The Tom Thumb Trail in Beaupouyet

Follow Tom Thumb through the vineyard forest: the red caps he has scattered among the trees show you the way. But you’ll also need to find the objects and characters from Charles Perrault’s tale: they’re hidden right nearby.

Details

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 2.32 km
  • ◔
    Average duration: 0h 45 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Easy

  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 33 m
  • ↘
    Descent: - 35 m

  • ▲
    Highest point: 116 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 83 m

Description of the walk

(S/E) Start the Sentier du Petit Poucet from the wooden hut with an arrow pointing towards ‘En compagnie de Poucet’. Take the path on the left when facing the hut. Follow the path for 50m, then take the first path on the right which leads into the woods. Continue until you reach a main path. Turn left onto it, following the red cap. Take the first path on the right (signposted Chemin du Picataou). After finding the object (axe), turn right. At the next object (hut), continue along the path to the left, passing the red cap drawing. After a few metres, at the junction with another path, turn right, then quickly turn left.

(1) Follow the winding path down (red dots on the trees). At the bottom of the valley, cross the wooden walkway which keeps your feet dry in this sometimes damp valley floor and head straight ahead. After the object to be found, take the path on the left which crosses a first walkway then a second. At the end of the path, at the junction, turn left then right. Continue straight on to the arboretum, which features forty species of trees from all over the world.

(2) At the arboretum, turn left towards the forest house. Watch out for the ogre!!! Take the path on the left. Before reaching the end of the path, turn right onto the path that descends into the woods. Find the object before passing the ‘Pita Foun’ fountain, which is said to protect your feet from the pricks of aggressive plants (brambles, etc.). Back on the main path, turn left, find the last object before returning to the starting point (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 111 m - Cabin
  2. 1 : km 0.71 - alt. 100 m - Follow the winding path downwards
  3. 2 : km 1.66 - alt. 115 m - Towards the forest house
  4. S/E : km 2.32 - alt. 111 m - Cabin

Notes

Red Red Caps markings

Reviews and comments

4.3 / 5
Based on 5 reviews

Reliability of the description
4.8 / 5
Ease of following the route
4.4 / 5
Route interest
3.8 / 5
User 10850170

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

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

A very pleasant short hike that I did with my dog. You're under the trees almost the entire time, which is nice when it's very hot. The route is well signposted, and if you get lost, you can always follow it live via the app

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Lannemi
Lannemi

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Jul 12, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A lovely, fun little walk to do with children. The multi-stage treasure hunt captures the children’s interest. What’s more, at the start, in the hut, there’s a sheet listing the objects to find, and every time they find one, the children punch a hole in their sheet using hole punches. These are all different to prevent cheating. With this sheet, the child can then go to the Mussidan tourist office to collect a reward (unfortunately, we didn’t have time to go back there).
The walk is well signposted with red hats through very clean woodland. Two other walks on themes other than Tom Thumb are available from the same starting point.
Allow around 1 hour 15 minutes to 1 hour 30 minutes for the walk. We were with three children aged 8, 6 and 5.

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Poussy2011
Poussy2011

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Mar 15, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

A great walk for children; the signposts and the objects to find are great fun.

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zizou1324
zizou1324

Overall rating : 3.3 / 5

Date of your route : Oct 29, 2018
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average

a trail for young children based on a treasure hunt theme, but a clean and very relaxing route

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Ptitepuce
Ptitepuce

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Sep 24, 2017
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good

We went on this short walk with our dog and really enjoyed it. We’d recommend it to parents with children as it’s a lovely thing to do

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