The Cingle de Trémolat from Place du Grenier

From the Place du Grenier in the middle of Trémolat, village streets and lanes lead north-west out of the village, joining the D31 (the Route du Cingle) for two short stretches, to the foot of the hill. There a path, marked Sentier on the map, runs along the foot of the slope and then climbs steeply to the belvédère of the Cingle de Trémolat, where the Dordogne swings round in a wide loop far below. A spur of about 350 m each way, dropping about 45 m, leads to a second viewpoint and back the same way. The way back leaves by the Route de Bosredon, a minor road, and follows tracks across the plateau before dropping to the village.

It is 6.6 km round with 180 m of ascent; allow about 2 hours. The grade is Easy by distance and total climb, but one climb is steep: about 70 m in 200 m on the path up to the first viewpoint (the map tags it as a 30% slope). The rest is gentle going on village streets, lanes and tracks. About half of the line is on roads (village streets, the Route de Bosredon and a few hundred metres of the D31), so this is a village and viewpoint walk rather than a wild one. The Périgord tourist board's own Boucle du Cingle, which starts from the same square, is 7.3 km in about 2 h 25 and is rated easy. Ours is drawn by us along mapped ways and is not the board's route.

The path climbs alongside a cliff that OpenStreetMap maps, and the second viewpoint is close to its edge: keep to the path and watch children and dogs near the edge. The river itself is not on the route.

The start is the Place du Grenier in the village centre, by the salle des fêtes. No car park is mapped on the square itself, but OpenStreetMap shows several within a few hundred metres.

Route drawn by Global Adventurer along OpenStreetMap paths (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), with figures worked out from it. Check the forecast and the ground on the day: paths change.