Parking on Place de la Libération in Clervaux.
(S/E) Return to the N18 and turn right towards Marnach. Just before the bend, take the path on your left that crosses the road. Cross the N18 with caution and take the steps opposite. Turn right and cross the small cemetery. Go through the gate and climb up. At the top, head straight ahead towards the house.
Yellow diamond sign
(1) The road turns right and becomes closed to motor vehicles but open to bicycles. The climb is steep. Leave the forest. Once you are further away from the forest, turn around and enjoy the view of the bell tower of Clervaux Abbey and the surrounding countryside.
(2) At the bend, go straight ahead onto the dirt track. Walk to the intersection on your left. Further on, ignore the path on your left and continue straight ahead. The path begins to climb.
(3) At the fork, take the path on your left. Then, at the signpost, continue straight ahead.
(4) At the three-way junction, keep right. Continue climbing.
(5) At the intersection, keep left. The trail continues uphill.
(6) At the intersection, turn left. Ignore the path on your right and leave the trail.
Without markings
Continue straight ahead until you reach the multiple intersection.
(7) Take thesecond marked path on your left, almost directly in front of you.
White sign on blue background
Ignore the path on the left, then the one on the right, and descend to the road. Change of signposting.
CFL signpost
(8) Go straight ahead and cross the bridge over the Irbich. Go up.
(9) At the fork, turn left and leave the signposting.
No signposts
Walk along the road for 800 m, ignoring the paths on your right, until you reachthe third one. (If you have crossed the stream, you have gone too far.)
(10) Continue along this dirt track, keeping the stream on your left at a distance.
(11) Ignore the path going uphill on your right and continue straight ahead until you reach the road. Turn left.
CFL signpost
Cross over the stream.
(12) Ignore the path on your left and continue on the road turning to the right. Go uphill. A road will come back on your left; continue straight ahead. Pass some houses, go downhill and you will come to a crossroads.
(13) Cross at the pedestrian crossing and take the stairs. At the road, after the car park, head towards the chapel opposite. Take the path downhill to the right of the chapel until you reach the X-shaped intersection with a signpost. Abandon the signposts.
No signposts
(14) Take the path downhill opposite, towards Clervaux centrum. You will come to a road in front of the gates of the Hôtel du Parc on your left.
(15) Take the steps opposite and descend to the road. Turn left. At the N18, cross carefully to reach the car park and head left towards the no-entry road.
(16) Take this road, following the river, the Clerve, and the back of the houses. Further on, pass behind the statue of the soldier on your right and return to Place de la Libération, either by taking the pedestrian walkway starting in front of the statue or by following the river, passing behind the buildings. (S/E)