Roman road trail in Gensac-sur-Garonne

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(!) The trail can be overgrown, so be careful and make sure you are well equipped.

The Volvestre Intercommunal Tourist Office offers a marked trail. The Roman road trail, with a slight incline, is accessible to families. Approximately four kilometres long, it starts and ends at the village square.

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    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 3.67 km
  • ◔
    Average duration: 1h 20 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Easy
  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 107 m
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    Descent: - 107 m
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    Highest point: 348 m
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    Lowest point: 235 m
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Description of the walk

Park at Place de la Mairie.

(S/E) Take Chemin du Lavoir to the right of the town hall. At the crossroads, turn right to reach the wash house. Turn back, ignore Chemin du Lavoir on the left, then turn right onto Route de Montesquieu and start climbing the hill until you reach the bend.

(1) Follow the path on the left indicated by a wooden sign. You will soon see the remains of the ancient road that probably linked Cazères to Montesquieu-Volvestre in Gallo-Roman times. The gradient is constant until you reach the tarmac road. Once you reach this road, join the crossroads with another tarmac road at "La Bourdasse".

(2) Continue left on the tarmac road to the hamlet of Béqui.

(3) Leave the road and turn left onto the path marked by the wooden sign "Gensac" and continue downhill along the castle hill. Reach the D62.

(4) Take the road on the left to return to Gensac. Turn right into the Mouzinatte housing estate and head for the banks of the Garonne. Turn left onto Chemin Saint-Pierre, which leads straight to Place de la Mairie (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 241 m - Place de la Mairie
  2. 1 : km 0.63 - alt. 257 m - Turn left at the wooden sign.
  3. 2 : km 1.29 - alt. 346 m - At the Bourdasse crossroads, turn left.
  4. 3 : km 1.8 - alt. 338 m - Béqui, path on the left
  5. 4 : km 2.63 - alt. 249 m - D62, on the left. Towards the banks of the - Garonne (fleuve)
  6. S/E : km 3.67 - alt. 241 m - Place de la Mairie

Worth a visit

Stroll through the village streets where you will see the 19th-century public weighbridge and the castle rebuilt in the 18th century, the 14th- and 16th-century Church of Notre-Dame de l'Assomption, the wash house and the old mill.

Reviews and comments

3.2 / 5
Based on 3 reviews
Reliability of the description
3.3 / 5
Ease of following the route
3.3 / 5
Route interest
3 / 5
domi09
domi09

Overall rating : 2 / 5

Date of your route : Jul 11, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★☆☆☆ Disappointing
Route interest : ★☆☆☆☆ Very disappointing
Very busy route : No

PB: When you reach the road after climbing through the woods, there is a missing signpost. The trail has not been maintained, with brambles, nettles, tall grass and ticks covering the entire first section before reaching the road; it has been left to fall into disrepair. The descent is through tall grass, guessing at a path. It's a shame, as it's a very easy circular with a beautiful view. The term "Roman road" is very exaggerated.

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Mistouke
Mistouke

Overall rating : 2.7 / 5

Date of your route : May 20, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★☆☆☆ Disappointing
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average
Very busy route : No

Description issue
"(1).... The gradient is constant until you reach La Bourdasse, which you can get to by following the access road to La Chasse on the right."
Not very clear. Apparently, many hikers turn left onto the tarmac road at the top of the path (including us) and end up at a farm with no way out.
The farm owner told us this, and apparently she is fed up with all these people arriving at her house and making her dogs bark, which forces her to go out every time.
I would have written "The gradient is constant and at the top of the hill, turn right onto the tarmac road, then take the first tarmac road on the left towards Béqui"
Another problem towards the end of the descent from the castle hill is that you walk along a fenced-in area with two large aggressive dogs that follow you to the tarmac road. They are so aggressive that one of them put its head right through a hole in the fence and almost bit my wife, who was walking behind me, which caused her a lot of stress.
On the other hand, I find that there is too much tarmac road.
Suffice to say that this is a hike we will not be doing again.
Please at least correct the description to specify that it is essential to turn right onto the tarmac road when you reach the top of the path.

Alain Legrand

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angib
angib

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Jul 25, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Very nice, exactly as described; wear closed shoes as the grass grows quickly on the paths

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