Champagne bubbles in Seine-et-Marne

This walk is not circular; it starts at Nanteuil/Saâcy-sur-Marne station and leads to La Ferté-sous-Jouarre station via the hills along the left bank of the Marne.

(S) With your back to the station, head left, leaving the memorial (Wagon des Déportés) on your right, cross the road (Avenue du Général Leclerc) and take the green path that runs alongside the railway line, then turn right into the fields.

Red/white markings for^{the GR®} 14A

(1) Take the first path on the left, then turn right and then left onto a small track leading to Citry church; walk down Rue de la Ferme and turn right, before the railway bridge, into Rue des Buttes.

(2) Turn right into Rue de la Marne, cross the small square and head up the road opposite into Rue Michaud, which turns into a farm track. Continue straight on at the junction with Chemin des Meulières, veer slightly to the right at the next junction and carry on to the Dhuys aqueduct.

End of red/white markings

(3) Turn right and follow this aqueduct as it winds through the vineyards. Cross Rue de Villaré and continue straight on.

(4) Cross the D55, continue along the Dhuys to the first junction and turn right down a farm track which becomes the Chemin de Bussières.

Yellow markings

(5) Turn left onto the first track, Chemin de Citry, then, before the Ru Philippe, turn right onto a footpath leading to the roundabout in the town centre.

End of yellow markings

(6) Turn left into the high street, continue straight on along Rue Chef de Ville, veer slightly to the right onto Rue de Laval and, after 100 m, turn left onto Chemin du Martret.

(7) Turn right onto the first track and continue climbing (ignore the turn-offs to the left and right) until you reach the aqueduct.

(8) Follow the aqueduct on your right as it winds through the woods for over 2 km.

(9) Turn right onto a farm track at a barrier across the path, then take the first track on the right and follow it to the hamlet of La Charbonnière (yellow markings).

(10) Head up towards Rue Roger Simon in Le Tillet, then, at a place called Cornevent, turn onto the first path on the right towards the wash house. Follow the path uphill to rejoin Rue Roger Simon (end of the yellow markings).

::11: Walk up Rue de la Cave opposite, and leave it at the first junction on the left, on leaving the village.

Red/white markings for^{the GR®11A}

(12) Continue along this signposted path, through a beautiful wetland area, to the cemetery at Reuil-en-Brie.

End of red/white markings

(13) Turn left at the corner of the cemetery to follow the purple^PR® markings along a path leading into Rue Gambetta, then left into Rue du Commandant Frot, right for 50 metres, then left into Rue de Rohan, and cross the road opposite Reuil-en-Brie Town Hall.

(14) Cross the car park diagonally to the left and, at the corner of the fence, take a path on the right leading towards the Marne.

Red/white markings for^{the GR®11A}

Follow the bank of the Marne on the left, pass the stud farm and the tennis courts, and continue on to La Ferté-sous-Jouarre.

(15) Go through the gate by the first blocks of flats, follow the Marne along the pavement on Quai André Planson or along the water’s edge, until you reach the bridge in the town centre.

(16) Turn right, cross the bridge and head straight up through the town centre along Rue des Pelletiers, then Rue Michel Fauvet.

(17) At the top of the street, turn left into Rue de la Gare, which runs parallel to the D603 county road. Cross the road at the pedestrian crossing to reach La Ferté-sous-Jouarre station opposite (E).

Departure from Nanteuil-Saâcy station (Transilien line P, on the section between Paris-Est and Château-Thierry).
There is one train per hour in each direction on the P line between Paris-Est and Château-Thierry. For further details, please visit the Transilien website.

For motorists: Nanteuil/Saâcy-sur-Marne and La Ferté-sous-Jouarre stations have car parks. You can leave your car at either station, or leave it at La Ferté-sous-Jouarre and travel by train to Saâcy. Please note that the car park at Saâcy gets very busy from Monday to Friday from 7.00 am, so you may need to park nearby, either in Nanteuil or Saâcy.

All shops are in Saâcy-sur-Marne.

The vineyards of the Marne Valley, the church at Saâcy-sur-Marne.
The Lavoir du Tillet, the church at Reuil-en-Brie.
The banks of the Marne at La Ferté-sous-Jouarre, a source of inspiration for the painter A. Planson.
The Town Hall in La Ferté-sous-Jouarre.