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Starting point and access: Rueil-Malmaison station.
- RER - Line A, on the section between Paris and Saint-Germain-en-Laye.
Take exit 1 Rue des Deux Gares.
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(S) Cross Rue des Deux Gares, follow this street to the left and immediately turn right onto Avenue Édouard Belin. At the roundabout, turn left, cross a street (sculpture) and then Cours Ferdinand de Lesseps towards the banks of the Seine.
Go around the pond on the right or left (pergolas). Cross Rue Louis Blériot, go down some steps and cross Place des Impressionnistes. Go down some more steps, cross a street and first turn right then left to reach the Seine towpath.
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(1) Turn right towards Nanterre and walk along the river on your left. Go around a pumping station on the right, then turn left, still towards Nanterre, and join the towpath.
(2) After a playground on the right-hand side and just before a large sign for "Promenade Bad Soden", leave the towpath and turn right towards a Wallace fountain and then the entrance to the Parc des Impressionnistes. Enter the garden and walk under a pergola. At the crossroads (arbour), take a paved path on the left.
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Shortly before the park exit, leave the marked path, turn right onto a stabilised path and walk along a small pond on your left. Go around a pond on the right and walk between two clumps of reeds. At a crossroads (bridge on the left), turn right and walk around a pond in an anti-clockwise direction. Pass a shelter with benches and arrive at a crossroads with the bridge seen earlier on the left. Then turn right and exit the park.
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(3) Turn right and follow the towpath towards Nanterre again with the Seine on your left (actually a branch of the Seine, with Île Fleurie on the opposite bank). Pass a road sign for the exit from Rueil-Malmaison and continue along the towpath.
(4) Take the winding metal footbridge over a channel. At the exit, turn left onto a gravel path. Go through a metal barrier and turn left. Back at the banks of the Seine, turn right, go through a barrier and follow the towpath again. When you reach a street that bends to the right, continue straight ahead and go through a chicane.
(5) Shortly before the motorway bridge (screw conveyor that lifts water from the Seine), turn right and enter the Parc du Chemin de l'Île. Cross a small pond (information panels on the left) and continue along a concrete esplanade. Go straight ahead and walk along the ponds on your right (for more bucolic alternatives, see the practical information). At the end, turn right and leave the park via the "Hoche 1" entrance.
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(6) Cross Avenue Hoche and follow it to the left, walking alongside a building clad in red wood. At the corner of this building, turn right onto a paved path (Rue de la Cité Blanche). Cross Rue Germaine Tillion and continue straight ahead along the path between small wooden-clad buildings. At the end, turn left and follow Rue Ampère to its end.
At the traffic lights, cross Avenue de la Commune de Paris and enter Parc Hoche through a small gate. N.B. The paths in this park, created above the A86 tunnel, are not shown on the map. Turn right immediately, leave a skateboard area on your left and turn left to reach the exit.
Cross Rue Becquet and follow Avenue de la République. Cross Rue Faidherbe and turn right onto a slightly downhill gravel path. Cross a small park with playgrounds and then a small square. Then turn left onto Boulevard de la Seine. At the end, you will find Nanterre-Ville station (E) on your right.
To return home:
- RER - Line A, towards Paris or Saint-Germain-en-Laye.
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