Les Meés: Les Pénitents

Circular walk, 8 km

Route: Les Meés: Les Pénitents

You walk from the parking lot through Les Mées to the Chapelle Saint-Roch. There you follow the path up. You pass a few viewpoints with beautiful views over the valley. Then you follow the Sentier de Pénitents, a narrow path over the rocks. You walk on to the Col des Pénitents. From there you follow the path further up, until you reach a path that goes down. You descend and you walk further until you reach the Sentier de Pénitents again. Now you walk along the bottom of the rocks back to the parking lot.

shape
loop
length
7 km 514
location
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
start / arrival
Place de la République, Les Mées
path
path:91%  road:8%  stairs:1% 
elevation
rise: 412m / fall: -412m
lowest: 416m / highest: 730m
 
Photo: Chapelle Saint-Roch, Les Mées
Chapelle Saint-Roch, Les Mées
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Route "Les Meés: Les Pénitents" is recorded on 10th September 2024 and placed on 23rd February 2025. The route has been viewed 378 times.

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Points of interest

  • Église Notre-Dame des Oliviers (XV), Les Mées
  • Porte Saint Christol
  • Chapelle Saint-Roch (XVI)
  • Cave
  • Place de la République, Les Mées
  • Pénitents des Mées
  • Col des Pénitents (590m)

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References

Source

We found this trail, ‘Le sentier de San Peyre’, in publication ‘Les cinq chemins de randonnée à pied’, published by Commune des Mées in 2024.

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