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Park in Saint-Nabor, in the car park next to the cemetery (Route d'Ottrott).
(S/E) When you leave the car park, turn right onto Route d'Ottrott and go uphill. At the crossroads, turn right onto Rue des Carrières, passing in front of the town hall, then take the second street on the left, Rue de la Forêt (signposted Croix Bleue, direction Mont Sainte Odile).
(1) Continue until you reach a picnic area with benches and a shelter, and take the path slightly to the right above the bench (marked with a red triangle, towards Sainte-Odile via Saint-Jacques). After a few metres, at the fork, stay on the left-hand path (still marked with a red triangle), which descends slightly and then forms a wide loop.
(2) Cross a road, the D109, and continue straight ahead (red triangle), with a few stone steps. Cross a forest path and continue uphill to the right. The trail then turns right and runs below the road. You will arrive at the road, near the Saint-Jacques holiday centre.
(3) Take the forest path on the left, but leave it immediately to climb the path on the right, marked with a blue triangle. (See explanatory sign no. 11 on the geological trail). Join the D109.
(4) Cross the road and take the path that branches off sharply to the right above the road, marked with a red-white-red rectangle, towards Sainte-Odile via Wolfstal. The path continues flat for a short while.
Cross a forest path and continue straight ahead. Pass the Wolfstal fountain and continue straight ahead (still following the red-white-red signs towards Sainte-Odile).
(5) When you reach the first large rocks, continue straight ahead (signposted VTT - TMV Traversée du Massif des Vosges). Continue on the Chemin de Croix. Take the sandstone steps to climb up to the Mont Sainte-Odile site.
(6) Go through the entrance porch and access the platform offering a panoramic view of the Alsace plain. See the two orientation tables.
Leave the site through the porch, descend to the right, cross the road and continue down a concrete path with steps. At the bottom, when you reach the Grossmatt crossroads, continue straight ahead and walk through the meadows.
(7) After entering the forest, follow the path slightly to the right, then immediately turn left, following the Red Cross signs for Hagelschloss.
(8) After a few metres, at a rock with a viewpoint, continue on the left-hand path. Look for the pagan wall, then arrive at the Stollhafen crossroads.
(9) At Stollhafen, take the middle path, then turn left after a few metres, following the yellow signpost for Hagelschloss. Pass in front of the Koeberlé Gate. Follow the pagan wall.
(10) At a crossroads with a multi-directional sign, take the path downhill towards the Ottrott Castles (blue signpost + red cross). Pass under the ruins of Hagelschloss Castle.
(11) At the crossroads below the ruins, continue to the right, following the blue signpost towards the Ottrott Castles. Further on, take the path that goes uphill.
When you reach a wide path, continue straight ahead (still following the blue signposts).
(12) When you reach a crossroads, continue along the path on the left. (Enjoy the view of the castles on the right at the crossroads).
You will arrive at the Rathsamhausen forest house, below the Ottrott castles. Continue down the path, following the red-white-red signs for Ottrott. At the next crossroads (tree), turn right.
(13) You will reach a large crossroads above Ottrott. Continue to the right and stay on the middle path, following the red circle + TMV signs.
(14) After a wide bend, stay on the path on the left (still following the red circle). When you reach a crossroads with a cross and a bench, go down to the left (unmarked path).
When you reach a barrier, turn right (along an old railway line) towards the first houses. Join the D103 road, follow it to the right, and enter Saint-Nabor via this road. Go up Rue d'Ottrott to return to the car park (S/E).
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