Park in the Jeanneau Noirmoutier car park.
(S/E) With your back to the car park, turn right onto Rue de la Pointe et le Port, then continue along Rue de la Linière.
(1) Turn left to reach the beach at low tide, then walk eastwards across the sand until you come to a road leading onto the beach.
(2) Head right, due south, along this road, pass a road on your right and, at the junction with Rue de la Linière, turn left for 60 metres, then right towards Rue du Martroger. Walk round the old Abbaye de la Blanche. Stay on this road until you reach the crossroads with Chemin de la Gogue.
(3) Turn left onto it. Then walk along the right-hand side of the stone wall enclosing the grounds of the former abbey. You’ll come to a bend that’s almost at a right angle.
(4) Turn left, still following the property wall. Pass through the hamlet of Porte Pireau, then follow Rue de la Porte Pireau due north until you reach the junction with Rue de la Blanche.
(5) Turn right onto this road and walk for 200 metres until you come to a road on the left which takes you back to the beach; continue along the marshes.
(6) Leave the beach by taking Rue du Mardi Gras, then turn left into Rue du Vieil; at the junction, turn right onto Rue des Grandes Rousières, then left at the next junction to join and cross the D5.
(7) Cross the small bridge on the left, then turn right onto the Chemin de la Sallaisière.
(8) Turn left past the sewage treatment works, then take the first path on the right.
(9) Turn right before the small bridge, then left at the fork, continuing westwards.
(10) Turn right onto Chemin de la Roulière.
(11) Turn left, then right towards Rue de Guérande.
(12) Turn left onto Rue du Puits Forteau to reach the beach and continue along the coastal path to a car park.
(13) Cut right across the car park and head towards Rue du Port. Carry on to the roundabout. Then turn left to return to the car park at (S/E)