This beautiful and long hike unfolds a variety of landscapes and natural environments, moving from the Meuse Valley to the Harnoterie Plateau. Upon exiting the Failly woods, the panorama over the Meuse meander is remarkable, and the stroll along the old railway line is bucolic. However, moving from the valley to the plateau requires some sustained effort, soon rewarded by the sighting of butterflies, grasshoppers, crickets, and other insects that brighten up the limestone slope above Yoncq.
SITUATION
Beaumont-en-Argonne, 17 km southwest of Carignan via D 19
PARKING
Town Hall Square
TO DISCOVER...
Along the way:
• Beaumont-en-Argonne: picturesque village, 12th-century church, stone houses with arcades, Harnoterie farm
• viewpoints
• banks of the Meuse
In the region:
• Stonne: House of the Battle of Stonne (May 1940) with explanatory panels, viewpoint of Pain de Sucre
• Mouzon: 13th-15th century abbey church, former 17th-century monastery and French gardens, 15th-century chapel Sainte-Geneviève, Felt Museum (April to October)
• Stenay: former fortress, Beer Museum