Saint Gens or the curious story of a hermit and pilgrimages. Hiking through the narrow, wild valleys adds to the sensation of mystery, as does the return via the miraculous spring and the crosses and oratories.
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Distance: 9 km – Altitude change: 355 m - Lasts: 3 h - Marking: yellow - white/red - yellow/red
Leave from: Saint Gens Hermitage in Le Beaucet
Leave from the Saint Gens hermitage.
From the hermitage (at 370 m altitude), go up the road some 250 m and reach the Combe de la Fontaine (cross, oratory).
Go up on the left on the dirt path to the Lou Planestèu intersection (421 m). Continue on the right and go down on the small Clapeyrouse road (which means “site strewn with stones”). At the...
Leave from: Saint Gens Hermitage in Le Beaucet
Leave from the Saint Gens hermitage.
From the hermitage (at 370 m altitude), go up the road some 250 m and reach the Combe de la Fontaine (cross, oratory).
Go up on the left on the dirt path to the Lou Planestèu intersection (421 m). Continue on the right and go down on the small Clapeyrouse road (which means “site strewn with stones”). At the...
Location
Contact Hiking path - the Saint Gens Spring