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Oenorando® Dans les pas d'Amédée le vigneron

Marcheurs dans le vignes
Vue sur la vallée du Tarn - Rando Octobre rose
Vignes
Credit : G. Négrié

Description

From the Vinovalie cooperative cellar, you start off quietly on a flat path through a district of Rabastens. Then, as you make your way through the countryside, you take to the heights, following the path that runs alongside the vines. You'll be able to admire vestiges of the past (the typical Gaillac dovecote and the Trémège well) and the magnificent view of the Salvagnac hills before returning to Rabastens. An easy walk through the heart of the region. At the end of the walk, don't hesitate to push open the door of the cellar to taste some red or white wines.


Starting from the Rabastens cellar, head towards the town center, then turn into a street on the right. Arrive at an intersection.
Turn left onto Rue des Ormes. At the intersection in front of a retirement home, turn right and continue straight until you reach a stop sign. Turn right, then immediately go left onto Avenue de la Croix-Blanche.
Go straight up the road and arrive at a fork in the road, at a place called Les Bordes.
Continue on the road. First pass in front of a pigeon house, then near a well, and finally go straight up a grassy path at La Trémège. Emerge onto a road.
Turn right. Before reaching Fourtet, in a curve, turn right onto a grassy path. Reach an intersection of grassy paths with orientation tables.
Go down to the left on a path that runs along vineyards. Walk for about 400 meters, then at a crossroads, turn right onto a grassy path, and continue to an intersection.
Go straight down on a grassy path. In a curve after a house, reach an orientation table.
Go down to the left by stairs and continue straight. At the bottom of the path, turn right onto a dirt road. After 500 meters, at the corner of a house, turn left to go around the Rabastens school complex. At the road, go left to return to the starting point.

Technical Information

Walking
Difficulty
Very easy
Duration
2h20mn
Dist.
7.4 km
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Altimetric profile

Starting point

Lat : 43.8282153Lng : 1.7336178

Additional information

Public transport

By bus: route 702 (Albi - Gaillac- Lisle sur Tarn-Rabastens - St Sulpice) - l'Hermitage stop 1.5 km from the starting point.More information on liO-occitanie (only in French)By train: SNCF TER Toulouse-Albi or Toulouse Aurillac line - stop at Rabastens-Couffouleux station, Av. de la Gare, 81800 Couffouleux2.2 km from the starting point.More information on SNCF.

Oenorando®

Cet itinéraire a été labellisé par la FFRandonnée en tant qu'Oenorando®. Il s'agit d'une randonnée qui vous fera découvrir le territoire et les paysages du vignoble et des vins du gaillacois. Le domaine viticole au départ du parcours vous permettra ensuite de découvrir le savoir-faire des vignerons.

Labellisé FFRandonnée® Tarn

Cet itinéraire est labellisé FFRandonnée®. Il fait partie du réseau tarnais de chemins validé et reconnu par la Fédération Française de la Randonnée et les partenaires du Tarn comme de qualité supérieure.

Advised parking

Car park of the Vinovalie cooperative cellar in Rabasens

Access

10 km from St Sulpice la Pointe16 km from GaillacThe Vinovalie winery is on the right-hand side of the D988 (coming from the Gaillac coast), less than a kilometre from the centre of Rabastens.

Arrival

Same place as departure

Ambiance

When the Romans planted the first vines around ancient Gaillac in the 2nd century, they foresaw all the qualities that the land and climate could bring to their wine. Added to these advantages was the river Tarn, which was ideal for transporting amphorae by river to the ports of the Garonne and the Atlantic. In the Middle Ages and during the Renaissance, this lucrative trade intensified, bringing in hard cash for the clergy and merchants (wine sales), the local lords (tolls on the Tarn) and all the small trades involved in growing, making and transporting wine.Rabastens, like Gaillac, Lisle-sur-Tarn and St-Sulpice, was built around its ports, which were centres of trade and opened up to the Western world. At a time when Bordeaux belonged to the kings of England (14th century), the wine from the Gaillac region that passed through was sent to Great Britain, accounting for 8% of the wines from the kingdom of France. Many pilgrims travelling to or from Santiago de Compostela and other places of pilgrimage took the same routes as the Gaillac barrels and, like them, experienced the hazards of navigation (piracy, shipwreck, etc.). In Rabastens, the church of the former Romanesque priory, Notre Dame du Bourg, was completely covered in sparkling, original, and decorative paintings in the 14th century. Covered in whitewash in the 16th century and revealed by chance in the 19th century. Because of its singularity, it was included in UNESCO's World Heritage List in 1998 as part of the Pilgrim's Way to Santiago de Compostela. A must to see. Good to know : there are few mentions on touristic guides.

Departure

Cave Vinovalie de Rabastens

Data author

Image FFRandonnée Tarn
proposed by FFRandonnée Tarn
10 Rue des Grenadiers 81000 ALBI France

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Caution!
We have no information on the difficulty of this circuit. You may encounter some surprises along the way. Before you go, please feel free to inquire more and take all necessary precautions. Have a good trip! 🌳🥾