• on foot : 4h30 - Difficulty Easy
  • Distance : 21.4km
  • Vertical rise : 10m
  • Public : Famille - Tous publics
This walk or bike ride takes you along the Luy de Béarn to Sauvagnon, Serres-Castet and Montardon. A little further on, you can also reach the protected natural area of the Bastard and Pau state forest. This peaceful itinerary along the banks of a lovely river invites you to take a stroll, but also to enjoy a gentle way of getting around, with less pollution and more conviviality. Return trip.
Itinerary

  • Step 1 :

    From Sauvagnon Town Hall, return to the main street and turn right, continuing downhill for 100 metres. Before the retirement home.

  • Step 2 :

    Turn left onto a street, then straight ahead onto a steeply descending track. It turns sharply to the right, crosses a first road and then joins a larger road (rue des écoles), which you then take to the right. At the roundabout, continue straight ahead. You will reach a larger crossroads.

  • Step 3 :

    Then follow the path opposite, which runs alongside the road on the left. After the bridge, cross the road and take the path that quickly branches off to the right and leads to a footbridge and the Sauvagnon waterfall.

  • Step 4 :

    Cross the RD 289 and continue along a path on the left-hand side of the road. After 100 m, leave the road on the left, cross a small footbridge and you will reach a small tarmac road. Turn right and stay on this road until it comes to an earth embankment. Cross it using the passageway provided for bicycles. Cross a small bridge and continue straight ahead. 200 m after crossing the Luy de Béarn, turn left (Chemin Hourrègue). You will reach the RD 834. Cross carefully and follow the path on the banks of the Luy de Béarn. Shortly after a wooden footbridge, cross a road and continue opposite, still along the river, behind the college and the Serres stadium. Cross a road. Continue along the Luy. After going around a house.

  • Step 5 :

    Turn left onto the road, then quickly right, once again following the Luy along a paved path. After passing a barrier and a short climb, cross another road. Turn left, then right to rejoin the paved path along the river. It ends at a track at the foot of the flood control dam.

  • Step 6 :

    Turn right. After 400 metres, the track ends. Continue straight ahead, under an oak tree, along a path running alongside the field. After a double bend and crossing a stream, the path continues between two fields until it reaches the entrance to Bastard Forest. Cross a culvert and a wooden chicane.

  • Step 7 :

    Turn immediately left onto the forest path. You will reach the tarmac road, which you now follow straight ahead for 1 km to reach the forest exit and the Zénith car park.
Don't miss
  • Sauvagnon Waterfall (Nature site)

    The Sauvagnon waterfall, as you can see, is not natural. It was created to enable a mill to operate. Between the 19th and early 20th centuries, there were many mills in the region. In Sauvagnon, there were three mills: two on the Luy de Béarn (the Sauvagnon mill, which operated until 1960, and the Buret mill) and one on the Gées river (the Biegue mill). All equipped with three pairs of millstones and flying wheels, they were used to produce flour. The Sauvagnon mill was the most powerful, with 7 horsepower.

  • View of the Pyrénées (Panorama)

  • The readers' passage well (Heritage)

    There are several wells scattered throughout Sauvagnon. These were neighbourhood wells or private wells that became public and were incorporated into the urban landscape thanks to the work of craftsmen. This one has been given a beautiful roof made of warm-coloured tiles, similar to those on the houses in the village. Manufactured locally, these flat tiles, known as ‘picons’ in Béarn, had a small hook, called a ‘picot’, designed to hook them onto the wooden battens.

Nearby routes

Nearby accommodation

Agenda