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Departure from the swimming pool car park (aquatic centre).
(S/E) Take Rue Léo Lagrange to the entrance of the Russian cemetery.
(1) Enter the cemetery and follow your own route to exit Rue Léo Lagrange through the other gate. As a guide, the route on the map passes by the onion-domed church and goes around the eastern end of the cemetery.
Then continue left on Rue Léo Lagrange until you reach the intersection.
(2) Walk about a hundred metres to the right to see the life-size elephant that stands proudly in the square. Then retrace your steps.
(2) Take the path, Route de Corbeil, leading to the equestrian centre on the right (on the left if you did not make the round trip to the elephant). At the edge of the woods, turn left onto the large, beautiful, straight path on the right-hand side of the woods. (NB: you can opt for a longer route through the 76-hectare woods. If you continue past the equestrian centre, you will find another large, beautiful avenue, parallel to the first, and the remains of the walls of an old castle).
(3) At the intersection with the D296, turn left onto the cycle path and continue to the roundabout. Then turn right onto the footpath towards the Lycée Albert Einstein. Next, first turn left then right to follow the canal (actually a rainwater retention basin) on your right.
(4) About 100 metres before the bridge, you will find a footpath on the left that passes between the buildings. This crosses Avenue de la Liberté once, then a second time, ending at Rue Montesquieu.
Turn left, then right after a few dozen metres, onto a footpath that initially runs parallel to Rue des Bergers, then veers off to reach a roundabout (Rue Paul Eluard x Rue de Cuverville).
(5) At the roundabout, continue straight ahead onto Rue Paul Eluard, which becomes Rue Jean Mermoz at the next intersection. Walk along the shopping centre, pass the petrol station (staying on the left-hand pavement) and arrive at a large roundabout. Go around the roundabout on the left, then, at the corner of Avenue du Château, turn right into the garden and enter the perimeter of the Donjon. Enter the courtyard of the Donjon (or go around it if the courtyard is closed). In the courtyard, don't forget to turn around to admire the façade!
(6) Turn left to exit through the large wrought iron gate onto Rue de la Tour. Cross Rue de l'Orangerie and take Rue Marc Sangnier. At the Gérard Philipe hall, turn left onto Allée de la Fontaine. At the intersection with the D46, note the Sainte Geneviève cave on your left. A sign provides some information about the origin of the cave.
(7) Turn left onto the D46 and continue to the roundabout. Cross Route de Corbeil and take Avenue Jacques Duclos opposite, following the cycle path on the right-hand side until you reach the swimming pool (S/E).
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