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Departure is from the small car park at Porte Saint-André.
(S/E) Take Rue du Faubourg Saint-André, opposite the Gallo-Roman gate (bakery on the corner of the street). Then turn right and go up Rue des Drémeaux to the junction with Rue du Parc des Drémeaux. Follow this street to the right, then turn right again onto the path reserved for pedestrians and cyclists (Allée Marcel Pèpe). This will take you to Route de Beaune. Cross at the pedestrian crossing, then climb the embankment via the steps leading to the edge of the Vallon lake.
(1) Turn right and follow the shore along Allée Marcel Lucotte. Immediately after the sports facilities (coloured metal apparatus), go up to the Maladière car park. Turn right, then cross the street to take another pedestrian path (steep climb) that goes around the Roman theatre.
(2) Turn left at the small house (with statues on the façade) and join Avenue du 2ème Dragons. Cross the street and climb up to the Promenade des Marbres via the ramp in the wrong direction.
(3) At the end of the promenade, go around Place de Charmasse if you want to take a look at the remains of the Temple of Apollo (information panel) or go straight up to the left via Rue des Enfants de Troupe. Leave the entrance to the military school on your left and go back down along the ramparts to the small Rue Courte on the right. Then turn left twice and continue along Rue Sainte-Anne until you reach Rue du Faubourg Saint-Pancrace. Turn left and then immediately right onto Rue du Vieux Colombier.
(4) Pay attention and take a pedestrian alleyway that goes up to the Porte de Breuil (information panel after the gate) and joins Rue Chaffaut. Turn left twice onto Rue du Faubourg Saint-Blaise.
(5) Turn right and walk up to the Tour des Ursulines. Walk along the Gallo-Roman ramparts to Rue Cocand, the first street on the right. Walk up the street and take the first right again, at a small square next to the Rollin Museum. Walk up Rue des Bancs to Place du Terreau.
(6) Go around the cathedral on the right. In front of the steps leading to the tympanum, check whether the gate at the top of the stairs on the right is open. If it is, take this passage to access Clos Gislebertus. Exit via Place du Refitou at the rear of the cathedral and head to Place Saint-Louis (former courthouse and prison - see information panels).
Walk down to Place d'Hallencourt (entrance to the Bishop's Palace on your right) and continue to the crossroads, where you will head back down towards the town centre via Rue des Cordeliers (to the left of the bakery). Then take the pedestrian streets, Rue Chauchien and then Rue aux Cordiers on the right. Just after the bookshop on the left in this street, enter the covered passageway known as Passage Balthus (description at the entrance). Go down the steps and exit at the opposite end. If this passageway is closed, retrace your steps and take Rue Saint-Saulge to reach the shaded Terrasse de l'Europe.
(7) Turn right and cross the entire Place du Champ de Mars, leaving the theatre and town hall on your left below. Continue along Rue Guérin until you reach Rue Mazagran.
(8) At the crossroads, admire the Tour Marchaux towering above the buildings (description at 28 Rue la Petite rue Marchaux). First turn right then left onto Grand Rue Marchaux until you reach a porch on your right (just before an oriental restaurant). Take the small Rue de la Bondue and join Rue Mazagran. Turn left twice, go up Boulevard Laureau to Place Saint-Yves, then turn right onto Rue de la Croix Blanche and head towards Porte Saint-André (go underneath it) and the car park at your starting point (S/E).
Visorando member
Moderate 
Association / Club / Walk leader
Very difficult 
