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Le Vallon de Jaume par les grottes
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Description
This 10km circuit starting from the Tourist Office allows you to discover the hills behind Carry-le-Rouet.
This easy hike alternates between paths in the valleys and tracks with beautiful sea views. You'll discover ancient caves still inhabited in the early 1900s. The orientation table gives you a wide view of the massifs around Marseille and its islands, all the way to the La Couronne lighthouse. The Vallon de Jaume is still a beautiful wooded valley.
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Open period
All year round.
Except in summer, from June 1 to September 30, when access to the massifs is prohibited.
For more information, call 0811 20 13 13.
Updated by
Provence Tourisme - 11/06/2025
www.myprovence.fr/
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Guidebook with maps/step-by-step
1. Go down the Route Bleue towards the Port. At the roundabout go up Avenue Aristide-Briand (RD5c). Opposite the boulodrome car park, take the chemin du Jas Vieux
2. Pass under the SNCF tunnel. Continue straight on.
Go through a barrier and, after the tunnel which passes under the expressway, turn right.
Go along the dual carriageway for 100m, take a path on your left and walk up the valley for 300m.
Turn right on the small path that climbs to 2 caves that form an owl's head. After visiting them, continue the ascent to reach the plateau. At the crossroads turn right to reach the orientation table.
3. Beautiful view from east to west: La Chaîne de l'Etoile - Marseille and the Iles du Frioul - Le Phare de Planier and that of La Couronne.
Continue along the main path and watch out for the signs which split 300m further on.
4. Leave the path on the right (alternative) and continue straight on to the next crossroads. Go down the small path on the right to the Réganas valley.
5. Leave the Réganas valley on the right and the path that rises opposite to take the left-hand path that goes into a valley. At the next crossroads turn right and go up the track.
6. Pass over a pretty little hut surrounded by greenery above a cultivated field, which invites you to rest and why not take a picnic break. Go up the track opposite and continue for 750 m with the blue markings and leaving the various paths on the right and left while admiring the view of the sea and Marseille.
Leave the track to go down to the left on a small path that arrives in the Jaume valley.
7. Pass under the tunnel of the expressway. Go back up the hill following the track. Go straight on. Go along the dual carriageway. Go through a barrier. When you reach the road, cross it, always staying on the left-hand pavement. Pass the roundabout of the gendarmerie. Drive along the school car park. Leave the station opposite and take the footpath to the boulodrome. Take the same path as before to return to the starting point.
