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Departure from car park "P1" at the entrance to Yvoire when coming from Sciez/Excennevex via the D25.
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(S/E) From the car park exit, head for the Place de la Mairie (war memorial). Turn right to enter the medieval village through the Porte de Rovorée. At the fork immediately ahead, turn right into Rue de l'Eglise. Pass the church (on your right) and go down Rue du Moulin to reach the old port of Yvoire.
(1) Turn right and immediately left onto a pontoon that leads to the harbour jetty: follow it to the end to enjoy a beautiful view of the castle and Lake Geneva. Retrace your steps.
(1) Back at the bottom of Rue du Moulin, walk along the harbour on your right. Just before a boathouse called "La Fouine", turn left and go up a staircase street. At the top, turn right onto Rue du Four Banal. At the end of the street (castle on the right), turn left onto Rue du Lac, towards the Jardin des 5 Sens. Pass the garden (on your left).
(2) At the crossroads, turn right and go down Rue du Port towards the pier. At the bottom, go around a restaurant on the left and you will come to the marina and the pier. Walk along the harbour on your right, staying as close to the water as possible. Almost at the end of the harbour, at Ponton D, leave the quay and take a small metal staircase on the left. Climb a path lined with wooden steps that winds around a few times and look for a house with red shutters on the right. At a crossroads, leave the wooden steps straight ahead and turn right towards the house (tree with a red and yellow marker) to come out onto a small road.
Red and yellow markings (GRP® Littoral du Léman)
(3) Follow the road (Rue des Mollards) on the right (take care). Just before a "Stop 100m" sign, turn right onto Chemin des Vaudois, a path that descends gently between property fences. At the lake, turn left onto the path and walk along the property fences on your right.
(4) At the "La Pénatière" signpost, continue straight ahead between a pink-plastered house (on your left) and a hedge (on your right). Then cross a private property, leaving a tennis court on your left (see practical information). At the exit, cross a stream, ignore a path leading off to the right and continue along a small tarmac road. At the stop sign (signposted "Gigot"), continue straight ahead towards Nernier (the time indicated, 25 minutes, is exaggerated).
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(5) At the crossroads (oratory), turn right towards Nernier. At a small car park and before a left-hand bend in the road, leave the road on the right and take a path between two walls. You will come out onto a small square. Leave the fountain on your left and continue straight ahead on Rue de la Tour, passing under a porch.
At the next crossroads (viewpoint over the lake a few metres ahead), turn left and cross Place Enrico Vegetti (plaque on the house on the left, bust on the right). Cross Rue de l'Eglise coming from the left and cross Place du Musée. At the end, turn right into Rue du Port. You will come out at the port and follow the jetty on the right-hand side.
(6) Retrace your steps and cross the Museum Square again. At the end, turn right onto Rue de l'Eglise. Pass in front of Saint Martin's Church and then a fountain. At the end of the street, turn left at an acute angle onto Rue de la Tour. Find the path you took on the way there and follow it to the right. At the end, continue left along the road and you will reach the oratory.
Red and yellow markings
(5) Turn left towards Yvoire and follow the same route as on the way there in the opposite direction: at the next crossroads, continue straight ahead (Impasse); at a fork, turn right and cross the private property with the tennis court again.
(4) Continue along the properties; turn right to go up Chemin des Vaudois; at the top, follow the road to the left (caution).
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(3) Continue along the road (do not go back down to the port). At a right-hand bend in the road, leave it and turn left to enter the medieval village through the Porte de Nernier (old tower).
(2) At the crossroads, turn right into Grande Rue. Follow this shopping street to Rue de l'Eglise. Then turn right to exit via the Porte de Rovorée. Turn left to return to the car park where you started (S/E).
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