Céreste - Saint-Christol - Céreste

From: Avenue des Plantiers 306, 04280 Céreste, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
To: Avenue des Plantiers 306, 04280 Céreste, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

A fine bicycle route with a fair amount of elevation meters. It starts downhill into the valley of le Coulon to follow the river until le Pont de Grand Vallat. Do not forget to make a short stop here when crossing or following the spectacular Gorges d'Oppedette. From here on it goes uphill for some 30km until Col de Lagarde. In fact this means climbing Col de Lagarde from the North, which is the easy side. From Col de Lagarde it goes down steeply (average 9%) until crossing Ravin de Piédenoygue near Rustel. From here and over a distance of some 11km the climb of Col de Quatre Chemins begings. Beyond the perched town of Viens it goes downhill into the valley of le Coulon. Next, the route returns on the same roads taken to leave Céreste.