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By car, park in the shaded parking spaces on Boulevard Tzarewich or take the Nice bus network "Ligne d'Azur" bus lines 8 or 23 to the departure point. Get off at the Russian Orthodox Cathedral of Saint Nicholas (recommended visit).
(S/E) Then go to the site's entrance gate and walk up Avenue Nicolas II. At the crossroads, turn right and take Boulevard Tsaréwitch. Leave Rue de la Bruyère on your left and continue straight ahead to reach Boulevard François Grosso. Please note that there is heavy traffic in this neighbourhood.
Turn left onto Boulevard François Grosso, which slopes downwards. Continue straight ahead, ignoring two small crossroads, until you reach the traffic lights at the junction with Avenue Estienne d'Orves. At this large junction, turn right onto Avenue Estienne d'Orves until you reach the car park and the entrance to the park of the same name.
(1) Take the pedestrian passageway on the left of the car park. At the exit of the passageway, turn right onto a tarmac path and walk along the car park on your right until you reach a T-junction of small tarmac roads (note the Villa Sorguebelle on your right, built in 1740, which was used for storing citrus fruits).
Turn left and walk along a playground. At the end of the playground, take a dirt path on the right that climbs through the woods (yellow and red markings). Cross a winding tarmac road several times. At the top of the woods, you will arrive at a crossroads. On your left is Villa Bellevue, the former home of the Comte d'Estienne d'Orves, covered with trompe-l'oeil friezes.
(2) Turn left and walk alongside Villa Bellevue. Follow the path (marked yellow and red) and ignore the two small paths branching off to the right. The path crosses an olive grove. At the end of the grove, the path opens up onto a large crossroads.
(3) Turn left and immediately take the left-hand path. Continue along the path to reach a thousand-year-old olive tree, which offers a beautiful view of the sea. Continue straight ahead on this path, which climbs towards the north of the park, where there is a picnic area. The path then curves to the right and descends, passing by an old country house, before coming to a crossroads. Turn left to quickly reach a crossroads you have already passed.
(3) Turn left (east-southeast) to reach another crossroads you have already passed (Villa Bellevue on the right).
(2) Head straight towards the forest and follow the path you took on the way there (downhill). This will take you back to the car park and the park entrance.
(1) Cross Avenue Estienne d'Orves heading north. Take Rue Beausite opposite, which goes uphill. Immediately after the left-hand bend, climb the steps on the right. You will reach Avenue Primerose; continue straight ahead. Pass École Saint-Philippe and continue straight ahead on Avenue Primerose until you reach number 25.
(4) Just after No. 25, turn right and go down an imposing staircase. At the bottom, turn right onto Avenue Dauphiné. Pass under a railway bridge. Join Boulevard Tzarewitch and follow it to the right. Cross Boulevard Grosso on the right-hand side and continue straight ahead on Boulevard Tzarewitch, which will take you back to the finish area. Then turn left onto Avenue Nicolas II to reach the cathedral (S/E).
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Moderate 
Tourism professional
Difficult 
