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The parking point is in the car park next to the spa and rehabilitation centre. Alternatively, there is another car park at the Maison des Associations next to the roundabout where the D27 and D250 roads meet (the route passes this way on the return journey: in this case, adjust the route description to reach the starting point of the route).
(S/E) Leave the car park heading towards the D27 road. Cross it as soon as possible (protected crossing just after the bus stop). Turn left and follow the road until you pass the Hôtel Beau Séjour.
(1) Walk 100m, cross the D86 road (known as the Route de Woerth when heading towards Durrenbach) and take the footpath leading to the Maison des Associations car park. Go under the building through the archway between the Maison des Associations and the Eaux de la Sauer facility. Just after the archway there is a drinking fountain provided free of charge by the water department and two picnic tables.
Take the cycle path by turning left until you reach the junction with Route de Gunstett. Cross Route de Gunstett with great care due to heavy traffic (protected crossing). Immediately turn right to follow the cycle path that runs alongside the road. Pass the entrance to Didiland Leisure Park and cross Route de Gunstett with care (using the pedestrian crossing) to continue along the cycle path, which soon crosses over the Sauer. A pretty step-style wash house is situated on the banks of the Sauer on the other side of the road, right next to the bridge (access via the pedestrian crossing).
(2) Continue along the cycle path, which crosses a landscaped area near the entrance to Gunstett. Turn right onto the farm track that serves a few houses and runs alongside an open field on the left. The farm track turns left, runs alongside gardens before crossing the edge of the Bois de Beuelmatt, then joins the Impasse de la Rivière after passing a few fields and pastures. Go straight on to the end of the Impasse de la Rivière. Turn right onto the street that ends at the banks of the Sauer. Walk to the pretty wooden wash house on the Sauer.
(3) Walk back a few dozen metres, and at a large open space just before the first house on the right, turn right to cross this wide open area. Turn right before the mill to cross the River Sauer. Go round the mill by turning left. Turn left again to cross the bridge over the River Sauer and head towards the sawmill. Turn left and head up Rue du Général Koenig towards the village centre. Turn right onto Chemin de Neuweg (before entering Rue du Maréchal de Lattre de Tassigny). Pass the Wendling farm on your right.
(4) A little further on, turn left onto a farm track that climbs gently towards the houses of the village of Gunstett along the Route de Surbourg. Cross the Route de Surbourg with great care and take the farm track opposite (slightly to the left). Continue straight on to the top of the hill and then turn right onto a virtually flat farm track. This track passes a wayside cross shortly afterwards (on the left). Continue along this track, which takes a sharp right-angle bend to the left before passing under a medium-voltage power line and reaching a road. Turn right and proceed with caution along the road (it is possible to walk along the left-hand verge). The road bends to the left and then climbs to the top of the hill.
(5) At the top of the wooded hill, turn left into the forest track in the Fuchshuebel woods (heading west). Flat at first, the track then descends gently. Go straight across the first crossroads.
(6) Take the second forest track on the left and continue along it until you leave the woods. The forest track turns into a farm track that gently slopes through an area alternating between patches of woodland and small cultivated plots. Continue to Rue des Prés in the village of Oberdorf (below a farm).
(7) Immediately, turn right onto a farm track that skirts the village of Oberdorf. This track runs alongside the gardens behind several modern houses and eventually joins Rue de l’École after a fairly steep descent. Walk down Rue de l'École until you reach the church. At the end of the street, turn left and join the main road in Oberdorf-Spachbach, which you follow for two to three hundred metres.
(8) Turn right onto Rue de Gunstett, which quickly becomes a farm track. This flat track skirts a field and runs alongside the woodland on the slope of Mont de Gunstett. It heads towards the village of Gunstett, which you reach by passing behind the Didiland leisure park. Just before reaching Route de Gunstett, the path passes another Gunstett wash house. This wash house is built from large cut stone steps. Cross Route de Gunstett with care (at the pedestrian crossing) to join the cycle path.
(2) Turn right and return to the car park in front of the Maison des Associations via the same route as on the way out. Continue past the Maison des Associations car park, taking the cycle path which joins Route de Haguenau D27 at the junction with the D86. Cross the D86 and follow the D27 back up to the front of the Hôtel Beau Séjour.
(1) Cross the D27 road with care (at the pedestrian crossing) near the hotel and enter the spa’s grounds. Take the path that goes round the back of the spa. When you reach the corner of the south building, turn right onto the path leading to the car park, which marks the end of this walk (S/E).
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