Saturday 27 May 2017

St julien, Along the river Jaur from Le colombier to Coulayro

St julien, Along the river Jaur from Le colombier to Coulayro. This is a short walk with good parking off the Voie verte at Le colombier (this is the vineyard building with a beautiful tower). cross the voie verte and walk down to the road (D908). Turn right and about 50km future along is a small track alongside a vineyard. Turn right and cross the river on a small bridge, then keep right on the track. After a short while the track disappears and becomes a tiny footpath. This path is lovely and cool under the trees and brings you out to this wonderful bathing spot (it's a secret by the way, so don't tell anyone else). Now if you would like to do the whole circular walk continue on up the little path which rises around the rock and then brings you back down to the river level. Soon the path becomes a track again and follows the Jaur into Olargues. Olargues is a delightful little village and there are a couple of cafes and bars ands also a wonderful pizzeria next to the old station building on the Voie verte. The path brings you out at the bottom of the village under the red bridge so you need to head up to the village and follow the signs for the voie verte. Now turn left onto it and cross the red bridge. Follow the voie verte back to the parking. Walking to the river takes about 20 minutes but along 1 to 2 hours for a return walk around Olargues and a swim.














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