Canal Saint-Julien – Mérindol loop from Lourmarin
Canal Saint-Julien – Mérindol loop from Lourmarin
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Canal Saint-Julien – Mérindol loop from Lourmarin
03:28
56.0km
520m
Cycling
Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.
Last updated: November 7, 2026
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Waypoints
Start point
Bus stop
19.6 km
Route along the railway line
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27.5 km
Canal Saint-Julien
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37.5 km
Mérindol
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This movement was born from the preaching of a simple layman named Vaudès. This religious dissidence was first tolerated by the Roman Church. It was then rejected, the name “Vaudois” even becoming synonymous with sorcerer or heretic.
The movement of the poor of Lyon (another name given to the Waldensians) was born around the year 1170 from a rich bourgeois from Lyon named Valdès who was keen to return to the humility of the early times of Christianity. Driven from Lyon, the movement spread where Vaudois preachers could still preach publicly. He settled in Provence and especially in the county of Toulouse, as well as in northern Italy.
It was in Mérindol that the bloody massacre of the Vaudois began in 1545. A path of memory remains from this terrible past with some vestiges of these bygone times at the height of the current village.
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56.0 km
End point
Bus stop
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
50.5 km
3.56 km
1.01 km
847 m
< 100 m
Surfaces
51.6 km
3.58 km
847 m
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Over 300km are behind us...including a detour to the ochre region near Roussillon and the lovely town of Gordes.
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