Hike #22: Village de Cornillon-Conoux

Leaders:   Jean-Pierre

Date:       April 02th, 2024

 

Cette boucle variée et facile vous conduit jusqu'au village de Cornillon-Confoux qui fait partie des plus beaux villages perchés en Provence. Le village avec ses maisons de pierres et ses ruelles pavées s’ouvre, de part et d’autre, sur un panorama exceptionnel.
Le site de Cornillon, chargé d'histoire, servit d’habitat dès le néolithique.
Aux alentours, vous découvrirez de nombreuses traces humaines d'un passé agricole et pastoral.

 

This varied and easy loop takes you to the village of Cornillon-Confoux, which is one of the most beautiful hilltop villages in Provence. The village with its stone houses and cobbled streets opens onto an exceptional panorama on both sides. The site of Cornillon, steeped in history, has been used as a habitat since the Neolithic period. In the surrounding area, you will discover many human traces of an agricultural and pastoral past.

 

Lunch:      Picnic 

Dogs:        OK (with leads in village)

Difficulty:  4

Length:     3 ¼  hours + lunch 

Distance:   977

Elevation gain: 153

 

Meeting point: Directly at the start of the hike at 10 am

 

GPS: N 43.586262° / E 5.050047°

             43.5862451, 5.0499295

 

Directions: 

 

Drive to Grans on the D19 and then take the D70A Chemin Ponts des Crottes. Continue on D70D crossing the river Touloubre. Parking is shortly after the narrow bridge on the left in the hamlet of Pont de Rhaud.

 

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