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The walk starts at the bottom of the 100-step staircase on Houlgate beach, in front of the entrance to the Camping de la Plage campsite. There is a small free car park in the street leading to the campsite, about 100 metres before it.
(S/E) Climb the 100-step staircase (actually 139 steps) built of brick in the 1880s. At the top, turn left onto Rue Baumier, and you will be on the GR®223. At the right-hand bend, continue straight ahead until you reach a newly installed metal staircase.
(1) You will arrive at the orientation table where you can enjoy the view. Go back down and continue eastwards through the old Bois de Boulogne along the Chemin du Sémaphore. You will arrive on the Route de la Corniche.
(2) Follow it for about 2.5 km. Continue to the junction with Chemin Blandin, shortly after the campsite and the entrance to the Résidence du Domaine de la Corniche.
(3) Just after the Résidence du Domaine de la Corniche, turn left onto Chemin Blandin. After the right-hand bend, continue for about 400 m, then turn left onto Chemin de l'Église. Stay on this paved road until you reach the car park of the Notre-Dame d'Auberville church.
(4) Visit the church, then return to the car park and take the Chemin de l'Église au Manoir on the left, heading east. You are still on the GR®223. Ignore a tarmac road on the right and stay on the GR® until the next junction.
(5) The path branches off to the left and is called Chemin du Manoir à l'Église. It leads through the forest towards Villiers-sur-Mer. You will come to afirst roundabout, where you take the road on the right, Chemin du Manoir, until you reachthe second roundabout.
(6) Take thesecond street on the left, Rue Convers. Immerse yourself in the seaside atmosphere among the villas and chalets of Villers-sur-Mer. At the end of Rue Convers, you will come to a bend in another street, Rue Charles Koechlin.
(7) Follow it to the left, then keep right, then right again, along Rue des Bosquets with its pretty brick villas. Go straight ahead and, atthe second crossroads, turn left onto Rue Pigeory. At the end of the street, after the right-hand bend, you will come to the steps leading down to Villiers-sur-Mer beach.
(8) Go down to the beach and turn left, following the coast. BE CAREFUL to only set off at low tide, 3 to 4 hours after high tide. If necessary, wait on the beach for the sea to recede.
Walk along the beach, admiring the cliffs, the limestone blocks washed up on the beach and covered with seaweed, and the fossils emerging from the sand or clay flows, and return to the 100-step staircase (S/E).
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