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Park in the Froideval car park.
Yellow Ring markings.
(S/E) Walk down the cul-de-sac and cross the Haute-Saône Canal.
(1) Turn right onto the path that crosses the River La Douce and climbs into the forest. (Do not take the green corridor that runs alongside the canal). Halfway up the climb, look out for the crossroads at a hairpin bend in the path.
(2) Turn left. Cross the forest and, after passing under a power line, you’ll reach the first houses of Botans. Pass four small streets on your right and turn right towards Dorans on the D9 Rue de Dorans.
(3) Pass in front of the Botans Agricultural Museum. Continue straight on, crossing the bridge over the N1019 expressway.
(4) Immediately afterwards, turn left and take a path that runs alongside the expressway below.
(5) When you reach the D18, turn left, go under the expressway and over the A36 motorway.
(6) Turn left immediately after the motorway and then left again to follow the Coulée Verte, which runs alongside the Canal de la Haute Saône.
Note: You can take a short detour to see the canal bridge crossing the Savoureuse. In this case, at point 6, take the Coulée Verte on the right heading south. The canal bridge is 200 m away. Then retrace your steps.
(7) Cross the D9 Rue du Port and take the road opposite to go under the A36 motorway. Continue straight on until the first bridge over the canal you passed on the way out.
(1) Do not go under the bridge but veer slightly left, then turn right to cross over the canal and return to the starting car park (S/E).
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