Les mines de Vallaury

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Description

This itinerary, located in the commune of Plan de la Tour, a Provençal village, will take you back to the mining past and give you a panoramic view of the gulf from Sainte Maxime to Saint Tropez.

1 From the car park, head towards the city stadium playground. Turn right onto the stony track which climbs steeply.
2 At the crossroads, turn left onto the E743 track [ > A mine entrance on the right] which climbs for 1.6 km.
3 At the crossroads, take the C744 track on the right for 230 m
4 Go up to the right on the stony track to reach the viewpoint
4 [ > Panoramic view of the Gulf of Saint-Tropez, the Pointe du Rabiou and the peaks of Saints Peire (403m) and Sébastien (333m)] (250 m outward and return journey) Return to point 4.
Take the C744 track on the right and reach a crossroads (cistern).
5 Turn left on the stony path, eroded and gullied in places, which descends the slope.
[From point 5, walk about 300 m to see the entrance to the Victor mine on the left].
6 Continue downhill and join the Marri Vallat valley (intermittent stream). [Old extraction slag heap, on the right Berenguier mine].
7 Turn left onto the dirt track lined with cyst, heather and myrtle. Pass a shed and reach the ruins of the hamlet of Les Martins, a reminder of life in the hills in the past. Then go up a few steep slopes and reach the crossroads.
3 Take the track on the right and join point 2
2 Reach the starting car park.
https://tourisme.leplandelatour.fr/files/leplan/tourisme/ficherandonnee-leplandelatour.pdf

Benefits

Equipment

  • Car park

Services

  • Pets welcome

Clientele and group

Types of customers

  • Level bue - Medium

Spoken languages

  • French

Route information

  • Distance : 7km
  • Positive elevation: 334m
  • Daily duration: 02 heures 30 minutes
  • Map reference:
  • Topoguide reference:
  • Type of route: return
  • Marked route: yes
  • Predictions on markup:
  • Nature of the land
    • Stone
    • Ground
    • Grit
    • Not suitable for strollers

Visits

  • Average length of individual visit: 150 min

Prices

Free access.

Opening

  • All year round.

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