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.

Les Barralets, Assignan

Les Barralets, Assignan. A delightful circular walk of 6.5km. Takes around 2 hours. Many beautiful views of the hills, valleys and vineyards. The walk starts at the rather oversized and ambiguous car park in Assisgnan (it's not sure whether it's a football pitch, bus stop, petanque area or car park, but it does also have a small shop within it). Now turn left and walk along the road to the statue of christ and then turn left to enjoy a small stone path up through the causse, keep right and reach a crossroads of paths. Go straight over and up to a view point where you look down over the vineyards to a lovely old chapel and a cross on top of a beautiful causse. The path turns left and goes up onto an open causse where you come to some fine views of the valley below and the hills around. Simply beautiful and a good spot for a picnic. Keep left and take the small path leading down to the road. Turn left, there is a small pond here just before the ruins of an old windmill. Turn left and right down a small track to reach the village just before an old cross. Take the right fork of the village to see more of the lovely old buildings, the castle town, church and many wine related buildings. Walk 27 of the OT leaflets.