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Departure from the Barlat car park (underground) at the corner of Rue Barlat and Rue Auguste Gal.
(S/E) From the car park, take the pedestrian exit signposted Rue Barla and follow it. Cross at the pedestrian crossing and take Rue François Guisol opposite until you reach the port (Place de l'Ile de Beauté). Turn left under the arcades and walk past Notre-Dame du Port.
(1) Continue to the corner of Rue Arson. Cross the street, turn right for a few metres, then cross Boulevard Carnot.
Continue straight ahead on the left-hand pavement of Quai des Deux Emmanuels. At the end of the quay, just before the car park, turn left along the building and climb the steps to Boulevard Stalingrad.
Follow the boulevard to the right, which becomes Boulevard Franck Pilatte further on. Leave Parc Vigier on your left and continue until you reach the Club Nautique de Nice (on your right below).
(2) Turn left at the pedestrian crossing, then turn right and continue for a few metres.
After No. 23, turn left onto Montée Saint-Aignan.
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Further up, turn right onto Chemin Tordu du Mont-Boron, which turns into a wide staircase that joins Boulevard Carnot. Turn left/right onto the boulevard and continue up the stairs that lead to Chemin des Crêtes.
Continue straight ahead on the street that slopes to the right. Leave Rue Henri de Boumazel on your left and continue until you reach a road sign indicating a dead end. Follow the stairs on the left that lead to Boulevard du Mont Boron. Cross the road and continue straight ahead on the stairs that start on the left of Notre-Dame du Perpétuel Secours.
(3) Go up the stairs, leave Avenue Montfleury on your right and cross Avenue Germaine twice.
When the stairs enter the vegetation, go to a crossroads at a bench. Continue up the stairs on the left and after two bends, you will reach Route du Mont Boron.
Turn right, immediately leave a small paved path on your right and continue along the road until you reach a small square (fountain, benches). Continue along the road in the same direction, turn left and look for a chain on your right that marks the entrance to the Mont Boron paths.
(4) Go through the chain and take the flat path on the right (there are no signs here telling you to turn right!). Follow this path, which will offer beautiful views of Nice and the Baie des Anges a little further on.
Walk along the fort's walls, following the only path dotted with a few benches, which brings you back to almost the same level as the chain. Just before returning to the road, turn right onto the wine-coloured tarmac path that runs alongside it on the right. After a right-hand bend, the path arrives at a crossroads (bench) very close to a small car park.
(5) Turn left and walk back and forth to the two viewpoints on the east coast. Return to the crossroads and turn left onto the tarmac path. Benches every 10 metres allow you to take a contemplative break facing the sea.
About 250 metres further on, look for a tiny, barely visible dirt track that descends to the left. N.B. If you reach a junction with two tarmac tracks, you have gone too far. Turn back.
Leave the tarmac path and turn left onto this small stony track which descends steeply into the vegetation via a few hairpin bends.
When you reach the Route Forestière du Mont Boron, turn right. Leave a private road on your right, continue for 30m and turn left after No. 26. Go down the steps and join Avenue Ernestine, which you should follow to the right.
Go under a small porch, cross Avenue du Mont Boron and follow it on the left until Boulevard Carnot. Turn right onto the boulevard and continue to the traffic lights (note the Château de l'Anglais on your right). Turn left onto the pedestrian crossing and continue along the same boulevard on the left for 20 metres.
(6) Turn right onto Avenue du Cap de Nice, which slopes downwards. At a crossroads, before No. 11bis, turn left towards a gate. In front of this gate, take the barely visible steps on the right, which lead down to the avenue. Follow it to the right for 30 metres and, after a small car park, turn left to go down the steps again, which lead to the seafront.
(7) Follow the coastal path on the right, which has been carved out of the rocks. Please be careful! This path can be dangerous when the sea is rough.
At Coco Beach, ignore the steps going up to the left towards the road and continue straight ahead on the path that returns to the seafront. When you reach the Jardin Félix Raynaud, take the steps on the right that go up to Avenue Jean Lorrain. Follow the avenue to the left, which becomes Boulevard Frank Pilatte and joins the Club Nautique de Nice.
(2) Continue straight ahead on the boulevard and return to the car park via the same route as on the way there (S/E).
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