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Start point Central square – Le Vigan Height gain None Difficulty Easy short walk with no height gain Time 1hr 45mins (plus time to look round the museum) Maps Cartes IGN 2641 ET Top 25 Mont Aigoual/Le Vigan How to get there (from Le Vigan) The walk is from the town itself. Park behind the town hall (Mairie) where there is a lot of space and make your way to the main square. Signposting Yellow splashes on the first half but not very obvious Red/white splashes of the GR after the bridge at Alvèze

This is a very pleasant, easy walk along the Arre river and could be combined with a visit to the interesting Cevenole Museum installed in a former silk-weaving factory. It enables the visitor to see what life used to be like in the Cevennes region. One of the rooms is dedicated to traditional crafts, such as basket- and barrel-making, gold prospecting in the rivers, pottery and ironwork. There are informative displays concerning the chestnut industry, silk making, sheep raising and bee keeping, which were the sources of income until the end of the 19th century. Also shown are models of the different styles of architecture – the farms in the Causses area being quite different from those in the mountainous regions.