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(S/E) Start at the Asnelles beach car park. It is very busy in summer. Walk along the sea wall on the left, facing the sea, until you reach a place called "la guerre".
(1) Continue along the beach if the tide allows (otherwise there is an alternative route via the departmental road, as a greenway has recently been created by the Department)
(2) Pass the first two access points to the village of Saint-Côme-de-Fresné and go up tothe third. Turn right just after the beach surveillance post onto Allée de la Mer, then at the end follow this road which turns left, then turn right onto Allée du Beau Site, then take the first left and then right onto Allée des Blockhaus. At the end of this road, join 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 place but will take you a little further away from the road. You can make a detour to the viewpoint next to the car park. Here you can admire the scale of the artificial port of Arromanches, built by the Allies for the June 1944 landings. Continue along the greenway and pass the 360° cinema on your left. Go downhill to the right towards the town of Arromanches.
(4) Before reaching the museum, turn right towards the beach. This will take you along the sea wall and down to the beach. Why not visit the museum too?
(5) At the south-western end of Place du 6 Juin, follow Rue Maréchal Joffre westwards. After about 100 metres, turn left up Rue Gilbert Longuet.
(6) At the top, opposite the old post office located between the two bus parks, turn left then right onto Rue du Mezeray and continue to the top
(7) At the top of the road (do not go as far as the roundabout on the RD514), take the hairpin bend on the left towards the east. Pass the Château du Petit Fontaine and cross the RD87. Follow the road that climbs opposite. Continue along this path (GR®®) heading east. When you reach a farm in Saint-Côme-de-Fresné, take the path that climbs to the right, then 400 metres further on, just before you reach the top, turn onto the path on the left. Descend 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 stream, take the path on the left. (end ofthe GR®®). It joins 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 sentier au batard. Follow the path, which is not always well maintained (tall grass on the banks), cross Rue de la Cavée, and walk along the cemetery. When you reach Rue Paul Helaine, turn right, then turn left onto the path that runs alongside the Gronde just before the small bridge.
(11) When you reach Rue du Débarquement, turn left, cross the RD514 Avenue Maurice Schumann road, continue straight towards the sea and arrive at the starting car park at Asnelles beach (S/E).
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