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Start in Villers-la-Faye, 15 minutes from Beaune and 10 minutes from Nuits-Saint-Georges
Parking at the Plateau des Chaumes, near the multi-sports ground and the signpost marking the start.
(S/E) Take the path opposite to reach the school.
(1) After walking past the school, cross the road leading to Marey-les-Fussey towards the ranch.
Turn right and walk through the coniferous forest to the vineyards above Marey-les-Fussey.
(2) Follow the road, then head down to the left via the Source du Lieu Dieu.
Head up to the right for 50m and then descend again into the deciduous woods.
Turn right, then left, to leave the forest and follow the Vignes Hautes on the left at the edge of the forest.
(3) Cross the village road and head down past the mirabelle plum trees.
Cross the Marey-lès-Fussey road again and turn right to walk alongside the walnut trees, then head back down to the village via the Route des Chaumes.
(4) Turn right towards the housing estate, then take the first left twice to walk alongside the 15th-century castle.
(5) Reach Villers-la-Faye and turn right twice to take the Magny-lès-Villers road for 200m; the wash house on the left is equipped for a break. Head up to the left after the orchard.
(6) Follow the path to the right around Mont Saint-Victor, then turn left just before the bench and climb up to the cemetery and its 11th-century chapel.
(7) After crossing the village road leading to the cemetery, head back down the path winding through the conifers to rejoin the path that circles Mont Saint-Victor.
A magnificent view of the Saône plain opens up before you.
Continue to your left for 200m, then turn right to head back down through the vineyards. At the bottom, turn left, then cut across the Corgoloin road and head back down to the D115j.
Turn right and head up through the vineyards along the path, which you leave 300m further on to take a track running alongside the D115j. Cross the road leading to the quarry to enjoy another view of the plain and the quarry works.
(8) Go round the quarry on the left, then follow the vineyards along the edge of the woods for several hundred metres. At the corner of the vineyard, where the edge curves to the left, head down into a wooded valley on the right.
(9) Head up to the left then to the right through the conifers to reach the vineyards again. Cut across the Route de Chaux and head back into the woods.
(10) Enter the woods, follow the signposts through the woods and then the vineyards before arriving on the Chaumes plateau, where you will find the car park (start/finish).
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