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If you are coming from Toulon on the main road, at the entrance to Carqueiranne, you will first come to a roundabout. Here, do not head towards the town centre, but continue towards Hyères. After passing under a bridge, you will come to another roundabout, where you turn left at a right angle (the third exit, as the GPS would say).
If, on the other hand, you are coming from Hyères, after passing the Casino supermarket, you will come to the same roundabout, where you should turn right at a right angle (the first exit, as the satnav would say).
Go straight up and when you see the church on your left, turn right to park opposite the cemetery, in front of Parc Saint-Vincent, under the large pine trees.
(S/E) Continue on foot eastwards along the road called "Chemin du Petit Lac". Follow it until you come to a barrier at the entrance to a dirt track. Continue along this track towards the small lake.
(1) When you reach the lake, take the path on the right that runs along the earthen embankment of the dyke. At the end of the dyke, cross the stream (usually dry) that serves as the lake's spillway and take the path on the left that runs along the left bank of the lake. Walk to the end of the lake, then cross the valley along a path that will take you to the right bank of the lake, which you follow to the dyke.
Cross back over the dyke and cross the stream again, but this time continue straight ahead to find a forest track.
(2) Take this forest track to the right, heading south-east. At first, you will be completely in the forest, then you will walk alongside fields and finally the Valérane residential complex. Stay on the track until you reach the tennis courts.
(3) Just after the tennis courts, take a path that climbs to the left and will soon bring you close to some housing developments on your right.
(4) About 250 m after taking this path, you will find another path that you take in a hairpin bend to the left, giving the impression of retracing your steps, overlooking the track. You will first come across a first path that you ignore and, after about the same distance, you will find a cross path.
(5) Take this path on the right for just under 200 metres.
(6) Take the path that climbs to the left, which is quite steep at first, then levels out as it passes the Sabatière reservoirs, where it turns into a forest track. Continue until you reach a barrier where it joins a paved road.
(7) A few dozen metres after the barrier, on the left, take the faint path that climbs through the heath, parallel to the road that climbs alongside the houses.
This will take you to the top of Mont des Oiseaux, where there is a reservoir. Then take the forest track that descends to the left towards the north-west. This track soon joins another coming from the right, before passing in front of a cistern. After this cistern, do not take the track that branches off to the right, but continue straight ahead on the same track, which will take you past a waste disposal site before emerging at the Col du Serre.
(8) Turn left onto Route du Vallon and continue straight downhill until you pass some quarries on the right, now occupied by houses. Continue along this road, which crosses the Martine neighbourhood, until you reach a roundabout with an olive tree.
(9) Turn left and go down the street, which soon runs alongside the cemetery and then the church. After admiring or even visiting the church, return to the cemetery, turn right and you will find the car park (S/E).
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