ROQUEBRUN L'ESQUIROL HIKE

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With your back to the tourist office, go left on D 14 then, after 300 m, go up to the right on Chemin de la Garenne and to the left on Chemin du Garriguas. At the end of the paved path, continue straight on the dirt path that climbs through the garrigue for about 2 km.

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349 m, 31 T 501768 4817445 At the fork, continue on the descending path to the right, and at the next one, climb to the left.

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379 m, 31 T 501142 4818036 At the crossroads, take the drivable path to the right. Leave it after 250 m and climb to the right on the path through the bupleurum bushes (follow the markings carefully). Cross a clearing and follow the path for 800 m to a ruin on the right.

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493 m, 31 T 501377 4818691 Leave the track 10 m before it turns right, to take the small path on the right, pass just in front of a ruin and continue under the yeuses (holm oaks). Then at the crossroads, continue straight down. After 600 m, at a junction with a path, go down to the right through the hairpin bends. After Aupenac, at a hairpin left turn, ignore the path on the right and continue descending on the paved road.

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317 m, 31 T 502697 4818538 Leave this road after 450 m and turn right onto the wide descending path. Further on, ignore the path (GR marked in white and red) to the right and at the arrival in the hamlet of Laurenque, take the right onto Rue du Bouché. Descend through the hairpin bends, cross the bridge, and exit the hamlet.

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208 m, 31 T 502999 4818464 Less than 100 m after the last building on the left, leave the road and climb the track to the left. 1.3 km further on, ignore the track that climbs to the left and continue straight. Stay on this track for 2.5 km until the Col de la Belle.

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479 m, 31 T 504120 4818061 At the pass, take the track to the right which quickly descends, and at the next crossroads, continue straight down. After 200 m, leave the path that climbs straight on, take the hairpin bend to the right and pass in front of Libes then near a quarry. Enjoy views of Roquebrun and the Orb river up to the Pyrenees. Continue descending for 1.5 km.

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232 m, 31 T 504713 4815987 At the crossroads, 25 m before the electric pylon, leave the track and turn right onto the underwood path. After 500 m, at the fork, climb right into the pine forest. Pass in front of the archery building, descend the paved path which offers beautiful views of Roquebrun. In the village, turn right and return to the parking lot.

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