Around Le Capelan
Yellow waymarks3 points of interest
Dolmen de la Grande Pallières - N Thomas 
ArchaeologyDolmens at La Grande Pallières
This site is considered the largest prehistoric necropolis in acidic soil.
All the dolmens are different and have been dated to the late Neolithic (3,500 years BCE). They were reused as collective burial sites until the late Bronze Age (800 years BCE).
More information can be found on the small panels conceived with Florian Secondary School.
L'écorce de l'Arbousier - N Thomas 
Natural environmentThe strawberry tree
This was a sacred plant for the Romans: the goddess Cardea is said to have used it to keep away witches.
This bush flowers in winter and bears fruit the following year. In autumn, you can therefore see both flowers and fruit on the same tree.
Its trunk has fine cracks, and its foliage is evergreen.Its branches become crooked with age, and the trunk can be spiral-shaped.
During your walk, you will see some very handsome specimens !
Dolmen de Panissière - N Thomas ArchaeologyDolmen de Panissière
"Located at an altitude of 420m not far from a former sheepfold, this dolmen was constructed out of coarse sandstone. It was searched and restored in the late 1980s by the Groupe Alésien de Recherche Archéologique. It has a corridor, is 7m in diametre and is enclosed in a tumulus delimited by 17 monoliths 80cm to 130cm in length. These are single large stones, either natural or carved” (text extract from panel on site).
To read more, go to the dolmen !
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 :
Start in Anduze by the Mairie (town hall).
- Walk to “Fontaine Pradier”.
- Continue to “La Cabanisse”.
- Turn right to “Montaigu”.
- Go downhill to “Chemin de l’Olivier”.
- Take on the left the path uphill to “L’olivier”.
- Walk through the hamlet towards “Sous le Capélan”. Optional there-and-back to the summit of “Les Capélans” beautiful views. (Caution : path on edge of cliff).
- From “Sous le Capélan” continue on the track to “L’Aiguille”.
- Continue to “Panissière”.
- Leave the track for an uphill path on the right to “Col de Panissière”.
- Uphill to “Dolmens de La Pallières”.
- Reach “Dolmen de Panissière”.
- Then walk downhill to “Sous le Dolmen”.
- Go to “La croix de Pallières” x2.
- Continue to “Traviargues” x2.
- Go downhill to “Le Poulveret”.
- Turn left to “La Cabanisse”.
- Return to Anduze via “Fontaine Pradier”.
This hike is taken from the guidebook Cévennes et vallées du Gardon, autour d’Anduze et Saint-Jean-du-Gard, published by the Agglomération d’Alès as part of the collection Espaces Naturels Gardois and the label Gard Pleine Nature.
- Departure : Anduze (Mairie)
- Arrival : Anduze (Mairie)
- Towns crossed : Anduze, Thoiras, and Tornac
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Recommandations
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.
Caution : at the summit of Le Capelan, the path runs at the edge of the cliff !
Transport
This hike is accessible by public transport.
To consult an up-to-date timetable and plan your journey, use the journey calculator below for your destination bus stop : Anduze-Pélico.
Access and parking
Anduze, 15km suthwest of Alès on the D50 and D129
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