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Park in the Château du Barroux car park.
(S/E) With your back to the château, descend to the right to the Route de l'Écluse and turn left. At the roundabout, keep right to join the Route de Suzette. Stay on this main tarmac road until the next junction. Ignore the sign for La Roque Alric and continue right on the Route de Suzette.
At the La Lause signpost, continue towards Suzette to reach the Les Plantiers signpost.
(1) Go up to the left onto Chemin de Pied Porcher. Ignore the paths branching off to the right and left until you reach a left-hand bend followed by a hairpin right-hand bend at a place called Les Roures.
(2) Take a path on the left that enters the woods and climbs quite steeply. At the next fork, keep left to continue climbing. The path curves left and then right. Continue climbing, enjoying magnificent views of the Dentelles. You will reach a fork on a flat section (panoramic view).
(3) Turn left in front of two large rocks and climb steeply to reach the rocky ridge at the top of Devés.
(4) For safety, take the path on the right on the plateau (the one on the left goes over the ridge - 360° panoramic view).
Join the well-marked path which first descends through the undergrowth and then over a scree slope, describing a wide curve to the right. Be careful, as the descent is quite steep.
When the path curves under the trees, ignore the two paths on the right and take the one on the left, which descends to the Route de La Roque Alric, the D90a.
(5) Cross the road to reach a car park with picnic tables. Follow the tarmac road towards La Roque Alric until you reach a multiple junction.
(6) Turn left onto a wide track to follow theGRP® Tour des Dentelles de Montmirail, marked in red and yellow. Descend into a pine forest and cross a forest that still bears the scars of the August 2021 fire. Stay on this wide track, keeping to the left. Continue until you reach the Falque Pié Laugier signpost at a sharp right-hand bend.
(7) Turn left and follow the yellow and red markings. The traces of the fire gradually disappear. Pass some steps that are marked as dangerous because erosion of the ground has exposed the posts. Arrive at the Falque Écluse signpost.
(8) Be careful to follow the yellow and red markings to go around the reservoir (private property) from above, through the woods. Cross a ford, then climb up the opposite side on rocks that may be slippery. Walk above the cemetery to a car park where a path leads off to the right. You can make a round trip to the Chapelle Saint-Christophe by keeping to the right.
(9) Return to the fork and then climb back up to the village via Avenue de Verdun and Rue René Char. Turn left onto Rue des Écoles, then right in front of a pretty fountain onto Rue de l'Église. Take the stairs up to the castle to an orientation table: panoramic view over the village rooftops. Descend along the rampart walk, pass under the porch and continue straight ahead to reach the castle car park (S/E).
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