Start from the car park at Vaux-sur-Seine station (one of the sections of the Transilien J line, between Paris-Saint-Lazare and Mantes-la-Jolie).
(S/E) Opposite the station, turn left to take the footbridge over the railway line and turn right. Follow theGR®1straight ahead, leaving the Sente Quiété on your left. At the fork, keep right and stay on the tarmac.
(1) At the end of the boulevard, turn right. Before the bridge, turn left. At the crossroads, take the path opposite, to the left of the Chemin des Feuillerets, then continue to the right.
(2) Ignore the paths branching off to the left. Stay on the same level along the Chemin des Hautmonts. At the fork, keep to the right. After the mobile phone mast, turn left.
(3) At the end, continue to the right. Ignore the path leading down to the right. Further on, turn right.
(4) At the end of Chemin des Mareilles, head up to the left onto Chemin des Beauregards. Pass the Première Sente des Beauregards then turn right at the crossroads. Follow the descent to the cemetery situated higher up on the left.
(5) Leave Avenue des Fontenelles on your right and continue straight on past the cemetery. Keep right into Rue Galande. Go under the railway line and ignore Rue Corrouge. Go under the church.
(6) Go down the ramp on the left. Immediately after No. 163, turn right into the passage leading to Rue Cadot. Continue straight on to the roundabout by the Seine.
(7) Follow one of the footpaths on the left that run alongside the Seine. Before the bridge, take the steps on the left. Head right until you reach the middle of the bridge.
(8) Turn around. Cross the road at the first pedestrian crossing and head left. Turn right at the traffic lights. Cross Rue Paul Doumer. Go up the steps on the left into Rue du Dé. Follow Rue des Créneaux to the right.
(9) At the junction, keep slightly to the left, ignoring the one-way street. Go through the tunnel on the left-hand side. Cross at the second pedestrian crossing and continue along Rue du Lieutenant Lecomte to the right. Walk up to a junction.
(10) Turn left into Rue des Tournelles. Ignore the dead-end street. Turn right onto the one-way street. Go straight on at the junction, ignoring Rue des Réservoirs, and go up the dead-end street.
(11) Turn right and head up the path above the road. Follow the Sentier des Marais to the left, ignoring a path on the left.
(12) Follow the road to the left. Ignore Rue de la Source. Go down to the right then turn left at the crossroads.
(13) In front of the church, turn left. Pass the gate and keep right twice. At the next junction, go straight on into Rue du Chapitre and turn right onto Sente des Fontaines.
(14) At the end of the path, go past the dead end on the right then first turn left then right to follow the red and white markings ofthe GR®2. Ignore two paths on the right. Turn right at the end.
(15) At the end of Rue des Coteaux, head left up Chemin de la Grande Rue. Turn right at the junction and walk alongside the wall of the Château du Fay estate.
(16) At the crossroads, follow the small path marked in red and yellow straight ahead. Cross the road and follow the dead-end track. Pass the farm and ignore a path on the right. Turn left at the next crossroads. In the Bois de Bellefontaine, keep to the right and keep the fields on your right.
(17) At the end of the path, take the first street on the left. Cross at the pedestrian crossing and follow the lane opposite. Take the second path on the left. Go straight on and turn right after the farm. At the two crossroads, ignore the paths leading off to the right and left.
(18) At the three-way junction, go up to the left and ignore a path on the left and then on the right. At the junction, go straight on. At the end of the path, go up Rue des Écoles on the left. Enter the woods. After the barrier, take the road opposite. Cross at the pedestrian crossing to continue along Rue des Bois and take the one-way street.
(19) Enter the Bois de l'Hautil. At the next three junctions, go straight on. At the end of the path, turn left then right. At the crossroads, take the steeply descending path on the left, following the ‘Toit Jaune’ markers. At one of the markers, ignore a path branching off to the left.
(20) At the end of the path, turn left onto the street. Head up Sente du Jonquet on the right. At the end of Chemin des Valences, at the Stop sign, keep right.
(21) At the crossroads, go straight on past Chemin des Lilas. Keep left at the crossroads. Follow the red and white markings ofthe GR®1as you descend the steps on the left. Take the staircase on the right, the pedestrian crossing and the footbridge to reach the station and its car park (S/E).
