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Head to Gignac-la-Nerthe, turning right after the Carrefour supermarket on the D481. In the La Viguière neighbourhood, park at the end of Rue Honoré Daumier.
(S/E) From the car park, take the steps and the path towards the tunnel under the motorway. After the tunnel, immediately take the path on the right.
At the fork, below the ruins and the Chapelle Saint-Michel, turn right (towards the high-voltage pylon). When you reach a concrete slope, pass under the high-voltage line (nice view of the chapel).
(1) After following the high-voltage line, at the fork, turn left and pass under the high-voltage line. At the next fork, take the path that climbs slightly to the left.
Do not take the next two paths on the left and right, continue straight ahead.
(2) At the fork with a small rusty sign, take the path on the left that does not go uphill (elevation 186)
Then turn right after about 200 metres.
Join the road coming from the right that climbs uphill and continue straight ahead (behind you, there is a beautiful view of the airport and Mont Ventoux behind the Vitrolles radar dome).
When you reach the top, you will see Marseille and the harbour below, with Le Rove below. Take the path furthest to the right that climbs towards a yellow marker.
When you reach the second yellow marker, take the path on the right that descends steeply. Pass through the scree as it is slippery.
(3) Don't miss the path that climbs up to the left at the bottom (do not continue straight ahead on the path that climbs up opposite). Then descend towards Le Rove.
Pass the hunters' car park and continue straight ahead on the path that climbs up to the reservoir. When you reach the two green barriers, take the path on the right that climbs up to the reservoir.
(4) When you reach the crossroads, take the path on the right that climbs uphill (not marked on the map). Stay on this ridge path overlooking Le Rove.
When you reach the crossroads (elevation 238), there is a rusty sign marked "12" and a small white plastic reservoir. Take the very wide path on the left that leads back to the pond (ignore the two paths on the right).
(5) When you reach the crossroads (elevation 218), take the path opposite that climbs with one hairpin bend. After the hairpin bend, you will reach the pass where the immense view of the Étang de Berre reappears.
The first right-hand bend downhill is paved. Then continue straight ahead (do not take the paths on the right or left).
Further on, do not take the path that climbs up to the high-voltage pylon, but stay on the path that goes around the cave on the right.
(6) Cross a path at the three EDF poles and take the leftmost path. Then follow the left path uphill, at the graffiti on the rock on the right.
Leave the path before reaching the plastic tank, taking the path on the right that descends.
Keep right on the main path that leads back below the Saint-Michel Chapel.
Turn right and go back under the tunnel at the start to reach the car park (S/E).
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