Le petit tour de Mergieux, circuit n°7 – Najac
Route details
Description
A good part of the circuit is done in the forest. Alongside deciduous trees (e.g. hornbeams, chestnuts, ash trees, etc.) which constituted the forest cover until the beginning of the 20th century, certain conifers were planted for logging. The forests around the Mergieux holiday village are exploited by the ONF.
Your itinerary
Stage 1: Departure from the multi-sport field
Possibility to park at the level of the multi-sport ground. Then take the direction of the old holiday village, 300 meters further on, cross it to descend completely to the bottom of the village.
Stage 2: On the banks of the Aveyron
Take the wide path on the right which descends towards the river, you are on the GR36. At the start of the path you will come across two Y-shaped intersections, always turn left. Go down to the river, pass under the SNCF bridge.
The path runs along the right bank river for 1,5 km with beautiful passages in boxwood tunnels.
Step 3: The confluence between the Aveyron and the Sereine
At the Baussanière stream, turn right before the bridge. The path rises steeply for one kilometer to Baussanière (alt. 312 meters) or 150 meters of drop from the river.
In Baussanière, discover a magnificent view of the confluence between the Aveyron and the Sereine as well as the old holiday village of Mergieux.
If you begin to feel tired, take the road for 500 meters and take the first path on the right, otherwise follow the path markings which leave at the corner of the meadow. This path winds through the woods along tracks left by motorbikes until reaching a wider path.
Step 4: In the forest
Take this path to the right which descends via a succession of hairpins to the Loubezac stream.
Cross the stream, then take the path which climbs steeply. Courage, you are only 500 meters from the finish.
Stage 5: Arrival at the Mergieux holiday village
Return to the starting point, near the old holiday village of Mergieux (created in 1975).