The Virgin Mary
The Bois de Païolive is an enchanting wood and one of the strangest curiosities in the Ardèche department. This forest of ancient oaks with exceptional heritage value (because of their natural state and great biodiversity) is a natural labyrinth.
Description
Signposts will guide you all along this route. In the description below, the signposted place names and/or directions are given in bold italics between quotation marks :
From Les Clairières car park, make sure you follow the green waymarks.
- At Les Clairières car park, follow “Circuit de la Vierge 0,1 km”.
- Departure : Berrias-et-Casteljau
- Arrival : Berrias-et-Casteljau
- Towns crossed : Berrias-et-Casteljau and Les Vans
Forecast
Altimetric profile
Recommandations
This walk, while in the “easy” category, is rocky and steep in parts and slippery when wet. You must have appropriate footwear.
Make sure your equipment is appropriate for the day’s weather conditions. Remember that the weather changes quickly in the mountains. Take enough water, wear sturdy shoes and put on a hat. Please close any gates and barriers behind you.
You must stay on the waymarked paths to preserve this fragile environment, which is a protected site of the European network Natura 2000 and a sensitive natural space.
Information desks
Tourism office Cévennes d'Ardèche, Les Vans
Place Ollier, 07140 Les Vans
This office is part of the National Park's associated tourist-information network, whose mission is to provide information on, and raise awareness of, the sites and events as well as the rules that must be observed in the National Park's central zone.
Open year-round
Transport
Please limit car use. Think public transport and car-sharing instead. All public transport can be found at https://www.laregionvoustransporte.fr/
Access and parking
From Les Vans (4 km), drive towards Alès on the D901, then take the D252 to Les Clairières car park.
From Joyeuse (18 km), drive towards Alès on the D104 then take the D252, on the right, to Les Clairières car park.
Parking :
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