Saules - Rimont - Saules

Date of your route : Jul 14, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A very beautiful route without any major difficulties...
Superb landscapes...

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Date of your route : May 20, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Very beautiful hike. Lots of beautiful views and few difficulties.

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Not located in the Massif Central but in (southern) Burgundy

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Date of your route : Apr 18, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A magnificent hike completed in 5 hours and 30 minutes, including a long lunch break. I did it backwards because at the start of the hike, you need a waypoint indicating that before waypoint 1, at the top of the first climb, you have to turn right.
Otherwise, I have no complaints and highly recommend this splendid walk with its magnificent views. You'll be in awe the whole way 🤪

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Date of your route : Jan 26, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★☆☆☆ Disappointing
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

An interesting and wild route through chalk grasslands. Lots of trails and little tarmac
Perfect GPX track, but the description is too brief
Thank you for sharing

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Date of your route : Jul 11, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : Yes

This route is very good, very pleasant when it's sunny and warm. Much of it is shaded. Beautiful views of the mountains and vineyards.
There is a lack of clear signage when leaving the village of Fley. To get to Saules, all the paths are marked with yellow crosses.
Thank you for your walks, which allow us to hike every week.

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Date of your route : Aug 04, 2016
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good

Just for your information, Saules is not in the Massif Central, as stated in the description, and the classification as moderate is a bit misleading. The end of the route, after Fley, where I also had a hard time finding my way, is quite physically demanding. Otherwise, the scenery is superb on this beautiful sunny day
Worth doing again!

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Date of your route : Jun 28, 2016
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good

A very beautiful hike with, in the first half, a beautiful view of the vineyards and, in the second half, some very pretty villages, with Rimont and Bissy sous Fley being particularly interesting. The only slight disappointment is that, on leaving Fley, it is not very well signposted to get back onto the trail.

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Date of your route : Oct 21, 2015
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good

A very beautiful route, especially at this time of year. The paths are perfect. And there is also a lot to learn about vineyards. The places you pass through are magnificent (Rimond, Bissy sur Fley). In addition to the map, it is still better to have a GPS for the second part on the Fley plateau.

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Date of your route : Oct 17, 2015
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good

a pleasant hike, beautiful scenery with the colours of the vineyards at this time of year.
not much tarmac, pretty woodland, opportunity to collect chestnuts.
a stop at Bissey Castle.
to be repeated!!!

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Date of your route : Sep 10, 2015
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good

The final stretch from Fley is not marked locally. I couldn't find the path on my first attempt.

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Date of your route : Apr 12, 2015
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

I used the GPX track with my smartphone and there were no problems.
Varied landscapes (forest, vineyards, meadows, etc.), few roads. It's perfect.

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Thank you, leschevin.menguy, for your comment, which I agree with, and especially for your suggestion. We will wait for the author to respond and, if necessary, modify the description.

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Date of your route : Oct 21, 2014
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

It's good to have a description of the route to follow using place names, but in practice, when you're there and you have a choice to make, it's more important to have information about what you can see with your own eyes rather than the name of the next stage, as the latter is rarely indicated. We got lost near the end, after 18.5 km, just over 1 km from the end of the circular... We ended up walking 2.5 km more than planned.

Suggestion:
...go straight towards Fley, which you cross,
at the town hall, take the middle of the three paths, going up towards Mont Bouzu, leaving the tarmac road on the left, then left again, heading east, leaving the edge on the right, to
reach Les Buffières, then...

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Date of your route : May 18, 2014
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good

Hello,

Nice hike, beautiful views. We didn't have time to do the 20 km circular.
To be done.

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