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To get to the car park at the start of the walk, follow the signs in Gevrey Chambertin towards Nuits-Saint-Georges, take the D974 and then, before leaving the village, turn right onto Rue de la Croix des Champs. At the Place des Lois roundabout, take the D122, Route des Grands Crus, also known as Rue du Chambertin, then at the corner of a hotel-wine bar, turn right onto Rue du Chêne. Pass a square with a well, then turn left onto Rue de Curley. At the next fork, turn right and continue straight up to the edge of the forest. The car park is a large open space at the edge of the forest. There are even information boards describing the view and, at the end, the Sentier du Tacot footpath.
(S/E) Walk down the road you just drove up, then turn right onto a path running parallel to Route des Grands Crus on the hillside. You will reach theGRP®® des Grands Crus crossroads. Take it straight ahead for just a few metres. You will come to another crossroads at the edge of the vineyards.
(1) Turn 90° to the right onto an unmarked but well-maintained path that climbs up into the Combe Grisard. This is an educational trail with a few information panels. You will reach a support tunnel.
(2) Cross it and immediately take a path on the left that leads to the top of the tunnel. Here, join the Tacot route. Then go left for a few metres to see an engineering structure on the Tacot line.
After seeing the tunnel, retrace your steps and continue to the left. The gravel Tacot trail continues along the side of the valley and, after a right-hand bend, offers a clear view of the coastal villages and, in the distance, possibly the Jura mountains.
(3) Continue for a few metres until you reach a stone on the ground marked with a white cross. Turn right onto a short, slightly uphill path that curves slightly to the left. Enter the forest by taking a path marked in white on the right that climbs into the forest. You will reach a crossroads.
(4) Leave the white-marked trail. Take a straight path on the right that descends quite steeply. At the bottom of this fairly short descent, climb up to the left for a short but very steep distance. Ignore all the paths on the right and left to reach a four-way crossroads.
(5) Turn right onto a wide path that leads to a forest road and the Tacot rest stop, known as Hallte de Curley, which can be used as a shelter.
(6) Continue straight ahead until you see the edge of the woods opposite. Take the path on the right and you will arrive at Combe de Creuse.
(7) Turn right into the Hauts de la Combe. Pass two paths on the right, then walk a few metres to the right to meet the blue trail. You will find it on the left.
(8) Follow it. At the CAF Bleue sign on a tree in Combe Creuse, be careful here: do not go down to the left behind it, as further on there is an excessively steep and difficult passage, now with trees across it, and it is no longer maintained.
Instead, continue along the Blue trail until you reach a crossroads with several signs pointing to Gevrey.
(9) Do not turn right or take the ridge path at the edge of Combe Lavau. Go straight ahead. The path is easy. Follow it for a long time until you reach a crossroads in Bois Plein de la Belle Croix.
(10) Continue to the right, descend quite steeply into the woods and you will come to the road. Go slightly uphill to the right and take a path on the left that leads directly to the car park (S/E).
Very pleasant, easy. Alternating sections through woodland and lovely open views of the villages.
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