Old villages of Lussac, Pachalifour and La Vergnolle, circular

An easy family walk along three beautiful old Périgord villages.

Details

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
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    Distance: 8.22 km
  • ◔
    Average duration: 2h 50 
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    Difficulty: Easy

  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 176 m
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    Descent: - 181 m

  • ▲
    Highest point: 206 m
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    Lowest point: 75 m

Description of the walk

Start about a hundred metres after the southern exit of the village of Vergnolle, heading towards the hamlet of La Crouzette. There is a small parking area on the left, but make sure to leave the fire hydrant unobstructed.

(S/E) Retrace your steps and cross the village, passing two roads on your right, then reach an intersection at a green horticultural greenhouse.

(1) Turn right before the greenhouse, then after another greenhouse, turn right and follow the unpaved, grassy path.

(2) At the road, continue to the right and continue to a T-junction at the edge of the village. Turn left towards La Crouzette-Nord.
Follow the tarmac road until you reach a wooden fence. Take the path that runs alongside the fence on the right. Follow it through the woods for about 1.5 km until you reach the village of Lussac.

(3) Just after the chapel, turn right onto the street and then, at the end, left onto a path. At the road, turn right and head towards the village of Péchalifour, which you can see on the other side of the fields. At the three-way junction, turn left. In the hamlet, go down the road between the houses (south-west), then continue along the unpaved path until you reach a four-way crossroads.

(4) Turn left and, at the next junction, turn right. The path then descends considerably, leaving the forest and reaching a road.

(5) Continue right on the road, which climbs slightly.

(6) Just before a large iron gate at the entrance to the forest, turn right onto the dirt track and continue to a fork at the end of the field.

(7) Turn right, walk along the field on your right, then continue straight ahead through the undergrowth. Ignore the secondary paths on the right and left.

(8) At the crossroads, after going around the shoulder, ignore the path on the right leading downhill and go straight ahead. Follow the green marked path for a few metres.

(9) At the crossroads with road signs, continue straight ahead and follow "Les Eyzies par la Vergnolle". At the hamlet of La Vergnolle, turn right onto the tarmac road and return to the starting point (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 101 m - Vergnolle
  2. 1 : km 0.62 - alt. 84 m - Serre
  3. 2 : km 0.99 - alt. 80 m - Tarmac road
  4. 3 : km 3.64 - alt. 198 m - Lussac
  5. 4 : km 4.92 - alt. 166 m - Grassy path
  6. 5 : km 5.93 - alt. 133 m - Forest
  7. 6 : km 6.14 - alt. 129 m - Dirt track
  8. 7 : km 6.41 - alt. 139 m - Forest path
  9. 8 : km 7.03 - alt. 168 m - Crossroads
  10. 9 : km 7.12 - alt. 174 m - Crossroads
  11. S/E : km 8.22 - alt. 105 m - Vergnolle

Reviews and comments

4.8 / 5
Based on 13 reviews

Reliability of the description
4.8 / 5
Ease of following the route
4.9 / 5
Route interest
4.7 / 5
Al1lo
Al1lo

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Sep 15, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : Yes

Very well

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Trotti
Trotti

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Sep 09, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A lovely walk through the woods and pretty hamlets. Very pleasant, with no particular difficulties. According to our GPS, it has a total elevation gain of 211 metres.

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PatBal
PatBal

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Aug 25, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

We really enjoyed this tour, and it's true that the villages were very beautiful.
However, when we were walking through the forest, we were bothered a lot by horseflies. The hike took place at the end of August.

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15m54
15m54

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Jul 21, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A lovely walk through some charming villages...

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User 13261029

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : May 14, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Very good!

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jean michel Bzdzinck
jean michel Bzdzinck

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Nov 08, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A beautiful hike that allows you to discover three charming villages. Combined with the Polissiers hike, it covers about fifteen kilometres

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Palmera
Palmera

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Aug 18, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A very beautiful walk with a variety of landscapes.
Worth repeating.

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Bernard N1.
Bernard N1.

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Jul 26, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Varied route and easy access.
Beautifully varied landscape and some very attractive residences.

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françois legendre
françois legendre
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Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Jan 01, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A very easy and enjoyable hike, undertaken by eight people in their sixties. We took the shortcut between 4 and 8, as we wanted to visit the country castle on the way back and the caves behind it.

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echevenier
echevenier

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

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

An interesting route, but one that could be shortened between points 4 and 8, as the route between these two points is not very interesting and involves too much tarmac road. Villages more like hamlets in size

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Patrick-24
Patrick-24

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : Aug 01, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A pleasant hike with a few quiet roads and beautiful paths through the Campagne forest.
No signposts, so rely on the very detailed description.

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dthoer
dthoer

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Jul 29, 2021
Reliability of the description : Not used / Not applicable
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A very beautiful hike that allowed us to discover some lovely little hamlets.

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joegoux
joegoux

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Jul 21, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Wonderful, to be repeated as soon as possible, many thanks to the author.
Joëgoux

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