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(S/E) Start at the Asnelles beach car park. It gets very busy during the summer. Walk along the sea wall to the left, facing the sea, as far as the place known as ‘la guerre’.
(1) Continue along the beach if the tide allows (otherwise, there is an alternative route via the departmental road, as a cycle path has recently been created by the Department)
(2) Pass the first two turnings into the village of Saint-Côme-de-Fresné and head up thethird one. Just after the beach lifeguard post, turn right onto the Allée de la Mer; at the end, follow this road as it bends left, then turn right onto the Allée du Beau Site, take the first left, then the right onto the Allée des Blockhaus. At the end of this road, you’ll reach the departmental road.
(3) Take the greenway to the right. After 150 metres, a small path on the right will take you to the same spot but will take you slightly away from the road. You can make a detour to the viewpoint next to the car park. From there, you can admire the scale of the artificial harbour at Arromanches, built by the Allies for the D-Day landings in June 1944. Continue along the cycle path, passing the 360° cinema on your left. Head downhill to the right towards the town of Arromanches.
(4) Before reaching the museum, turn right towards the beach. You can then walk along the sea wall and down onto the beach. Why not visit the museum as well?
(5) At the south-western end of Place du 6 Juin, follow Rue Maréchal Joffre westwards. After about 100 metres, turn left onto Rue Gilbert Longuet.
(6) At the top, opposite the old post office situated between the two coach parks, turn left then right onto Rue du Mezeray and carry on to the top
(7) At the top of the track (do not go as far as the roundabout on the RD514), take the hairpin bend onto the track on the left heading east. Pass the Château du Petit Fontaine and cross the RD87. Follow the track that climbs up opposite. Continue along this path (GR®®), still heading east. When you reach a farm in Saint-Côme-de-Fresné, take the path climbing up to the right; then, 400 metres further on, just before reaching the top, turn onto the path on the left. Walk downhill for 200 metres, then turn left and join the road.
(8) Follow the road to the right and, after the bend, take thesecond path on the left.
(9) When you reach the Ruisseau de la Gronde, take the path on the left. (end ofthe GR®®). This leads to Asnelles. Cross the RD65 road to reach the first houses in the village of Asnelles.
(10) Just before the large field on the left, next to the last house, take the small path on the left that runs alongside this house and cross the Gronde. This is the ‘sente au batard’. Follow the path, which isn’t always very well maintained (tall grass along the banks), cross Rue de la Cavée, and walk alongside the cemetery. When you reach Rue Paul Helaine, turn right, then take the path on the left which runs alongside the Gronde just before the small bridge.
(11) When you reach Rue du Débarquement, turn left, cross the RD514 (Avenue Maurice Schumann), continue straight on towards the sea and arrive at the starting car park at Asnelles beach (S/E).
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