Start from the car park at the Alain Mimoun Sports Complex, Boulevard Louis Renault in Elisabethville.
(S/E) With your back to the car park, take a few steps to the right and enter Nelly Rodi Park to see the bandstand. Exit the park and head towards the church on Place de Louvain. Continue to the right of the church along Avenue de Dixmude.
(1) At entrance G of a residential block, turn left into a lane that runs alongside a small block of flats (stairwells 1 and 3), then continue to the right until you come out opposite the Queen Astrid School. Turn left onto Boulevard du Commerce, then right onto Boulevard Pierre Lefaucheux and right again onto Boulevard de la République. Cross Avenue de Dixmude.
(2) Head right onto Avenue d’Ypres, then left onto Boulevard du Commerce. Pass two junctions, then turn left.
(3) Turn right and go round Place de l’Étoile, keeping the monument on your right. Turn left onto Boulevard de la Plage (look out for a sign for Le Giboin restaurant). Cross Avenue de Liège and Avenue de la Marne.
(4) Turn left onto Avenue d’Ypres, then carry on until you reach a T-junction.
(5) Turn right onto Boulevard de Mantes, then right again onto Boulevard de Paris, and take the second left onto Boulevard Victor Hugo. Go round a roundabout, then cross Avenue du Maréchal Foch to reach Avenue du Canal opposite. Take the first left onto Avenue d’Hérubé, and then immediately left again into a cul-de-sac leading to a small park. Walk through it towards the left to leave the park.
(6) Continue to the right onto Avenue du Maréchal Foch, go round a roundabout and carry on straight ahead towards the car park for the ‘Salle du Bout du Monde’ (signposted). Ignore a turn-off to the left and, a little further on, cross the River Mauldre.
(7) Turn right immediately (look for a sign for birdwatching observatories) to walk alongside the river on your right. A little further on, turn right over a small bridge.
(8) Turn sharply left immediately. A little further on, cross another small bridge.
(9) At the T-junction, turn left to walk alongside the Giboin on your right. Ignore a path branching off to the right.
(10) After passing through a metal barrier, take a path on the right which runs alongside the Seine on your left. Ignore a turning on the right. Further on, go through a gate, continue to the right until you reach the Promenade Henri Cuq, walk along the river towards the playground, then head right towards the car park. Walk back up Boulevard Louis Renault until you reach the starting point (S/E).


