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Walking from La Roque Sainte Marguerite
to The Rocks of Montpellier Le Vieux

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Superstition and legend surrounds the site and from a distance the old pile of rocks looks like an ancient ruined city (some say) built by fairies or giants and destroyed by the devil or a malevolent spirit. The name comes from the shepherds who moved their flocks in summer from the plains of Languedoc towards the mountains in the north. They would have known the city of Montpellier, referred to by the locals as Lo Clapàs which is Occitan for pile of rocks. Occitan for ancient or old is Vièlh, so this ancient pile of rocks or ancient city became Lo Clapàs Vièlh or Montpelhièr lo Vièlh or in French Montpellier-le-Vieux.

Sign at the start of the walk - Castel de Cantobre Gîtes, Aveyron, France
View on the way up (and down) - Castel de Cantobre Gîtes, Aveyron, France
View on the way up (and down) - Castel de Cantobre Gîtes, Aveyron, France
View on the way up (and down) - Castel de Cantobre Gîtes, Aveyron, France
View on the way up (and down) - Castel de Cantobre Gîtes, Aveyron, France
View on the way up (and down) - Castel de Cantobre Gîtes, Aveyron, France
View on the way up (and down) - Castel de Cantobre Gîtes, Aveyron, France
Map of how not to get lost in the last section of the walk - Castel de Cantobre Gîtes, Aveyron, France
Arc de Triomphe - Castel de Cantobre Gîtes, Aveyron, France
Crocodile - Castel de Cantobre Gîtes, Aveyron, France
Sphynx - Castel de Cantobre Gîtes, Aveyron, France
Porte de Mycènes - Castel de Cantobre Gîtes, Aveyron, France
Quille (Skittle) - Castel de Cantobre Gîtes, Aveyron, France
Demented Teddybear! - Castel de Cantobre Gîtes, Aveyron, France
View from Douminal - Castel de Cantobre Gîtes, Aveyron, France
Camel - Castel de Cantobre Gîtes, Aveyron, France
Bear’s Head - Castel de Cantobre Gîtes, Aveyron, France
Harlequin’s Head - Castel de Cantobre Gîtes, Aveyron, France
Queen Victoria’s Head - Castel de Cantobre Gîtes, Aveyron, France
The Train - Castel de Cantobre Gîtes, Aveyron, France
Cyrano de Bergerac’s Head - Castel de Cantobre Gîtes, Aveyron, France
Chaise curule (Curule seat) - Castel de Cantobre Gîtes, Aveyron, France
More rocks! - Castel de Cantobre Gîtes, Aveyron, France
Roc Camparolié - Castel de Cantobre Gîtes, Aveyron, France
Lionel’s ancestry - Castel de Cantobre Gîtes, Aveyron, France
Views from Montpellier le Vieux - Castel de Cantobre Gîtes, Aveyron, France
Views from Montpellier le Vieux - Castel de Cantobre Gîtes, Aveyron, France
Views from Montpellier le Vieux - Castel de Cantobre Gîtes, Aveyron, France
Views from Montpellier le Vieux - Castel de Cantobre Gîtes, Aveyron, France
Views from Montpellier le Vieux - Castel de Cantobre Gîtes, Aveyron, France
Views from Montpellier le Vieux - Castel de Cantobre Gîtes, Aveyron, France
Views from Montpellier le Vieux - Castel de Cantobre Gîtes, Aveyron, France

To walk to Montpellier le Vieux, start from the path 50 metres down the road to the left of the restaurant/bar in La Roque Sainte Marguerite. The walk takes just over an hour and the map below shows how not to get lost in the last section of the walk!

Map for walking from La Roque Sainte Marguerite to The Rocks of Montpellier Le Vieux

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