A stroll through Vitré

Start from the car park at Place du Champ de Foire.

(S/E) Cross the Boulevard des Rochers and take the Rue des Viviers opposite. Continue along this narrow street until you reach the Boulevard des Jacobins, then turn left. Cross the bridge over the railway line on your right, then take the^first right onto the Boulevard du Prèche.

(1) At Rue de Paris, turn right, then take the^first left onto Rue de Cohigné. At the end of the street, carry on straight ahead along the path that leads down to Rue d’Ernée. Turn left and walk back up this street until you reach Rue de Paris, then turn right.

(2) Turn left into a narrow passageway between numbers 48 and 46 on Rue de Paris. This alley leads to Saint-Martin’s Church. Walk round the church on the right-hand side.

(3) At the far end of the church, after passing the toilets, take the steps behind a door (which is always open). Cross the car park and the Allée des Moines. Cross Rue de Paris and take the narrow passageway next to No. 27 until you reach Ruelle des Buttes d’Amour.
Turn left, then left again at the junction. Once on Rue de l’Éperon, turn right, then immediately left into Promenade du Val.

(4) Turn left into the cobbled passageway leading up to Place Notre-Dame. On the square, turn right and then right again onto Rue Notre-Dame, which leads to Vitré Castle. Cross Place du Château and exit via Rue du Château.

Turn right onto Rue de la Baudrairie, then right again onto Rue d’en Bas. At the bottom of the street, cross the square and go up the steps towards Rue du Bourg-aux-Moines. Follow this street to the left until about twenty metres before the railway station roundabout.

(5) Cross over and head up Rue Garengeot.
Then take the second street on the right, Rue de la Poterie. At number 12 on this street, take the passageway on the left. Continue up the steps and cross an inner courtyard which leads onto Rue Saint-Louis; follow this to the right. Turn right again onto Rue Notre-Dame, and continue until the next right, Rue Duguesclin. At the end, turn left onto Rue de la Borderie.

(6) At the roundabout, follow the road to the right, Rue Hellerie. Cross Boulevard Saint-Martin and, almost directly opposite, continue along Rue Hellerie. At the end of the street, turn right onto Rue des Fouteaux and, at the junction, turn left to head up Rue du^70e Régiment d’Infanterie.

(7) Cross Boulevard Pierre Landais, cross the small square and, at the far end, take the steps leading up to the Jardins de la Trémoile. Walk through the gardens on the right-hand side (behind the hotel). Take the street on the left, then turn right onto Allée du Jardin, and finally left onto Allée Verte.
Take the path on the right which leads into the Jardin du Parc. Walk round the pond and the garden on the right-hand side and exit onto Boulevard des Rochers.

(8) Continue opposite Allée Tuvalu. Carry on until you reach a small park, after crossing Rue Laënnec. Take the^second path on the left, then continue straight on until you reach Rue Victor Hugo.

Walk round the pond anti-clockwise and exit onto Allée René Laënnec. Turn right into the passage leading to Rue Laënnec. About fifty metres further on, turn right into the passage between the houses. Cross Rue Laënnec and then Allée de Villemarqué to reach Boulevard Waldeck-Rousseau. Follow it to the left to return to Place du Champ de Foire (S/E).

Route in the city. Suitable for all weathers. Please dress appropriately for the season and weather conditions.

- Vitré Castle and its museum
- Numerous houses with porches and half-timbered facades, tastefully restored.
- Notre-Dame Church.