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Car park near the Ourthe on the left bank. Hamoir, a popular tourist town, has other car parks if this one is full.
(S/E) Head back up towards the bridge, with the Ourthe on your right. Turn right to cross the road bridge. Then turn immediately right to walk along the other bank and admire the beautiful stone houses. The road curves sharply to the left. Then take the hairpin bend on your right and go up.
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(1) At the road, take the path opposite, slightly to your right. Go uphill. In a clearing, you will find the abandoned viewpoint on your right, which is probably best viewed in winter after the leaves have fallen. Retrace your steps and continue straight ahead.
(2) At the crossroads, go straight ahead to the fence around the meadow. Go through the turnstile. Cross diagonally to your right, passing by the corner of the fence in the middle of the meadow. Then, at the edge of the woods in front of you, look for the gate in the fence and the signpost. Go through the fence and ignore the path on your right. Head towards the second fence. Go through it and this time, walk along the fence on your right until you reach the final turnstile. Go through it, cross the road and continue straight ahead on the path along the woods. Pass a shed.
(3) Once on the road, turn right. Markings end.
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Go downhill, join a road on your right and continue. Leave the woods, with a view of the hamlet of Lassus and the church of Hamoir in the distance on your right.
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At the intersection near the farm, turn left and go through a gate. Cross the meadow straight ahead. Go through the other gate and take the path on your right rather than the wide path in front of you. Both paths meet at the bottom. Go downhill, ignore the path leading off to the right and turn left. Walk along the Ourthe and a little further on you will see the Rocher des Vignobles.
(4) A rock climbing site. Climb up the path along the rock face to find the entrance to the Vignobles cave, which you can explore. Once inside, take the longer passage on the right for the best exploration. Be careful, the ground is slippery.
Go back down the path and continue along the Ourthe. Further on, you will find other rocks suitable for climbing. Stay on the path along the Ourthe.
(5) Pass a bivouac area, and in front of you you will see another rock with a statuette in a niche above. Stay on the path along the Ourthe until you reach the railway bridge. Before going under the bridge, take the path up to your left. Continue straight ahead, following the fence. The path descends and quickly moves away from the railway tracks. Pass behind some properties and rejoin the road. Pass in front of the Sy cemetery, ignore the paths on your left and rejoin the main road. Turn right towards the chapel.
(6) Before you reach the chapel, on your left, a path leads up to the Sy rocks. Take this path and climb up. A barrier invites you to discover the first viewpoint. Go through it to get your first view of the valley. Retrace your steps as there is no path through the rocks. Continue climbing, and you will come to other viewpoints and an information panel. After the main viewpoint, go around the barrier and you will come to the road. Turn right and you will soon see theGR® markings on the rock steps on the right. Take this path, which overlooks the road and gradually moves away from it.
(7) After the path leading to a final viewpoint on your right, you will come to a junction. If you have been to the viewpoint, turn right, leaving theGR® markings that continue straight ahead. If you have not been to the viewpoint, continue straight ahead, leaving theGR® markings on your left.
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Go down this slightly steep path, skirting the last rocks of Sy. At the bottom, turn left and follow the Ourthe again. Ford the river. The wilder path is joined by others on your left. Continue straight ahead for about 1 km until you reach a building that is part of the Palogne estate. The path becomes a road and leads to another road. The Palogne estate is on your right.
(8) Continue straight ahead and turn at the first path going up the embankment on your left. Go straight up until you can't go any further, then turn left. At the next crossroads, continue straight ahead.
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(9) At the T-junction, turn left. A path comes back on your right, continue straight ahead. 300 metres further on, in a more open space with a bench, a path appears on your left.
(10) Take the path down to a cave. It is not really a cave, but rather a rock shelter, especially when compared to the Vignobles cave. It's up to you to decide whether the descent is worth it. Once you've climbed back up, continue along the path. Further on, although the paths join, take the upper path. After the viewpoint, there are many paths leading off; ignore them all and stay on the marked balcony path.
(11) At the fork, go right. Leave the marked trail.
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At the next fork, turn right again. On the road, turn right. Follow the road for a short while and cross to use the turnstile. Cross the meadow straight ahead and in the second part, continue straight ahead. Under the canopy of the second group of trees, you will find a turnstile. Use it, go down and then back up to the road. Opposite, you will see a group of trees; cross and turn right. Take the turnstile on your left, where you will find information panels explaining the history of the Croix du Curé. Follow the fence on your left. Go through the second turnstile and cross the meadow, heading towards the gap opposite. Go through the third turnstile and enter the forest. Continue straight ahead until you reach the crossroads at the Croix du Curé de Xhignesse.
(12) At the cross, continue straight ahead. Join a path and turn left. At the next crossroads, turn right. At the next crossroads, continue straight ahead. Go around the barrier. Leave the forest and continue straight ahead.
(3) At the shed you saw on the way there, turn right and take the path along the woods to the road. Cross the road and go through the turnstile. Walk along the fence to the manhole, which you will go through. Continue straight ahead until you reach the next fence. Go through the second gate and head to the corner of the fence in the middle of the meadow, then look for the exit from the meadow in the trees on your left. Go through the turnstile.
(2) At the crossroads, immediately after passing through the turnstile, turn right. Then take the path on the left. Continue straight ahead to the viewpoint. Take the path to the right of the bench to descend a little and get a better view of the Rocher de Coïsse opposite. Retrace your steps and take the path behind the bench. At the fork, take the path on the left. Then leave the path on your right and head towards the bench.
Close to it stands the remains of the Shepherd's Cross. Go down the steps, turn left and continue down the steps to the Chapel of Saint Donat. Opposite the chapel, you can see the Rocher de Coïsse from below. Turn left and walk carefully along the road, as there is no hard shoulder and the road is very busy. Walk past the war memorial and continue straight ahead. Then cross the bridge over the Ourthe and return to your car park (S/E).
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