the car park along the RD 10 Cabassol road, opposite the Chez le Garde restaurant, just before Vauvenargues.

(S/E) Follow the Chemin des Venturiers to the South.

(1) Keep following the same route to the South-East, until you reach the next crossroads.

(2) Go in the direction of Le Prieuré (GR^®9) on the Venturiers trail, which is very well marked so you can't go wrong! Count on about 1.5 hours of climbing.

Once at the Prieuré Sainte-Victoire (3), visit and admire the landscape, then climb the Croix de Provence (4), with a panoramic view as far as Marseille and the Mediterranean if it's not too cloudy.
Then continue along ridges to the signal, still on the GR^®9, and reach the Col Subéroque sometimes bordering the steep cliffs.

(5) At the Col de Subéroque take the trail on the left that is descending very steeply (green markers), which is the Sentier des Plaideurs (The "path of pleaders").
__The descent is very abrupt, with lots of rocks, so watch your knees, this is really quite difficult in my opinion!
When you get to the bottom, keep following the green route markers!

(6) Before you arrive at the river "L'Infernet", take a small trail to the left for 50m after a pile of wood.
Then join a track and after having crossed the river (7) follow a yellow trail to the left back to the car park!(S/E).

I advise you to take an IGN map, especially for the shortcut on the small trail.
Otherwise take water because there is none on the route, and it's best in the morning to avoid the heat.
When you arrive at the Bau de Vespres just before the col, you can people climbing on the flanks of the mountain, which is very popular among climbers.