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Park in the car park at Salin de la Palme and the La Pacheyrasso restaurant.
Access via the D709 from Port-la-Nouvelle.
(S/E) From the car park, head towards the D709 and take it on the left. Almost directly opposite, take a path that joins a road (very little traffic). Continue along this road on the left, between wasteland and vineyards, until you reach the entrance to La Palme.
(1) At the entrance to La Palme, turn left onto Rue du Lavoir. It passes a pond and leads to the wash house. At this point, turn left onto Rue des Palmiers and continue to Rue de la Mer. Follow this road to the right. At the end of Rue de la Mer, go through the Porte de la Barbacane and continue along Rue Michel Ange into the old village.
Then turn right towards Place Saint-Jean, pass to the left of the church and the castle to reach the cemetery. Turn right into Rue Lamartine then left into Rue des Corbières until you reach the exit of La Palme.
(2) Once at the end of Rue des Corbières, continue along an old road that climbs slightly. It soon becomes a footpath. After a sharp bend to the left, continue to a junction where an old sheepfold is signposted.
(3) Turn right. Wind your way through the area known as Cante-Perdix, amidst the heath and vineyards. At the end of this, join a new path at a T-junction.
(4) Turn left onto it. Leave it at the next junction to head north towards the wind farm. Cross the wind farm and join theGR®367, which is shared with theGRP® (the old Occitan-Catalan border trail).
(5) Take it to the right. Walk easily through the heath, past an isolated house, then, at a junction at a place called Garrigue Haute, head left towards Port-la-Nouvelle and Combe de Buis Ouest. Cross a ravine then descend towards Port-la-Nouvelle. Pass the hamlet of Combe de Buis Est. Reach the roundabout at the entrance to Port-la-Nouvelle.
(6) Cross the roundabout and take the bridge opposite over the railway line. Head towards the town centre along the wide Avenue Charles De Gaulle. This part of the walk is not the most attractive as it crosses Port-la-Nouvelle via wide avenues.
Continue along Avenue Charles de Gaulle until you reach thefourth roundabout.
(7) Cross the avenue before the roundabout and turn left onto Rue Parmentier until you reach the harbour and Avenue de la Mer at the end.
(8) Turn right onto this avenue and follow it along the harbour. Continue along this avenue until you reach the harbour master’s office, the casino and the beach.
(9) Here, there are two options:
- take Boulevard du Front de Mer to the end,
- or walk along the beach. The sand here is firm and walking is no trouble at all. This will take you to the end of the seafront.
(10) Here, there are two more options:
- walk along the beach as far to the right as possible, close to the vegetation,
- stay as close to the sea as possible whilst avoiding the soft sand (this is the option I chose).
For both options, there will be wide stretches of water to cross.
Head to the end of the beach where it narrows to a strip of sand about twenty metres wide, before the large stretches of water where the salt marshes begin.
(11) Turn right. Reach a road running alongside the railway line. Turn left onto it. Follow it to reach the level crossing.
(12) Cross the railway line and walk alongside the salt marshes. Reach the junction with the D709.
(13) Turn left onto it and follow it for a few dozen metres , taking great care. After a sign on the left indicating “Expédition de sel”, take a path on the right.
Stay on this path, which runs parallel to the road. This will take you back to the Salin de la Palme car park (S/E).
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