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RANDONNÉE LA CAUNETTE LE CAUSSE

in La Caunette
14.0 km
Walking/pedestrian
5h
Hard
  • The village of La Caunette presents different landscapes. First, the Coupiat gorges, deeply cut into the limestone, cut the territory from north to south. The gently sloping plateaus are covered with scrubland with kermes oaks, rockroses, thymes,
    and when the ground is deeper, of meadows of hay and
    meadows and vineyards.
    After the hamlet of La Garrigue, the soil changes, the schist and the tree heathers appear. This environment will accompany you until the hamlet of La Prade.
    After a new...
    The village of La Caunette presents different landscapes. First, the Coupiat gorges, deeply cut into the limestone, cut the territory from north to south. The gently sloping plateaus are covered with scrubland with kermes oaks, rockroses, thymes,
    and when the ground is deeper, of meadows of hay and
    meadows and vineyards.
    After the hamlet of La Garrigue, the soil changes, the schist and the tree heathers appear. This environment will accompany you until the hamlet of La Prade.
    After a new passage on the limestone plateau, the environment changes again to become a landscape of mourels constituted by sandstone mamelons marked by the presence of Aleppo pines and umbrella pines. At the end of the route, the valley of the Cesse and the limestone cliffs of the village are offered to you.