Hiking: Les menhirs des Terriers
The site contains nine different species of stelae. These can be divided into two groups: six small stelae (around 2m), hewn from a gneiss difficult to preserve and very sensitive to erosion and moisture, and three stelae, more than 3 m long, made from a tight grain gneiss, less sensitive to erosion.
You can download the hiking trail map clicking on the following link:
http://www.mairie-les-arcs-sur-argens.fr/associations-culture/tourisme/patrimoine.html
Départ / Arrivée : parking de la Tournavelle
83460 Les Arcs sur Argens
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Hiking: Les menhirs des Terriers
Départ / Arrivée : parking de la Tournavelle
83460 Les Arcs sur Argens
I'm going by train
Presentation
•7 miles
4 hours 40 minutes
Average ascent: less than 350 meters
GR waymarked trail (yellow orientation arrows)
Follow this route:
• From the car park, follow the road south on foot, cross the Aille bridge (an Eiffel bridge) to La Renardière (pass the Font de Catin picnic area, on the right), the tarmac gradually gives way to beaten earth (about 500 m).
• Take the left track, les Bauquières.
• Follow the Argens River for about 1 km.
• Go straight on to the Blaquière valley towards Castel Diaou (the Mine des Porres Trail).
• On the right (approx. 600 m), are the remains of the Jas des Maures (the community sheepfold).
• Pass through a marshy area (about 600 m).
• Arrive at the site of the former Porres Mine (about 300 m).
• At the pitch oven (about 300 m), turn left on the DFCI track (Les Pommiers).
• After the tank (about 500 m), go right, then right again 100 m further on (Les Grilles E16).
• Climb for about 500 m, then turn left - dolmens at midway.
• At the summit (around 500 m), turn right on the DFCI track. The menhirs are about 300 m lower on the right.
• About 200 m down, at the fork, go straight on on E15.
• 200 m further on, follow the left track (on the return walk there are several viewpoints over the Municipal Forest, the Argens Plain and the town of Les Arcs sur Argens).
• After about 4 km, arrive at La Renardière, your starting point (by the Hautes Pibles track).
• Turn left to return to the car park (500 m).
Respect the security rules :
http://www.mairie-les-arcs-sur-argens.fr/associations-culture/tourisme/patrimoine.html
Pompiers • 112 • Info Massif • 04 98 10 55 41 • var.pref.gouv.fr/massifs • ddaf.cdig-83.org
4 hours 40 minutes
Average ascent: less than 350 meters
GR waymarked trail (yellow orientation arrows)
Follow this route:
• From the car park, follow the road south on foot, cross the Aille bridge (an Eiffel bridge) to La Renardière (pass the Font de Catin picnic area, on the right), the tarmac gradually gives way to beaten earth (about 500 m).
• Take the left track, les Bauquières.
• Follow the Argens River for about 1 km.
• Go straight on to the Blaquière valley towards Castel Diaou (the Mine des Porres Trail).
• On the right (approx. 600 m), are the remains of the Jas des Maures (the community sheepfold).
• Pass through a marshy area (about 600 m).
• Arrive at the site of the former Porres Mine (about 300 m).
• At the pitch oven (about 300 m), turn left on the DFCI track (Les Pommiers).
• After the tank (about 500 m), go right, then right again 100 m further on (Les Grilles E16).
• Climb for about 500 m, then turn left - dolmens at midway.
• At the summit (around 500 m), turn right on the DFCI track. The menhirs are about 300 m lower on the right.
• About 200 m down, at the fork, go straight on on E15.
• 200 m further on, follow the left track (on the return walk there are several viewpoints over the Municipal Forest, the Argens Plain and the town of Les Arcs sur Argens).
• After about 4 km, arrive at La Renardière, your starting point (by the Hautes Pibles track).
• Turn left to return to the car park (500 m).
Respect the security rules :
http://www.mairie-les-arcs-sur-argens.fr/associations-culture/tourisme/patrimoine.html
Pompiers • 112 • Info Massif • 04 98 10 55 41 • var.pref.gouv.fr/massifs • ddaf.cdig-83.org
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Mise à jour le 23/02/2026
Par Office de tourisme intercommunal Dracénie Provence Verdon
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Marianne d’Or
du développement durable 2024
Lauréat de la “Meilleure identité visuelle”
aux Trophées de la Communication 2023
