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(S/E) From Place de la Fontaine, a small square north of Place Charles De Gaulle (town hall) in Chinon town centre, with your back to the north, turn right onto Rue Voltaire. Continue straight ahead through the old town. The street name changes to Rue Haute Saint-Maurice. Continue almost to the end of the street.
(1) After the last houses, turn left onto a path, quickly join Quai Charles VII, cross the road and turn left to walk along the Vienne River to the Aliénor d'Aquitaine Bridge.
(2) Turn right onto the bridge and then, shortly after, above Île de Tours, take the path on the left that descends onto the island alongside a house. (See reviews, some people find this round trip uninteresting.) Continue along the gardens to the tip of the island.
(3) Turn around, go back up the bridge and turn right to return to the city centre.
(2) Cross Quai Jeanne D'Arc and continue opposite Rue Carnot. Take the first street on the right, Rue du Commerce, the shopping street of the modern town. You will come to the south of Place du Général De Gaulle and continue straight ahead. Take the first street on the left, Rue de la Lamproie. At the crossroads, turn right.
(4) At the intersection with Rue du Puy des Bancs, on the left, continue straight ahead on Rue Jean-Jacques Rousseau for a round trip on the hillsides of the Vienne. You will arrive at a square in front of the Collégiale Saint-Mexme. Turn left, pass in front of the collegiate church and then turn right onto Rue des Pitoches. Further on, look for the red and whiteGR®®3markings and follow them straight ahead along Rue du Coteau de Sainte-Radegonde.
(5) At the three-way junction, continue to the right, still on Rue du Coteau de Sainte-Radegonde. The path runs alongside troglodytic dwellings and leads to the Sainte-Radegonde Chapel. Continue along the path, which veers north further on.
(6) You will come to a road; first turn right then left, still on theGR®®. At the next intersection, turn right onto the path that climbs up through the vineyards. Continue to follow theGR®®3to discover the Chinonais vineyards.
(7) Turn around. Take the path to the left of the house when the path veers north to rejoin the road.
(6) Cross the road, walk up to the Sainte-Radegonde Chapel and continue straight ahead.
(5) Continue on the left to the Saint-Mexme Collegiate Church. Turn left in front of the church and head right onto Rue Jean-Jacques Rousseau to reach the intersection between Rue Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Rue Marceau and Rue du Puy des Bancs, which you passed on the way there.
(4) End of the round trip. Turn right onto Rue du Puy des Bancs and continue to the entrance to the Fortress of Chinon. Shortly after the lift, take the stairs on the left which lead down to Place de la Fontaine (S/E).
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