Randonnée Notre-Dame-de-Grâce

Before embarking on the circuit, check whether it is suitable for your level and check the weather.
Stay on marked paths, respect nature, developments and cultivated plots, do not transport or light fires.
In summer, remember to hydrate yourself.
Avoid periods of high heat.
Good walk.
Dangerous descent into the rocks of the cliff between 2 and 3.

Along the route, directional posts guide you. The name of the place and/or direction to follow is indicated in bold italics and in quotation marks. Follow the description below:

D – Follow the D 975 to the right for 10 m. Cross it and take the old tarmac Chemin de Notre-Dame opposite. Follow it until the crow's feet at “Vieux chemin de Notre Dame”.



1. Turn right. At the next intersection, turn left onto the "Chemin du Calvaire" (Calvary Path). Leave the road and take the path on the right for 200 meters to the "Chemin de Croix" (Way of the Cross). Open the gate and follow the Stations of the Cross to the right, along a winding path. At the top, climb the stairs to "Notre-Dame-de-Grâce" (Our Lady of Grace).
2. Go down the stairs to the left, follow the path for 100 m to the cliff. Take a right (caution!) and descend through the rocks of the cliff for 130 m to "Sous Notre-Dame". Continue the descent; at the track, take a left onto a path which becomes a stony trail to "La grotte du Diable", then turn right onto a wider path to "La Gorgue".
3. Turn right and cross the limestone escarpment to "Le Pierrier". At the first intersection, turn left, then go straight at the following intersections until you reach the "Les Blocs" signpost. Continue straight ahead, passing "Face aux Antennes", then reach "Parc Photovoltaïque".
4. On the limestone slab, turn right and go under the motorway. Turn right then left into the garrigue. At the first fork, bear left, at the second bear left again, and go under the high-voltage power line. At the next intersection, follow the track to the right, which leads to the D 111; follow it to the "Stèle des Maquis" memorial.
5. Go down to the left, follow the path through the undergrowth, rejoin the D111 and cross the motorway, to reach “Route de Valliguières”
6. At the pylons, take the hairpin bend and follow the road to the left which passes in front of the Mas de Panissières. Go left, to "Panissière", (junction with the GR® 63), and go up to the left towards the top of the hill to "Mour de la Coudette".
7. At "Mour de Coudette", take the path on the left. Follow the waymarking carefully to the intersection; turn left. Go under the high-voltage power line. Walk along the D 111 on the right for 130 m, turn right onto Rue des Tamaris and cross the housing estate, then turn left onto Chemin de la Source until you reach the D 976.
8. Cross the road and follow it to the left for 50 m, then take the Vaujus path on the right. Follow it to the fork in the road marked "Les Amariniers" and continue straight ahead. At the intersection with the D 287, continue to "Croix de Saze" (junction with the GR® 63). Follow the Saze path to "La Calade de l'Abreuvoir" and then, via the climb to Vieille-Église, reach "Rue Brancas". Turn right onto Rue Calle-du-Monument and continue to the War Memorial. Continue straight ahead, along Rue Petite-Calade and Rue de l'Alambic, to "Impasse de la Carrièrette". Walk 10 m to reach the parking area on the left.
Route taken from the departmental topoguide Le Gard à Pied (FFRandonnée edition – 2024)