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Park in one of the car parks at the southern entrance to Fontaine de Vaucluse (D24), 250 metres before the bridge. (Car parks are paid after 10 a.m.: £4)
(S/E) From the car park, turn right onto the D24 until you reach the "Les Bastides Ouest" crossroads. Turn left towards "Bondelon" on the yellow and redGRP® trail. The path will turn right above the houses. Leave the path on your left and continue until you reach a fork on an esplanade. Turn left onto a wider path that continues uphill until you reach a flat area with some ruins.
Continue straight ahead, ignoring the paths on your left, until you reach a crossroads. Turn right and follow the sign for "Bondelon".
(1) Continue straight ahead on the paved road towards "Galas", marked in yellow. The path goes around the old Bondelon oppidum (private property) on the left and some houses, then descends into olive groves.
Ignore all the paths and stay on the main road which leads to a bridge.
(2) Turn left to cross the bridge, then immediately right onto the path that runs alongside the canal. There are no more signs. Follow this path for 700 metres until you reach the aqueduct.
(3) Continue on the pavements that run alongside the canal and cross the bridge over the Sorgue.
Continue for another 300 metres along the canal until you come to a small stone bridge over it.
(4) Cross the canal on the right and take the stony path on the right, ignoring the one on the far right, which is not shown on the map and runs parallel to the canal. At the fork 50m further on, continue to the right on a slight incline until you reach a T-junction.
Turn right for 100m, then turn left onto a flat path. The path joins a road (Chemin des Fayardes), cross it and continue straight ahead on the Chemin des Pesades.
This paved road is lined with a multitude of dry stone buildings on both sides, some of which are on private property.
Ignore all the paths that branch off, pass the cistern on your right and arrive at a crossroads 50 metres further up.
(5) Turn right, ignore the first path on the right and continue. When the signpost leads to a track, continue along it on the left to reach the Les Fayardes crossroads.
(6) Continue straight ahead towards "Les Soleillants". After 100m, at a fork, turn right, pass the cable barrier and start the descent. The paved slanting street, with a dry stone wall on the left, has many trailheads, many of which were probably access points to cultivated plots.
(7) At a bend with a wooden bench, leave the path on the right and continue downhill to the left until you reach another cable barrier. Go through it and continue straight ahead on Chemin des Soleillants, which leads to the crossroads of the same name.
Continue left towards Place de l'Église and Place de la Mairie.
(8) Turn left onto Chemin de la Fontaine, which takes you to and from the Fontaine de Vaucluse.
(9) Retrace your steps to the bridge, which you should cross to the left.
Continue on the D24, passing under the arcades, and you will find the car park on your right (S/E).
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