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Start at Genêts, Quai de l’Amirauté near the coast, on the right bank of the river that runs through the village (spacious car park).
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(S/E) From the car park, cross the river via a footbridge (not shown on the map) and head south-east along a wide path. Pass a chapel on the left, come out onto a small road and follow it to the right for about a hundred metres.
(1) When the road bends to the left, leave it and carry on straight ahead along the Chemin du Manet. After about 150 m, at a Fork in the road, take the path on the right. Walk along a hedge on your right.
(2) At the next fork in the road (with a pond on the right), take the path on the left and head uphill through a tunnel of vegetation. Climb over a wooden fence and continue along a track at the edge of the meadow, keeping as close as possible to the hedge on your right. Climb over a second wooden fence and continue along a path. Then go through two fences where a passage has been created. Go down a wooden staircase and you’ll come out at the end of a tarmac road.
(3) Continue along the path opposite. After a few metres, when the path turns left (gate), veer to the right. Walk along the coastal path, skirting fenced-off grassy areas on your right (note the occasional wooden ‘sash’ gates, typical of the Cotentin). Ignore all turn-offs to the left, whether paths, tracks or roads. Go through a gate on the path (close it behind you), continue for a few dozen metres along a wide grassy track and you’ll come to a junction with a track coming from the left (gate).
(4) Continue straight ahead along the grassy path, go through another gate (either by opening and closing it or using a step-over) and continue along the coastal path. Carry on along a gravel path, then go through a gate. Then follow a track along the edge of a meadow at the foot of a small hill on your left, with the foreshore close by on your right. Go through another gate to leave the meadow.
(5) Then turn left and climb between two dense hedges. At the top, follow a road to the right as it descends. Pass a car park on the left and follow the path to the right towards the Grouin du Sud. After a bench on the right-hand side, continue along a path and finally over the easy-to-navigate rocks at the headland.
(6) Continue along theGR®® on a path heading east just below the headland (on the right when you have your back to Mont Saint-Michel). After an easy section through the rocks, carry on through the grassy areas. After a small beach, turn north with the path.
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(7) At a marker for the coastal path (sign saying ‘domaine public’), turn left and let theGR®®223continue straight on. Walk uphill alongside a hedge on the left-hand side. At the top, follow a road to the right. When you reach a gate, leave the road and take a stony path to the left. Head north-north-west between hedgerows and meadows until you reach a road (as you go, ignore a path branching off to the left).
(8) Follow the road to the left, then take the first right, Rue des Chevaliers. At the end of the street, turn left twice to reach the Prieuré Saint-Léonard at No. 1 Route de Frichot (the chapel is open to visitors).
(9) Follow Route de Frichot, then turn left and walk past the chapel on your left. Ignore a path branching off to the right; turn left where the road bends and head downhill. At the T-junction, turn right and continue downhill. At the next junction, carry on straight ahead towards the eco-museum. At the next junction, go straight on, go through a gate and rejoin the wide grassy path you took on the way there.
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(4) Turn right and follow the coastal path in the opposite direction, alongside the fenced-off pastures (on your left this time), until you reach the small tarmac road at the foot of a wooden staircase.
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(3) Then follow the road to the right, immediately ignoring a turn-off to the right, and head uphill. After a right-hand bend, leave the road and take a grassy path to the left. Head north-west between meadows and fields, ignoring all side paths.
(10) At a three-way junction, turn left along a fence on your left-hand side. After a few metres, at a fork in the road, turn right and move away from the fence.
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(11) At the next junction, follow a small road to the left (ignore the yellow markings heading off to the right). Join the coastal path again.
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(1) Turn right onto the road and, after about a hundred metres, veer left onto a path. Follow the coastal path in the opposite direction to the outward journey until you reach the footbridge leading to the car park (S/E).
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