La Cense Saint-Paul in Saizerais

Park in the town hall car park.

(S/E) Head towards the Haute Épine estate heading south, via Rue Saint-Amand, then Rue des Pétunias, and join Chemin du Ruisseau.

(1) Turn left onto this path, go round the back of the stadium and follow it, then turn left, followed immediately by a right. You will arrive at Rue des Magnolias; cross it to take Impasse des Troënes, then cross Allée des Merisiers to leave the Haute Épine estate.

(2) Then, take the path on the right known as the Grande Tranchée, which climbs towards the Forêt de l’Avant-Garde.
This path is also part of the Nancy-Metz route, which links the two cities of Lorraine. Every year on 8 May, hundreds of walkers complete this route, sometimes in one direction, sometimes in the other. After a little over 500 m, the path passes through the middle of a former plantation of Austrian black pines ravaged by the storm of 1999. In the evening, it is common to spot roe deer venturing boldly into the fields at the edge of the woods.

(3) The path climbs gradually until it reaches a junction with a track used for forestry operations. Follow this track to the right for a few dozen metres, but do not miss the signpost on the right leading to a small path that runs along the edge of regenerating plots.
Follow this path for just under a kilometre until you reach a junction. Turn right onto the path that continues to wind its way through hawthorns and blackthorns.

(4) If you follow this path to the end, it joins the Chemin de la Procession, which leads to Liverdun, but this route soon takes a small path on the right that leads out onto the fields near the plot known as La Cense Saint-Paul.

(5) Turn right and head straight up, skirting the paddocks of the Neyette equestrian centre.
From here, the view of the village is superb and, in fine weather, you can see the hill of Mousson far to the north. Then walk past the stables of La Neyette to reach the tarmac road leading back to the village.

(6) Before reaching the A-road, the signposting veers off to the right, keeping you below the road, and leads out at the Croix Bernard.

(7) Continue along Chemin de Thiaucourt, then Rue des Pétunias, and return to the junction from the outward journey.

(1) Continue straight on to the town hall car park (S/E).

Between 2003 and 2005, the OXYGENE association successfully completed a project to mark out 17 km of trails within the municipality of Saizerais.

This network of trails, which is marked out and regularly maintained by the association, offers a choice of six routes ranging from 6 to 12 km, all starting and finishing in the centre of the village of Saizerais.

The trails are signposted from the town hall; they can be walked in either direction and are accessible to pedestrians, mountain bikes and horses.

If you love horses, a short stop at the Neyette riding centre is a must .

Every Friday, there is a sale of artisan bread at Fournil de Charles, Chemin du Ruisseau.