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Cirque de Mourèze – Mourèze Circus loop from Liausson

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Clermont-L'Hérault

Cirque de Mourèze – Mourèze Circus loop from Liausson

Moderate

4.7

(99)

1,010

hikers

Cirque de Mourèze – Mourèze Circus loop from Liausson

04:56

14.3km

600m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 5, 2026

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3.62 km

Col de Portes

Mountain Pass

2

4.33 km

View of Lake Salagou from Mont Liausson

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Unique panorama of the Languedoc hinterland, with the changing colors of Lake Salagou in the foreground...

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5.95 km

Wild Passage

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Good footwear required

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6.53 km

Cirque de Moureze

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Cirque de Mourèze is a dramatic 300–340 ha bowl-shaped valley sculpted into dolomitic limestone over some 160 million years . Hard dolomite has withstood erosion while surrounding softer rock was …

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7.01 km

Town of Mourèze

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Original idyllic village. Parking for the migration of Cirque available.

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6

7.60 km

Cirque de Mourèze Viewpoint

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Impressive rock formations

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8.11 km

Les Rochers des Demoiselles

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Without a doubt one of the most beautiful hikes in the region.

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8.53 km

Cirque de Mourèze

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Great view of the rock "circus" with a view of the Mont de Liausson in the background.

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10.2 km

Mourèze Circus

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The rocky landscape is incredibly beautiful. But the climb is rather difficult to classify. However, the view is well worth it.

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10.8 km

Entrée de caverne

Cave Entrance

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14.3 km

End point

Parking

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Way Types & Surfaces

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7.59 km

3.59 km

1.75 km

1.05 km

312 m

Surfaces

5.45 km

5.25 km

1.54 km

1.02 km

636 m

344 m

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Highest point (490 m)

Lowest point (140 m)

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Comments

April 20, 2025,Cirque de Mourèze
An absolute dream tour today from Liausson to Mourèze and back.

First, we climbed almost 2km up Mont Liausson. The climb already provided beautiful views of the Lac du Salagou reservoir.

Instead of hiking the entire ridge, we descended to the Cirque de Mourèze. It's a spectacular rocky landscape that's second to none.
There's an incredible variety of rock formations …

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The title is purposely sensational and not a bit over the top. The first part of the hike, from Liausson to Mourèze, is really beautiful. And sweaty, because you have to cope with an ascent of about one kilometer.
In the middle of the track you can see that we had a very long rest in Mourèze, in the lower …

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If you are on holiday in this region, it is somehow a must to visit the Cirque de Mourèze.
More than 150,000 visitors come here every year to walk the circular path and watch the stone spectacle. We join in. But it is worth it!

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