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Start: Start from Villers-la-Faye, 15 minutes from Beaune and 10 minutes from Nuits-Saint-Georges.
Car park at Plateau des Chaumes, near the multi-sports field and the start sign.
Waymarkers: The markings are a black bat on a white background.
(S/E) Take the footpath opposite to reach the school.
(1) After passing the school, cross the road leading to Marey-les-Fussey in the direction of the ranch.
Turn right through the coniferous forest to the vineyards above Marey-les-Fussey.
(2) Go along the road, then downhill to the left via the Source du Lieu Dieu (spring).
Go right for 50m and then back down through deciduous woods.
Turn right, then left, to leave the forest and follow the Vignes Hautes along the left-hand edge of the forest.
(3)Cross the country road to go down along the Mirabel trees.
Cross the Marey-lès-Fussey road again and fork right, following along the walnut trees, to return to the village along the route des Chaumes.
(4) Turn right towards the housing estate, then take the first left twice to drive alongside the 15th-century château.
(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 a good spot for a break. Turn left after the orchard.
(6) Follow the path around Mont Saint-Victor to the right, then turn left just before the bench and climb up to the cemetery and its 11th-century chapel.
(7) After crossing the municipal road leading to the cemetery, take the path that winds through the conifers back down to the path around Mont Saint-Victor.
There's a magnificent view over the Saône plain.
Continue left for 200m, then right to descend through the vineyards. At the bottom, turn left, then cross the road to Corgoloin and descend to the D115j.
Turn right and climb up through the vines on the track which you leave 300m further on to take a path alongside the D115j. Cross the road leading to the quarry to enjoy a new view of the plain and the quarry site.
(8) Go around the quarry to the left, then follow the vines along the edge of the wood for several hundred metres. At the corner of the vineyard field, when the edge curves left, descend into a wooded valley on the right.
(9) Climb left then right through the conifers back to the vineyards. Cross the Chaux road and join the wood.
(10) Enter the wood, follow the signs through the woods and then the vineyards before arriving on the plateau des Chaumes and finding the car park here (S/E).
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