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(S/E) Set off from the Archbishop’s Garden. When you reach the viewpoint and look out over the valley, turn left to walk along the edge of the rock. The plain is on your right. Leave the garden via the Promenade de l’Archevêché. You’ll reach a car park via an opening in a wall; continue along the edge of the Roc, leaving the Salle de la Poudrière and the Jardin du Roc on your left. Go through the gate in the rampart, which leads to a wooden bridge, and walk alongside the football stadium. Carry on past the first building and then the care home. At this point, the cliff face is less steep
(1) At the junction, turn right onto the path that descends towards Le Chaffal. Follow this path to the tarmac road to Saint-André, which you follow to the right until just past the transformer. Then take a small road on the right which leads you beneath the Roc. Ignore the dirt track on the left leading to the football ground and continue straight on towards the small gardens and canals.
This path runs alongside the Roc and you can make out the route you’ve taken since setting off: the ramparts, then the viewpoint with its overhanging stone arch.
(2) When you are directly opposite the starting point, take a fairly wide, motorable dirt track on the left that heads towards some houses. Follow this track until you reach the small tarmac road running alongside the Durance. Take this Route de la Digue on the right, following the Durance.
(3) Just before a small bridge painted green, take the first tarmac track on the right which follows a small canal coming from Embrun. Continue along this track, keeping the canal on your left (the Chaffal, also known as the Torrent des Moulineaux), even when the track becomes unpaved. This track begins to climb with the Roc on your right, then turns into a tarmac path that climbs steeply to reach the car park of the Leader Price shop .
(4) Right at the start of the car park, there is a wooden staircase which is also used by aGR®® trail; follow this to the right. Walk alongside a wire fence with the Embrun Hospital on your right. At the junction, take Rue Pierre et Marie Curie on the left. At the stop sign, turn right into Rue Émile Guigues heading towards Notre-Dame du-Réal Cathedral.
(5) Walk round the cathedral on the left-hand side. On your left, you’ll see the Maison des Chanonges and then the Tour Brune.
Return to the Archbishop’s Garden, our starting point (S/E).
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