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To start this walk, go to the car park opposite the church, built in red Vosges stone.
(S/E) Opposite the church, turn left onto Rue de l'Église and walk for 100 metres, then turn left just after number 9 on this street to take a grassy path that runs behind the house.
This short climb will take you to a paved road where you will see a house with a very unusual turtle-shaped design on your left.
(1) At the crossroads, continue straight ahead. After about 400 metres of road through fields and two bends, one of which is a hairpin bend, take the forest path on the right marked with a blue disc.
After passing through a small copse, you will arrive at a grassy path. Walking sticks will come in handy on this steep slope. 100m further up, you will arrive at the back of a hotel.
(2) Continue on the asphalt road and turn left at the three-way junction. The route passes in front of a house in the hamlet of Le Faudé and ends on a footpath. Continue for about 60 m until you reach a forest track.
(3) Turn left towards La Roche du Chat Noir and follow this track southwards.
(4) At the three-way junction, turn right to continue on the forest track after seeing La Roche du Chat Noir, taking the path on the left where there is a large antenna.
Back at the three-way junction, follow the path on the right for 100 m, then turn right again at the intersection and continue for about 100 m.
(5) After passing the piles of wood on your left, look for a small path on the left that leads to the Tour du Faudé.
This will take you to a forest road. Continue along this road on the right and after 50m take a path on your left towards the tower. Follow the signs for "Tour du Faudé".
The return journey is via the small path you took to reach the tower, then downhill. At the intersection on your right, head towards the Croix de Bermont or take the forest path (longer) from the top of the Grand Faudé, as it goes around it.
(6) Once you are back on the forest path, turn right onto the path along the field to reach the road 500m further down.
Turn left onto this road and continue downhill towards the village of La Goutte.
In the second bend, you will see a cross (monument). Take the path across the fields to reach a house a few metres below. On your left, join the road that will take you all the way downhill, back to Rue de l'Église.
(7) At the intersection, turn left onto Rue de Lannilis, then right to rejoin Rue de l'Église and the car park (S/E).
There's also a nice picnic spot at the foot of the tower. However, we missed the end of the trail in the forest (the signs and map weren't very clear), which meant that the walk back along the road was even longer 
But in the end it wasn't too bad as there wasn't much traffic and there were still some beautiful views of the valley. 
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