Les Trois Tours, a walk in the Languedoc.

Les Trois Tours. 5km/2h .A delightful walk starting in the lovely village of Faugeres.   There a several car parks in the village but the walk starts near the church in the centre. Follow the yellow markers that take you up hill to a junction.

Here take the right turn and then after a short distance you will see a tiny muleteer’s path to your left. This is a little steep but is the only uphill section on the route. At the top of the hill you will see the three windmills and it is possible to climb one and get an even better view of the surrounding area. From here you can see the coast, 

Pyrenees, Avant Monts, Caroux and the Mountains of the Orb. Now go to the left past the windmills and you will follow a wide track down to a junction where you turn left (there is also a wild flower trail if you rather take that) In a short while you will come to a left turn at a water tank. This begins the most fascinating part of the walk. 

You will see a quite a number of beautifully restored and named capitelles (the name for small circular sheep herders dwellings made of stone. They are about a 1000 years old and have little interconnecting fields, rung with stone walls. There must have been quite a community up here, with a structure of wells, homes and fields where they grow chick peas in this harsh environment. The track goes right now (if you take the left turn it will take you to the village more quickly). 

There are several more fascinating capitelles and then you will see a tiny path on your right. Take this and you will come to a remarkable junction. The junction is called "The Frog" and you will find him to your right. This is where two important Chemin came together and you can imagine mules on the small tracks here with sheep sheltering in their fields. 

Opposite this path you will see another small chemin leading towards the village. Take this and you will be at a junction at the top of the village, bare right and follow the yellow markers through the village back to the car park. No one called not love this walk, even children.