Les Bousigues, Assignan

Les Bousigues, Assignan. 7km / 2h15. blue markers. Beautiful walk in the vines and on the causes of Assignan today. Map at end of post. No 28 of the box of leaflet walks. The walk starts at the church. The is a small parking area there or use the main car park just up the road. Cross over the small roundabout and you will find the starter map post. Walk down the little lane and turn left, then right straight away. The small track track you up through the vines to the top of the hill. Here you reach the road. Cross the road and walk a short distance to a small track on your left. The track does a small loop away from the road and nearly returns to the road a couple of times before heading left up a hill and onto a high flat causse covered in rosemary and juniper. After sometime you return to the road just before the village of Villespassans. Cross the road and head down the track. the track bears right and along the top of another lovely causse before dropping down and dropping left. After passing through the garrigue once again you come to a valley with vineyards at the bottom. The path drops down into this pretty valley and turns left beside the red soils of the hillside. After s while you cross the vineyards to the other side of the valley and go up the hill. As you turn right once again you will come to the top of another valley filled with vineyards. The little lane passes olives too and a couple of crosses before keeping left at a junction of lanes and heading up to the village. Take a look at the village and the old pigeon tower too while you are here. It's a very lovely walk with excellent and far reaching views all the way around.