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Start from Mairie de Montreuil metro station (terminus of line 9). Take exit 3 onto Boulevard Rouget de Lisle.
Yellow markings (see practical information)
(S/E) Upon exiting the metro, continue along the boulevard with the town hall on your right. At a bus stop, turn right into Square Patriarche. At the Fork in the road immediately ahead, take the path on the right. Pass a playground on your left and exit the square via Rue Victor Hugo. Then first turn right then left to join Rue Rabelais. Ignore the yellow arrow pointing right onto Rue Buffon (this is a return route) and continue straight ahead. At the T-junction, turn left onto Avenue de la Résistance and, after about 50 metres, 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 head slightly uphill.
No signposting
At the first junction, turn left onto Allée des Crécerelles (the signposted route goes straight on). At the end of a railing on the left-hand side, leave the small concrete path and turn left onto a track (not shown on the map) which climbs a small hill (a few steps to reach the top; a pond below on the right, sweeping views to the south). Descend on the other side. At the bottom, reach a wooden jetty and follow it to the left for a few metres.
Yellow markings
At the junction, continue straight ahead along the boardwalk (Sentier des Fauvettes). At the end of the boardwalk, follow the path that turns right and descends alongside a fence on the left. Ignore a path coming from the right and pass above a football pitch on the left. At the bottom, go down the steps and cross the artificial stream coming down from the right, then turn left to go through the park’s exit gate further down.
(2) On leaving the park, turn left. Go through a gate leading onto a street, turn right and head downhill, keeping the football stadium on your right. Halfway down the field, take a narrow path on the left between two walls. Walk past the courtyard of a workshop on the right and continue straight ahead along the path (Sentier des Buttes on the map). The path turns right then left and leads onto a street; follow this to the right.
At the T-junction, turn left onto Rue Parmentier. Follow this street to the end, passing Rue Désiré Préaux and Rue Marcel Sembat in turn. 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 the right-hand side and go under a porch. At the exit, turn left into Rue du Capitaine Dreyfus (pedestrian street).
(3) At the junction with a fountain, turn right into Rue Molière. Pass a chicane, cross Avenue du Président Wilson and continue straight on. At the crossroads, cross Avenue de Stalingrad then Rue Condorcet, and continue along Rue Molière. Cross Rue Désiré Chevalier then turn left into Rue Rapatel. When this turns right, take the path on the right. At the end, turn left then immediately right into Rue Charles Infroit. At the roundabout, take the second left, Rue des Tilleuls. At the end, follow Rue des Charmes to the left for about thirty metres.
(4) Enter Parc des Beaumonts on the right and start by climbing a flight of steps. At the top, continue along the concrete path which climbs steeply and turns right. At a Fork in the road, take the left-hand path and climb more gently. Ignore a path branching off to the left, then another to the right. Turn left onto the main, stony path and walk alongside a fence on your right.
(5) When the fence turns right, leave the main path and continue to follow the fence (no signpost here). Walk between the fence (on your right) and a reed bed (on your left). Walk past a row of benches, then ignore a footbridge on the left. Continue south-east and cross two wooden footbridges without railings in succession. At the junction just after the second footbridge, turn right. At the next fork in the road (bench), take the left-hand path. At the end, leave the park and emerge at a roundabout.
(6) Take the first left, Rue Paul Doumer. Walk past a school on your right, then a community garden. Turn right at the first junction, onto 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 past the Jean Delbert Stadium on your right. At the next junction, at the foot of a water tower on the left, turn right into Rue Anatole France. Walk past a small pond on your right, then past the stadium again.
At the next junction, carry straight on 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 road (do not cross it) and ignore a small alley on the right before the roundabout. At the traffic lights, first cross Boulevard Théophile Sueur and immediately turn left to cross a road. Walk along Boulevard Sueur on your left and, at the next two sets of traffic lights, continue straight on towards Parc Montreau (signposted). When you reach the “Les Ruffins” bus stop on the left-hand side of the boulevard, turn right into Parc Montreau (turnstile).
(7) Walk between a pond (on your right) and a football stadium (on your left). At the end of the stadium, at a fork in the road, turn right (due east). On a concrete path, walk alongside a large lawn on your left and ignore the paths branching off to the left (including one not shown on the map). As you approach an entrance gate (with a beautiful weeping willow on the left), turn left. After passing buildings on your right, turn right, still on a concrete path. At the first fork in the road, turn right and head gently downhill. At the next fork in the road, turn right again. Then go round a pond lined with reeds (not shown on the map) on the right.
(8) At an entrance gate, turn left and begin to climb gently. At the junction, continue straight ahead, ignoring a path (not shown) that descends to the left. At a fork in the road, take the right-hand path and continue climbing. At the next junction (small building on the left), turn right. Ignore a path branching off to the left and walk alongside a pond on your left. Then turn left twice to complete three-quarters of a lap around the pond. At the corner of the pond, veer right and head towards a large pavilion framed by majestic redwoods.
Go round the pavilion (Musée de l'Histoire Vivante) on the right and pass the base of a leaning sequoia on your right. Pass a small greenhouse on your right and the museum entrance (with 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 junction, turn right into Rue de la Nouvelle France.
(10) At the end, turn left onto Rue de Rosny (mosque on the right-hand side) and continue straight on for about 400m, preferably on the left-hand pavement. Go round a roundabout on the left and cross over the A186. Continue and pass two motorway slip roads. At the traffic lights, cross Rue de Rosny and take Avenue Paul Signac. Pass Rue des Néfliers and, at the next junction, turn left onto Sentier de la Ferme. After a few dozen metres, turn right into a small 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-hand side), 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 on, downhill, and walk past the École Diderot on your left.
No signposting
(12) Shortly after the school, leave Rue Pierre Pépin and turn left into Square de l’Église. Walk down a cobbled path interspersed with a few steps and walk past the church on your right. Cross Rue Franklin at the traffic lights and follow Rue de l’Église straight ahead. At the junction, cross Boulevard Paul Vaillant-Couturier, follow it to the left for a few steps and turn right onto Rue du 18 Août. At the next junction, cross Avenue Pasteur and follow it to the left until you reach the metro station (S/E).
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