VINEYARDS AND VOLCANOES TRAIL OF FONTES

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From the parking lot, go up left on boulevard Jules-Ferry. A few meters ahead, facing the dead end of Camplieure, go down right into a narrow street. Cross avenue Frédéric-Mistral, continue on rue du Couvent, go to the end (on the left, view of Saint-Hyppolyte church, listed as a historic monument). Continue right on chemin de l’Église, go right on rue de la Calade, then turn left into rue du Capelan-Mort. Continue left on rue des Artisans, right on rue de la Victoire (facing the town hall). Go up left on rue de l’Horloge, continue on promenade du Château (view of Céressou) and descend rue Paul-Bert. To the left, go down boulevard de la République, turn left on rue de la Traversette, then left again on rue des Lavandières; it turns at a right angle and leads onto rue Jean-Moulin, which you take left to leave the village toward Céressou. Walk on a road lined with vineyards. Before the left turn (pines), leave the road on the right and immediately go left under the telephone line. Cross the Boyne stream. Continue on a small road bordered by a hedge of thujas, then between vineyards.

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Before the right turn (calvary, junction with D 174), leave the road and go up left along a hollow path lined with walls, in the vineyards. At an olive grove, continue climbing under oak trees and reach the Céressou plateau (207 m) (viewpoint on the wine plain, the seaside, Agde and Sète on a clear day). Turn left and follow the balcony path (viewpoint on the village of Fontès). Further on, to the left, start the descent. Cross a path, descend straight down the shaded path, and lower down, continue along a track between vineyards until the ford.

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> Separation from the Céressou circuit (6.5 km, 2 h, easy). Cross the ford. About 400 m later, cross D 124 (caution) and climb the Pioch Molinié under the high voltage line. At the track junction, go up right. Further on, before a large intersection of tracks, climb left along a path.

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On the right, find the track and return right for a few meters. On the left, enter the undergrowth along a shaded path winding across the Baumes volcano (240 m). Follow the old Crozes path to the reservoir (viewpoint). Descend via the road to reach D 174E1.

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Cross the departmental road (caution) and descend left into the hollow. Cross a stream, climb and follow a field on the right for a few hundred meters. Descend right at the end of the fields, ford an intermittent stream and continue on a track along the edge of the vineyards, under the road. Continue straight ahead and climb facing the hill.

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Head right, descend into the valley. Go left, then immediately climb right. Further on, leave the track and climb right along a path in the undergrowth (carefully follow the markings). At the end of the climb, continue straight along a wall, cross a track (viewpoint) and descend straight on a rocky path (caution). Reach a track, descend towards the village via the Montée-Rouge path. Turn right onto boulevard Jules-Ferry and return to the parking lot.

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