Route details
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Your itinerary
Step 1: Departure from the motorhome area
Departure from the campervan area. Cross the small cement bridge, pass in front of the garden of the association "Les Mains des Agiles" then turn left at the cross. After the stadium, turn left. Follow the road along the stadium, then the river for about 300 meters. Pass between the houses. Leave the road and continue on the path that goes slightly to the left along the Assou river for about 1 km 300. You arrive at an old barn located on your right. Take the small path that goes on your right and leave the banks of the Assou.
Step 2: Viewpoint over hamlets
Continue on this small path which climbs slightly and runs alongside fenced meadows. Viewpoint on your left: the Assou valley, the hamlets of "La Grimaudie" and "Le mas de Laborie", part of the commune of La Rouquette. On the left, you can see the Moulin de Court. At the crossroads, take the path on the right and continue to climb. The path winds through the undergrowth and continues to climb slightly. Arrival at a tarmac road at the place called Le Bosc. Leave the hamlet on the right, take the road opposite for 150 meters, then turn right into the woods. From there you are also on a GR (red and white markers), that of the GR36, the Way of St. James, the Conques-Toulouse. Follow the very pleasant, shaded path. View of the hamlet of "La Melle" on the left, and "Les Tempourets" on the right. Arrival at the tarmac road.
Step 3: The pointed hut
Take a right following this road. Note, after the 2nd bend, on your left, a viewpoint of the bell tower and the castle of Sanvensa. At the end of the tarmac road, you will notice a metal cross on a stone base on your left and on your right a very beautiful barn with a slate roof. Leave the tarmac road and take the path opposite for about 200 meters, then at the intersection of 4 paths, take the one on the right. Now stay on this path all the way. 200 meters further, you pass near a small house called "la cabane pointue". The very stony path goes back down towards the village. When you reach the road, turn right. On your right, the Dominican convent and just after on your left, the François Marty high school. Go straight. You are on the Chemin du Mas de Castanié until you return to your starting point on the banks of the Assou.
