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Departure from the Mairie de Montreuil metro station (terminus of line 9). Take exit 3 Boulevard Rouget de Lisle.
Yellow markings (see practical information)
(S/E) When you exit the metro, continue along the boulevard with the town hall on your right. At the bus stop, turn right into Square Patriarche. At the fork that appears immediately, take the right-hand path. Pass a playground on your left and exit the square via Rue Victor Hugo. Then turn right and left to take Rue Rabelais. Ignore the yellow arrow indicating Rue Buffon on the right (this is a return road) and continue straight ahead. At the T-junction, turn left onto Avenue de la Résistance and, after about 50 metres, turn right onto Rue de la Beaune. Follow this street to the end, turn right and then immediately left onto Rue Mainguet.
(1) At the end of the street, enter Parc Jean-Moulin-Les Guilands. Just after passing the chicane, turn right onto Allée des Poiriers and go slightly uphill.
No signposts
At the first intersection, turn left onto Allée des Crécerelles (the marked route continues straight ahead). At the end of a railing on the left, leave the small cement path and take a path on the left (not shown on the map) that climbs a small hill (a few steps to reach the top; pond below on the right, panoramic view to the south). Descend on the other side. At the bottom, reach a wooden pontoon and follow it to the left for a few metres.
Yellow markings
At the crossroads, continue straight ahead on the footbridge (Sentier des Fauvettes). At the end of the footbridge, continue along the path that turns right and descends along a fence on the left. Ignore a path coming from the right and walk above a football stadium on the left. At the bottom, cross the steps and the artificial stream coming down from the right, then turn left to cross the park exit gate further down.
(2) When you leave the park, turn left. Go through a gate that leads to a street, turn right and go downhill, keeping the football stadium on your right. Halfway down the field, turn left onto a narrow path between two walls. Pass in front of a workshop courtyard on the right and continue straight ahead along the path (Sentier des Buttes on the map). The path turns right, then left and comes out onto a street. Follow this street to the right.
At the T-junction, turn left onto Rue Parmentier. Follow this street to the end, crossing Rue Désiré Préaux and Rue Marcel Sembat in succession. At the traffic lights, cross Avenue de la Résistance in two stages and continue along Rue Aristide Hémard. At the end, cross Boulevard Rouget de Lisle and take the path opposite. Pass a hiking map on your right and go under a porch. At the exit, turn left onto Rue du Capitaine Dreyfus (pedestrian street).
(3) At the intersection with a fountain, turn right onto Rue Molière. Go through a chicane, cross Avenue du Président Wilson and continue straight ahead. At the crossroads, cross Avenue de Stalingrad and then Rue Condorcet, and continue along Rue Molière. Cross Rue Désiré Chevalier, then turn left onto Rue Rapatel. When this road turns right, turn right onto a small path. At the end, turn left, then immediately right onto Rue Charles Infroit. At the roundabout, take the second left onto Rue des Tilleuls. At the end, follow Rue des Charmes to the left for about 30 metres.
(4) Turn right into Parc des Beaumonts and start climbing a staircase. At the top, continue along the cement path which climbs slightly and turns right. At a fork, take the left and climb more gently. Ignore a path on the left and then one on the right. Turn left onto the main stony path and follow a fence on your right.
(5) When the fence turns right, leave the main path and continue along the fence (no signpost here). Walk between the fence (on your right) and a reed bed (on your left). Pass a row of benches and ignore a footbridge on the left. Continue south-east and take two wooden footbridges without railings. At the crossroads at the end of the second footbridge, turn right. At the fork (bench), take the left-hand path. At the end, leave the park and you will come to a roundabout.
(6) Take the first left, Rue Paul Doumer. Walk along a school on your right, then a community garden. Turn right at the first street, Rue du Jardin École, and walk along the wall of the garden on your right. At the end of the street, turn left onto Rue Lenain de Tillemont and walk along the Jean Delbert stadium on your right. At the next intersection, at the foot of a water tower on the left, turn right onto Rue Anatole France. Keep a small pond on your right, then the stadium again.
At the next intersection, continue straight ahead and cross a petrol station, keeping the petrol pumps on your left (this is the right way to go). At the stop sign, turn right, follow a busy street (do not cross it) and ignore a small street on the right before the roundabout. At the traffic lights, cross Boulevard Théophile Sueur and immediately turn left to cross a street. Follow Boulevard Sueur on your left and, at the next two traffic lights, continue straight ahead towards Parc Montreau (signposted). At the "Les Ruffins" bus stop on the left-hand side of the boulevard, turn right into Parc Montreau (turnstile).
(7) Pass between a pond (on your right) and a football stadium (on your left). At the end of the latter, at a fork, turn right (due east). On a cement path, walk along a large lawn on your left and ignore the paths on your left (one of which is not shown on the map). As you approach an entrance gate (beautiful weeping willow on the left), turn left. After passing buildings on your right, turn right, still on a cement path. At the fork that appears immediately, turn right and descend gently. At the next fork, turn right again. Then go around a pond bordered by reeds (not shown on the map) on your right.
(8) At the entrance gate, turn left and start climbing gently. At the crossroads, continue straight ahead and ignore a path (not shown) that descends to the left. At a fork, turn right and continue climbing. At the next crossroads (small building on the left), turn right. Ignore a path on the left and follow a pond on your left. Then turn left twice to go around three-quarters of the pond. At the corner of the pond, turn right and head for a large pavilion surrounded by majestic sequoia trees.
Go around the pavilion (Musée de l'Histoire Vivante) on the right and pass under a leaning sequoia tree on your right. Pass a small greenhouse on your right and the museum entrance (beautiful trees) on your left. At the crossroads, turn right along another building towards the exit gate.
(9) Cross the boulevard at the traffic lights and take Rue Pierre-Jean de Béranger opposite. At the three-way junction, continue along this street, slightly diagonally to the right. At the corner, turn left onto Rue de Saint-Antoine. At the next intersection, turn right onto Rue de la Nouvelle France.
(10) At the end, turn left onto Rue de Rosny (mosque on the right) and continue straight ahead for about 400 metres, preferably on the left-hand pavement. Go around the roundabout on the left and cross the A186. Continue and cross two motorway slip roads. At the traffic lights, cross Rue de Rosny and take Avenue Paul Signac. Cross Rue des Néfliers and, at the next intersection, turn left onto Sentier de la Ferme. After a few dozen metres, turn right into an alley. At the end, turn left onto Rue Désiré Charton.
(11) At the T-junction, turn left onto Rue Rochebrune, then right onto Rue Dombasle. Cross Rue Danton and continue straight ahead. At a small square (with a secondary school on the right), turn right onto Rue Pierre Pépin. Follow this street and pass the Esplanade Missak Manouchian (on the right-hand side, commemorative plaque and school entrance). Continue straight ahead, downhill, and walk alongside the École Diderot on your left.
No signposts
(12) Shortly after the school, leave Rue Pierre Pépin and turn left into Square de l'Église. Go down a cobbled path with a few steps and walk along the church on your right. Cross Rue Franklin at the traffic lights and follow Rue de l'Église opposite. At the crossroads, cross Boulevard Paul Vaillant-Couturier, follow it to the left for a few steps and turn right into Rue du 18 Août. At the next crossroads, cross Avenue Pasteur and follow it to the left until you reach the metro station (S/E).
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