RANDONNÉE - CIRCUIT DÉCOUVERTE DES CROIX

Access : From Remiremont, go to Val-d'ajol. Parking : in front of the Peugeot garage, route de Plombières. Distance : 7,5 km / Duration : 2 h 30 / Difference in height : 100m / Marking : green ring. 1) Leave the tourist office in the direction of the church. Turn right before the bridge and walk along the river to the next bridge. Cross the De Buyer bridge and go towards the post office (cross from 1719 on the right of the post office). Take the direction of the church. Go back to the small square in rue de Plombières (border marker). Continue with the small square at the foot of the church, in front of the bakery (a 17th century cross). Go back up the main street for 200m passing in front of the war memorial. 2) In the middle of a small square, go towards the Gravel cross (named after a former tabellion general). Continue along the main street to the next crossroads. Follow the rue du Prieuré d'Hérival which leads to the old train station. Go along the square on the right. At the next crossroads, turn left onto the D20 in the direction of Hamanxard or rue des Mousses. Along the wall of the hotel, a path leads to a place of meditation (imitation of the grotto of Lourdes). 3) Continue along rue des Mousses (D20). On the sidewalk on the right are three old calvaries (two from the 17th century, one from 1803). Then fork the road to Rapaumont (the Jean Sauvé cross at the crossroads). 4) At the bottom of the hill, after a small bridge, a 500m loop allows to reach the hamlet of La Rochotte (cross from 1636 and panoramic view on the Val-d?Ajol). Back at the bottom of the hill, go along the meadow until the hamlet of Bouchâtel. Take the D23 on the right. 5) Stop at Les Chênes (three crosses to visit). After this small hamlet, follow the small road of Banvoie taking on the left. 6) At the hamlet called le Pied du Mont (a cross) turn left. 7) At Banvoie, go back 100m on the right (2 crosses). 8) At the Mésaubé (a cross on the left), go back 30m then go towards the Granges (a cross) and the Cross (a small calvary of 1601). 9) Turn to the right towards Moncel. 10) In the hamlet of Moncel (an old cross in the pocket of the crossroads), go back 100m to the right (second cross) and come back to the starting point by the left street.