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Departure from Évry-Val de Seine station (RER line D, on the section between Paris-Lyon and Corbeilles-Essonnes via Ris-Orangis).
(S/E) Exit the station on the "Seine" side, i.e. from the platform when coming from Paris (use the underground passage to cross the tracks if coming from Corbeil). Take Rue Robert Pissonnier, which runs alongside a stadium on the left, with an Asian restaurant on the right. Head towards the Seine (north-east).
(1) At the end of the street, in front of the Manouchian network memorial, take the path on the left that follows the road. Walk past the indoor tennis courts and follow the banks of the Seine to the lock. Take the footbridge to cross the river.
Once you reach the opposite bank, turn left and walk along the Seine for a few dozen metres. Then take the wide avenue lined with tall trees on the right. You will see the church of Soisy-sur-Seine ahead: head towards it. Be careful when crossing Boulevard de la République (D488), use the pedestrian crossings!
(2) Take Rue de l'Église, pass the municipal police station, then cross Rue Notre-Dame. Follow this street on the left until you reach a butcher's shop. Turn right onto Rue du Grand Veneur (steep). Walk up this street and, when you reach the bend, turn right into the grounds of the Château du Grand Veneur.
(3) Go around the château on the left, take the large path that runs between the pond and the north façade. Follow this path (lawns on the right and left) and enter a wooded area where you can admire superb specimens of maple, chestnut, beech and Corsican pine trees, etc. On the right-hand side is a rockery with a pond and grotto. Follow the avenue to the northern exit of the park.
(4) Use the pedestrian crossing to cross Rue de l'Ermitage and take Chemin de Brunoy. Pass a horse riding centre and, at the end of this street, turn right onto the path (green path) parallel to the bridle path. Follow it along the housing estate to an esplanade with a mini fitness trail.
(5) Take the sandy track that runs through the middle (north-east direction). At the end, cross the road using the pedestrian crossing, walk past a small building (EDF transformer station) and take the bridle path, leaving the bus stop on your right. Continue along the golf course. A forest barrier marks the entrance to the Forêt de Sénart.
Yellow-red markings (GRP®)
(6) When you reach the first crossroads (clearing on the right), take the path on the left (GRP®). Walk along the golf course on your left until you reach a tarmac road. On the left: the Poste aux Lièvres forest house. Turn right onto the road and walk about 20 metres until you see our first remarkable tree on the left-hand side (identified by a blue dot on the trunk).
(7) Retrace your steps and take theGRP® on the right. Twenty metres further on, on the right, a post indicates that there used to be a remarkable oak tree, of which only the stump remains. Continue to an intersection with a signpost. Go straight ahead (towards Draveil - Ris Orangis), ignoring the various paths leading off to the right and left.
When you reach a paved road (Route de Soisy, Carrefour de Paris), on the right is a pond with the stump of a pollarded willow (a former remarkable tree). Follow the road to the left (without crossing it) and take the first lane on the left. After about 450 metres, you will see a second remarkable tree.
(8) Continue in the same direction.
No signposts
Take the first lane on the right. Cross the Soisy road and continue straight ahead until you reach a fork (Carrefour du Solitaire). Take the right-hand branch and, just before the next crossroads (Carrefour de la Justice), take the path that branches off to the right (due south). After about 150m on the right: the third remarkable tree (photo).
(9) Retrace your steps, return to the previous path, and at the crossroads (Carrefour de la Justice) turn left into a very wide lane. At the next crossroads, turn right, and after about 100 metres take the track slanting to the left. Cross the first crossroads (de Maupertuy), continue to the next one (Carrefour de la Mare aux Rats). The fourth remarkable tree is on the left.
Return to the centre of the crossroads and take the lane to the right (south-east) of the previous path. Follow this lane for about 800 metres until you reach a white road, then turn left. After about 450 metres, cross over a ditch (Ru Madereau), and just after that, on the left in the woods 30 metres away, you will find our fifth tree (photo).
(11) Return to the forest road and continue in the same direction. When you reach the Orléans crossroads, take the third lane on the right (tarmac for 250 metres). Ignore the cycle path, then the next two lanes. When you reach the crossroads (Carrefour du Grand Veneur), take the first right (acute angle). Tree no. 6 is about 200 metres away on the right.
(12) Continue along this path until the next crossroads, then turn left. 400 metres ahead on the right is the next remarkable tree.
(13) Continue until you reach a paved road, which you take on the right. Ignore a lane, then take a road diagonally to the left, which leads to the Château de la Faisanderie.
(14) The esplanade in front of the château has picnic tables where you can take a break, as well as a drinking fountain.
With the château behind you, take the second tarmac road on the right. When you reach the Mare du Diable crossroads, admire the eighth tree.
(15) Ignore the various tarmac roads and take the lane heading south-east. Ignore the various paths and lanes and continue to the Tour crossroads (where five lanes converge). Take the first track on the right, then immediately take the small bridge on the right and follow the path that leads to remarkable tree no. 9.
(16) Take the path in the opposite direction and head towards the crossroads at the Tower. After crossing the small bridge, take the lane on the right. About 100 metres to the left, cross the ditch and follow a small path for about 30 metres, which leads to the last remarkable tree on this walk.
(17): Return to the lane and continue south-west. Ignore the various paths and continue to a large clearing with a white forest road. Turn left. Follow this road straight ahead, passing a gas substation with a bucolic fresco, and ignore the perpendicular forest road.
Yellow-red markings
(18) At the next crossroads, rejoin theGRP® and follow it to the right. When you reach a forest barrier, turn right; at the next T-junction, turn left. The path crosses the golf course, then follows the fence on the right, to the left of the houses. Walk along the walls of a cemetery, then pass in front of the tennis courts. Use the pedestrian crossing to cross Rue du Vieux Chemin de Paris.
(19) Walk downhill for about 15 metres, take the small path on the right, and enter a housing estate. Walk down Rue Charles Le Normand. At the bottom, turn right, then left at the next street (Avenue Louise de France). Go around the esplanade and turn right onto Avenue du Château. Cross the roundabout and, at the next fork, take the right-hand branch which leads to a path. Follow this path which leads to the RD448.
Beware of heavy traffic!
(20) Use the pedestrian crossing to cross the road. Turn right onto the pavement, then cross the D93 opposite the shopping centre (pedestrian crossing). Turn left towards the Seine. Cross the bridge, then take the road on the right to reach the Manouchian memorial.
(1) Turn left onto Rue Robert Pissonnier to reach the station (S/E).
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