Aix-en-Provence Walk

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
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    Distance: 3.20 km
  • ◔
    Calculated time: 1h 00 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: Yes
  • ↗
    Vertical gain: + 20 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 20 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 208 m
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    Lowest point: 183 m
  • ⚐
    District: Aix-en-Provence (13100|13090|13540)
  • ⚑
    Start/End: N 43.528265° / E 5.445884°
  • ❏
    IGN map(s): Ref. 3143ET, 3244ET
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Description

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The plot has to end by the location where the walk finishes. If it is a loop please write (S/E) at the end of the description. If it is a one way route write (E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 188 m - Start on Rue Aumone Vieille
  2. 2 : km 0.07 - alt. 190 m - Turn left onto Rue de l'Annonciade
  3. 3 : km 0.17 - alt. 195 m - Turn right onto Rue des Marseillais
  4. 4 : km 0.22 - alt. 196 m - Turn left onto Rue du Maréchal Foch
  5. 5 : km 0.49 - alt. 204 m - Turn right onto Place de l'Université
  6. 6 : km 0.55 - alt. 205 m - Turn sharp right onto Rue Jacques de la Roque
  7. 7 : km 0.64 - alt. 208 m - Turn left onto Rue des Guerriers
  8. 8 : km 0.65 - alt. 208 m - Turn right onto Rue Jacques de la Roque
  9. 9 : km 0.77 - alt. 204 m - Turn right onto Rue du Bon Pasteur
  10. 10 : km 0.83 - alt. 203 m - Turn right onto Rue de l'École
  11. 11 : km 0.95 - alt. 200 m - Turn left onto Rue du Plan
  12. 12 : km 0.98 - alt. 201 m - Turn right onto Rue Gaston de Saporta
  13. 13 : km 1.03 - alt. 199 m - Turn sharp left onto Place de l'Hôtel de Ville
  14. 14 : km 1.05 - alt. 199 m - Turn right onto Place de l'Hôtel de Ville
  15. 15 : km 1.1 - alt. 197 m - Turn left onto Place de l'Hôtel de Ville
  16. 16 : km 1.11 - alt. 197 m - Turn right onto Rue Vauvenargues
  17. 17 : km 1.16 - alt. 196 m - Turn sharp right onto Place Richelme
  18. 18 : km 1.18 - alt. 196 m - Turn right onto Rue Méjanes
  19. 19 : km 1.3 - alt. 193 m - Turn right onto Rue des Bagniers
  20. 20 : km 1.34 - alt. 191 m - Turn left onto Rue Marius Reynaud
  21. 21 : km 1.52 - alt. 193 m - Turn sharp right onto Rue Thiers
  22. 22 : km 1.55 - alt. 193 m - Turn left onto Rue Emeric David
  23. 23 : km 1.83 - alt. 204 m - Turn sharp right onto Rue de la Mule Noire
  24. 24 : km 1.83 - alt. 204 m - Turn left onto Place Miollis
  25. 25 : km 1.87 - alt. 205 m - Keep right onto Place Miollis
  26. 26 : km 1.88 - alt. 204 m - Turn right onto Place Miollis
  27. 27 : km 1.96 - alt. 200 m - Turn left onto Rue du Pavillon
  28. 28 : km 2.05 - alt. 198 m - Turn right onto Rue du Maréchal Joffre
  29. 29 : km 2.21 - alt. 191 m - Turn slight left
  30. 30 : km 2.22 - alt. 191 m - Turn right
  31. 31 : km 2.23 - alt. 191 m - Turn left
  32. 32 : km 2.51 - alt. 188 m - Keep right
  33. 33 : km 2.77 - alt. 184 m - Turn right
  34. 34 : km 2.77 - alt. 184 m - Turn right onto Avenue Victor Hugo
  35. 35 : km 2.79 - alt. 184 m - Turn left onto Place du Général de Gaulle
  36. 36 : km 2.87 - alt. 184 m - Turn right onto Place du Général de Gaulle
  37. 37 : km 2.92 - alt. 184 m - Turn left onto Rue Espariat
  38. 38 : km 3 - alt. 184 m - Turn right
  39. 39 : km 3.02 - alt. 184 m - Turn slight right onto Place des Augustins
  40. 40 : km 3.02 - alt. 184 m - Turn slight left onto Rue Espariat
  41. 41 : km 3.05 - alt. 186 m - Turn left onto Rue des Tanneurs
  42. 42 : km 3.11 - alt. 186 m - Turn right onto Rue des Tanneurs
  43. 43 : km 3.2 - alt. 187 m - Turn sharp right onto Rue Aumone Vieille
  44. S/E : km 3.2 - alt. 188 m

Useful Information

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Before you start, make sure access to the massif is allowed because a regulation is applicable from 1 June to 30 September which and can limit access hours.

Walking Sainte-Victoire mountain through the Clapier gap

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