A short trip to Belgentier

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A short hike for short days. A large cave that serves as a shelter with a table and chairs.
Moderator's note : some paths have become problematic on this old hike. See reviews.

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 6.79 km
  • ◔
    Average duration: 2h 30 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Easy
  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 211 m
  • ↘
    Descent: - 204 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 346 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 150 m
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Description of the walk

Park along the D554 road, just before the post office if you are coming from Solliès-Pont.

(S/E) Continue along the departmental road towards the church and take the second street on the left, Rue Peiresc.

(1) Cross the Gapeau and immediately turn right, then take the first left, Rue des Fours.

(2) Turn right, then left to reach Rue de Châteauroux. Continue for about 20 metres on the left, then turn right towards the cemetery via Chemin de Camp Long. Walk alongside the cemetery and continue along this path. Pass under the power line and leave the tarmac after about 1.8 km to take the path that follows. Be careful not to take the path on the left, but continue straight ahead, crossing several streams to reach the next crossroads.

(3) Leave the path on the right that leads to the campsite and continue straight ahead. At the crossroads, go straight ahead and then turn left to reach the next crossroads (elevation 259).

(4) Change direction, turn left and head towards the spring to the south. It is on the right. Leave the gate on your right and continue heading south.
Further on, you will find a cave slightly to your left, shaped like a bean at the bottom. After a 90° left turn, you will come to a large crossroads at elevation 341.

(5) Walk along the left side of a fence and continue along the track to cross the Costes valley until you reach another crossroads at elevation 275.

(6) Turn right heading south, leaving the two paths on your left. Pass under the power line again and follow the track to reach Les Costes.

(7) Take the path on the right to join theGR®51(white and red markings). Turn left onto theGR®, then left again at Place de la Cour, then take the passage on the right to reach Rue des Fours.

(2) Return to the car park where you started via the same route (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 151 m - Belgentier car park
  2. 1 : km 0.2 - alt. 152 m - Gapeau (fleuve)
  3. 2 : km 0.32 - alt. 158 m - Rue des Fours
  4. 3 : km 2.49 - alt. 195 m - Crossroads, opposite
  5. 4 : km 2.95 - alt. 261 m - Elevation 259, on the left
  6. 5 : km 4 - alt. 336 m - Elevation 341, on the left
  7. 6 : km 4.95 - alt. 275 m - Elevation 275, on the right
  8. 7 : km 5.61 - alt. 261 m - Les Costes, on the right
  9. S/E : km 6.78 - alt. 151 m - Belgentier car park

Worth a visit

Cave on the route between points (4) and (5).

 Always be cautious and plan ahead when you're outdoors. Visorando and the author of this route cannot be held responsible for any accidents occurring on this route.

The GR® and PR® markings are the intellectual property of the Fédération Française de Randonnée Pédestre.

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Reviews and comments

3.9 / 5
Based on 26 reviews
Reliability of the description
3.6 / 5
Ease of following the route
3.9 / 5
Route interest
4.2 / 5
User 27178298

Overall rating : 2.7 / 5

Date of your route : Aug 20, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★☆☆☆ Disappointing
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average
Very busy route : No

Hello, the start is OK, but after a few minutes in the forest, the path is covered with branches and various trees. Nature has reclaimed its rights, so the path is no longer passable, unless you have a machete.

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Cadiou Christian
Cadiou Christian

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

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

A very interesting route, but we started from Peiresc Park with a view of the estate and some explanations found on the internet
Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc (also spelled de Peyresc), born on 1 December 1580 in Belgentier and died on 24 June 1637 in Aix-en-Provence, was a universalist scholar of the Baroque era, advisor to the Parliament of Provence, polymath, scientist, man of letters, astronomer and antique collector.

He wrote that "the people of the Inquisition are beasts unworthy of humanity".

He is best known for having been Galileo's lawyer, a close friend of Rubens, art advisor to Marie de Medici, a pioneer of Egyptology, and for having undertaken to draw up the first map of the Moon based on telescopic observations. He was the prince of the Republic of Letters.

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AALEC
AALEC

Overall rating : 3.3 / 5

Date of your route : Feb 13, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

This route is difficult to follow. We will start the walk again with GPS. But our improvised route was interesting, starting in the streets of the historic village, with the large sequoia tree in front of Mr. PEIRESC's castle. The rest was complicated, but it was a good little hike to get back into walking.

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Rainbow83
Rainbow83

Overall rating : 3.3 / 5

Date of your route : Feb 20, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Indeed, as already mentioned several times, point 4 is inaccessible.
A small drovers' road that ends in the bushes... after a few unsuccessful attempts, we took a track further down to the left that leads to the gate and the spring.

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mimiphilou
mimiphilou

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : Jan 24, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Lack of signposting, and at the end of the route, not enough explanations, which can be misleading and cause you to turn back.

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Pierre rando
Pierre rando

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Mar 28, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Fairly steep climb at the start of the route, on a well-marked path. Two-thirds of the way up, as well as on a large rock on the right when crossing a wooded area below the mountain ridge, there is a geological curiosity: fossilised corals on the ground (or fossilised twigs and wood, with only the matrix remaining?).
A very beautiful and pleasant walk through the undergrowth on a wild path before coming out onto an olive grove and walking along its fence.
As mentioned in the reviews, don't miss the path at point 7 just after the small house below the path (we missed it on a previous hike on the same route).

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texeire
texeire

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Feb 07, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

The directions for departure from Belgentier need to be revised. You must leave Rue Peiresc on your left

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FrankJef
FrankJef

Overall rating : 3.3 / 5

Date of your route : Jan 28, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A few difficulties at the start, but then it was fine.
However, the markings on the pitch are difficult to find and sometimes non-existent!

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tooba188
tooba188

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Nov 29, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Hello
The route on the map is correct, but please note that it is rarely used between points 3 and 5.
There are no markings.
Follow the map carefully
A route for adventurers!

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Claude OUAIRY
Claude OUAIRY

Overall rating : 3.3 / 5

Date of your route : Jul 08, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Hello, please note that we have just completed this hike and points 3 and 4 no longer exist. Fortunately, we had a GPS. The route is no longer 6 km but rather 11 km

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nono51om
nono51om

Overall rating : 1 / 5

Date of your route : Aug 11, 2019
Reliability of the description : ★☆☆☆☆ Very disappointing
Ease of following the route : ★☆☆☆☆ Very disappointing
Route interest : ★☆☆☆☆ Very disappointing

Impossible to access from 3 to 4, or else there is a big problem with the explanations.
The result was more than 700 metres spent in the middle of trees and brambles!
After finding our way out via a path off the trail, we returned to the starting point with a total of 9.5 km...

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chantal pacini
chantal pacini

Overall rating : 3.7 / 5

Date of your route : May 30, 2019
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average

We couldn't get to point 4, so we took the path on the left to go straight to point 5. But apart from that, it was a pretty nice walk. I got a bit frustrated trying to get past point 4. That's adventure for you. Thanks to Visorando for this walk.

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diamsazur
diamsazur

Thank you
I'll go and see next week between points 3 and 5
Thank you

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dchampe
dchampe

Overall rating : 3.3 / 5

Date of your route : Mar 05, 2019
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

The section of the path between points 3 and 4 is no longer passable.
Between points 3 and 4, take the path that branches off to the left (fairly steep climb) to rejoin the original path between points 4 and 5.

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diamsazur
diamsazur

Thank you for your comments

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