In the footsteps of the Knights Templar in Saint-Vincent-la-Commanderie

Saint-Vincent had a commandery inthe 13th century. "In the footsteps of the Knights Templar" is an easy walk at the foot of the Rochers de Treillaras cliffs, often on the edge of the woods, over gently rolling terrain with beautiful views of the plain.

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    Activity: Walking
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    Distance: 8.71 km
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    Average duration: 3h 05 
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    Difficulty: Easy

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    Back to start: Yes
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    Ascent: + 195 m
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    Descent: - 200 m

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    Highest point: 461 m
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    Lowest point: 340 m

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Description of the walk

Park in the car park of the Marcel Soulier community hall next to the school.

(S/E) When you leave the car park, turn right, walk past the school and follow Rue des Templiers on the left. After the small square with a fountain, turn right and walk past the church, then past a gate with three large lime trees in front of it. Leave Rue de la Source on your left, then Impasse du Rucher, and follow the yellow signs.
You will arrive at the junction with Chemin de La Combe.

(1) Take the path opposite (orange dot or red tag on the trees). You will reach a junction on a bend. Look out for a yellow cross opposite, then turn right. Cross the Guimand. Further on, at the next junction, turn right, following the red tags (do not go straight ahead). You will arrive at Chemin de la Montée de Serre Darbou.

(2) Turn left and pass in front of a house with a white gate. Follow the red tags. Further on, the path runs along the edge of the woods (beautiful views of the plain). The path passes above a house with blue shutters. Do not take the path that branches off to the right, but continue straight ahead at the edge of the woods. The path enters the woods again, runs alongside a fence, passes Les Galinières and reaches a stony path.

(3) Be careful. Do not follow the red tags here. Turn right (orange arrow and dot), pass in front of a water tank. Go down the path and join the paved road at the Col de Toutes Aures signpost.

(4) Keep left and follow the road, cross a small bridge, go up and turn left onto Chemin des Carrats. After about 250m, take the stony path that leads to a shed. When you reach the woods, turn right onto the path (sign). Follow the edge of the woods, pass the statue and you will come out onto the Route des Limouches (D68).
Cross this roadcarefully and continue straight ahead on Montée du Pont. When you reach the bridge over the Lierne,

(5) Turn right before the bridge. Follow Rue des Charignons. At the end, cross the D68 again and continue straight ahead towards Les Charignons.
When you reach a large livestock building (yellow feed tanks), follow the communal path on the right, go alongside a building and you will come to the Route de Peyrus in Saint-Vincent, at a cross. Turn right and walk for about 100 metres.

(6) Turn left before the Chapelle Saint-Pierre and cross a stream.
The path climbs up to a livestock building, turn right (yellow line). Continue until you reach the road again about 50 metres from the Col de Toutes Aures signpost on the right. Turn left and follow the road for about 100 metres.
Then take the grassy path on the left (small yellow sign for Les Beriches-Charpey). Go down to a small road (Les Beriches signpost).

(7) Turn right, cross a farm, follow the road for about 600 metres until you reach a junction. Take the road opposite, which descends and becomes a track after a stream, and pass the Les Vinays farm. Cross the Guimand stream.

(8) Immediately turn right onto the path that runs alongside this stream. Continue until you reach the greenhouses, then turn left and follow them. After a short climb (Chemin des Lauries), you will reach Route des Galons. Turn right and head towards the village centre, the school and the car park (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 373 m - Parking at the community hall
  2. 1 : km 0.6 - alt. 399 m - La Combe
  3. 2 : km 1.22 - alt. 437 m - Crossroads
  4. 3 : km 2.35 - alt. 461 m - Stony path
  5. 4 : km 2.88 - alt. 401 m - Col de Toutes Aures (402m)
  6. 5 : km 4.52 - alt. 387 m - Bridge over the - Lierne (cours d'eau) - Affluent de la Véore
  7. 6 : km 5.43 - alt. 384 m - Chapel, on the left
  8. 7 : km 6.99 - alt. 353 m - Les Beriches
  9. 8 : km 7.96 - alt. 341 m - Guimand stream
  10. S/E : km 8.71 - alt. 373 m - Parking at the community hall

Notes

- Shortly after the landmark (6), crossing the stream may be difficult if there has been heavy rain in the days leading up to the hike.
- It is possible to shorten this hike by about half (1 hour 30 minutes) by going directly from marker (4) to marker (7).

Worth a visit

Reviews and comments

4.4 / 5
Based on 36 reviews

Reliability of the description
4.4 / 5
Ease of following the route
4.6 / 5
Route interest
4.3 / 5
samsonnet26
samsonnet26

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Dec 06, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A lovely walk without too many difficulties. Thank you for this route.

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User 15014469

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Sep 10, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Beautiful route with varied landscapes.

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EVASIONXTINE
EVASIONXTINE
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Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Mar 06, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

a pleasant hike with beautiful views of the Vercors in good weather. The detour to the St Pierre chapel is well worth it and there's no need to retrace your steps: exit in front of the chapel to rejoin the road and follow it for a few metres to the left to find the path that branches off to the right

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24bis
24bis

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Mar 10, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A lovely little walk with no particular difficulties. Views of the foothills of the Vercors on the way back. No shade on the second half.

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alexport
alexport

Overall rating : 3.7 / 5

Date of your route : Nov 14, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average
Very busy route : No

A lovely short hike with no particular difficulties and beautiful views.

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amattheur
amattheur

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Aug 28, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A very pleasant short family hike with some beautiful views. Ideal for training a group to tackle more demanding loops afterwards

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Vie26
Vie26

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Aug 06, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average
Very busy route : Yes

A pleasant short hike.

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Laurence57C
Laurence57C

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : Apr 23, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

This is a pleasant route to do in spring as the vegetation is not too dense, allowing for beautiful views of the "Barres du Vercors" towards the Ardèche and the Valence plain. We missed a right turn between points 1 and 2, which took us off course and led us through Serre Darbou before reaching point 3, but we didn't regret it as the scenery was well worth the detour. We enjoyed the many flowers and beautiful old houses along the route.

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BK626
BK626

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Apr 24, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A very pleasant, easy hike. At point 6, continue straight ahead to reach the Chapelle St Pierre chapel, then retrace your steps to continue the circuit as indicated. Between points 4 and 5, beneath the statue, you can stop for a picnic and enjoy magnificent views of the Ardèche mountains and the Rhône valley.

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golda07
golda07

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Feb 27, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : Yes

Nice walk!
The explanations up to number 5 were perfectly clear.
But then the sentences are backwards!
Some of the instructions need to be corrected

  1. concerning 5) and 6)

replace:
"and arrive on the road from Peyrus to Saint-Vincent, at a cross. Turn right and continue for about 100 metres.
(6) Turn left before the Saint-Pierre chapel, cross a stream."
with
"and pass the cross, then arrive on the road to Peyrus in Saint-Vincent. Take the road on the right for about a hundred metres.
6/ (which takes us almost to the Saint-Pierre chapel) leave the road and take the path on the left. Cross the stream.

  1. still referring to 6

"Continue until you reach the road again about 50 metres from the Col de toutes Aures signpost on the right. Turn left and follow the road for about 100 metres. Turn onto..."
by
"Continue until you reach the road again. Cross the road to read the Col de toutes Aures signpost. Turn left and follow the paved road for a hundred metres. Turn onto..."

  1. concerns (8

"turn left along them"
by
"turn right along them along the stream"

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Mad.
Mad.

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : Oct 26, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : Yes

Beautiful hike, done in superb weather, beautiful views. Magnificent autumn landscape.
The only difficulty encountered was at Galinières, where it was very difficult to find the trail. It is no longer used. There were fallen trees in the middle of the trail that we had to either crawl under or climb over. We will do it again and try to find another trail, even if it means rejoining the road.
Mad.

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VIVY-DADOU
VIVY-DADOU

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : Jun 27, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A very pleasant route, mainly through woods, where we enjoyed the coolness.
In the first kilometre, on a private road, there was a surprising collection of masks on the trees: thank you to the artist!
A few hesitations around points 2 and 3. Perhaps add to the description after the white gate to follow a fence?
otherwise, it was a very enjoyable and varied walk.

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Daniel ROGER
Daniel ROGER

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : May 10, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A few missing directions. The slight detour to La Chapelle Saint-Pierre is not to be avoided.

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FO
FO

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Apr 27, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : Yes

A lovely little walk, although we didn't like the start so much as it's against the mountains and you walk alongside quite a lot of fencing. Overall, it's a pleasant little walk in the countryside, between villages, nice and quiet. The highlight for our son was the numerous little streams, which he loved.

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CLAIRE-BERNARD
CLAIRE-BERNARD

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Feb 21, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : Yes

A beautiful route, easy and very pleasant on a sunny February day.

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