2. The Apt Loop

3h45
25km
212 m

Theme: The history of Apt in geologic times to modern times.
A country doesn't tell just one story, it tells several of them: not only its geological history, but also that of its trees, water...and men.

Routes
25 Stopovers
  • The station
  • Turn left.
  • Apt and the Aptian age
  • Inhabitants of Perréal
  • How does a ditch become a hill?
  • Turn left.
  • Turn left.
  • Turn right
  • Paul Guiguou, Provençal painter
  • Turn left.
  • Age of trees
  • Turn right.
  • History of a perched village
  • Turn right.
  • Door to door right up to the oven and the mills
  • The Ochre mountain range
  • Towards the castle
  • St-Pierre-d'Agnane, time for water
  • Turn left.
  • The Ochre industry in the 21st century
  • The Bruoux Mines
  • Get onto the cycling lane!
  • The hamlet of Serres
  • The railway era
  • The station