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Turtles / Not swimming in the Etang du Doul: Turtles in the African Reserve of Sigean. © Bergverlag Rother GmbHPhoto: Daniel Anker, Jacques Maubé, Rother Bergverlag
The saltworks on the Côte audoise have been known since ancient times; those at La Palme, Port-la-Nouvelle, and Gruissan now produce road salt, while on Île Saint-Martin the best table salt, Fleur de sel, is harvested. In Peyriac-de-Mer, salt production began as early as the 14th century and ceased in 1967. Afterwards, the Conservatoire du Littoral purchased the facility, turning it into a bird sanctuary and at the same time accessible to tourists via a wooden walkway over the water. However, over the neighboring Étang du Doul they could almost walk without aid. The water of the lake, which seems to lie in a volcanic crater (in fact, the wind hollowed out the crater), is twice as salty as the sea: 70 grams per liter.
From the parking lot at the saltworks in Peyriac-de-Mer, follow the shore and boardwalk (Chemin des planches) generally northeast until you turn right and proceed southeast on a dam through the lagoon. Then a boardwalk again leads over the water. The hiking trail circles a hill on the north side (you can bypass it on the south side or even cross it) and runs over a dam between the lagoon and watercourse. At the end of the dam, the ascent begins to the wooded hill Le Mour, 58 m. The yellow-marked trail circles it on the north side; we cross it despite initial obstacles on a path and return to the trail on its east side, which runs along the ridge between Étang and lagoon, crosses the access road to a winery, and begins ascending northwards. We leave the trail at a cistern (marked with number 12), where it turns right and continues on the Étang du Doul side. So: take a narrow, partly somewhat thorny and slippery path on the left that crosses the lake side of the Trières hill, going up
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