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It runs at the foot of the mountain, in the cool, damp atmosphere of one of the best-preserved forests in France: beech, yew, holly, lime and maple, mid-mountain species that survive here, in the middle of Provence, thanks to the microclimate of the north slope. It is a loop without difficulty, walkable all year round whenever the massif is open.",[15,16,18],"h2",{"id":17},"the-route","The route",[11,20,21],{},"Start from the parking des Trois Chênes, at the junction of the Mazaugues, Nans-les-Pins and Plan-d'Aups roads. You pass the fire-service barrier at the back of the car park and follow the yellow waymarks: after a few hundred metres a path climbs to the right, crosses a track and joins, at the Ravel spring, the sentier Merveilleux itself. It runs along the rock wall for three kilometres, under the trees.",[11,23,24],{},"At the Saint-Cassien track you leave the yellow waymarks for the track, then a steep pitch joins the Béguines track. 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