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Park at the end of Boulevard Louis Pierotti in Marseille.
(S/E) From the car park, walk along the wall of the private property, following the red trail.
(1) About thirty metres after a sort of circular plateau on the left, turn right: leave the red trail for an unmarked section. The track goes around a ruin and becomes cemented, with a very steep climb. After the top of the first big climb, on the plateau, there is a "roller coaster" section that will take you down and then back up.
(2) At the top of the second climb, walk on a slight incline (200 metres to your right you will see an old private property wall). Continue for 100 metres after the wall ends, then, at a very small crossroads, on your left you will see a rocky peak. Take the path on the left that climbs into the undergrowth towards the left side of the peak. On the climb that winds under the peak, there is an old faded red cross-shaped mark. Follow it.
(3) When you reach the top of the ridge and see the summit of Marseilleveyre, do not descend into the valley but continue left, climbing up the ridge through the undergrowth for about 30 metres. When you reach a small pass, turn right onto the red trail, which you will follow all the way to the summit.
Descend from this pass to a pretty wooded plateau, then climb back up via a spectacular path along a ledge offering superb views.
(4) Just before the ledge appears to be overhanging a large rock, turn left into a fairly steep rock crevice. Continue to follow the red trail, which requires some easy climbing and crossing a few scree slopes. Follow the red trail to the summit. Descend from the summit following the same red markings.
(5) Reach the foot of a fairly steep rocky couloir that you descend (a large stony area spreads out below it), do not follow the red and yellow trail but turn right. Follow the blue trail, which is quite difficult, along the ridge line. Do not descend to your left into the valley, but carefully follow the blue trail. This path takes you along mini cornices before reaching the Col de la Selle.
(6) At the pass, keep right and follow the green trail, which is marked 'Malvallon' on the rock. Stay on the green trail to the bottom of the valley, about 150 metres from the pass, where the trail splits in two. Take the left branch (green to the bottom of the valley). Halfway up the slope, on your left, you may see a tiny cavity carved into the rock, filled with stagnant water and bearing the grandiose name of Fontaine 'de Bres, the only water source in the entire massif.
(7) At the bottom of the valley, turn left and follow the yellow trail for only 20 metres. Take the right fork, the green trail, to climb up the Malvallon Sud rock face (a green circle painted on it, it says Fontaine de Voire).
(8) Just before reaching the summit, less than 15 metres from the ridge, a green cross on your right prevents you from accessing a small path that leads to the ridges on the right. Reach the top of these ridges and, just before a rocky promontory, you will come to a little corner of paradise, the Corniche de Titou et Ninou (named after two lovers from the 1930s), which overlooks the sea and offers a magnificent view of the islands. It would be a shame not to make this little detour, but please respect this place.
Descend via the same path, then follow the green trail to the summit of the Homme Mort plateau.
A large cairn of dry stones marks a crossroads. Take the path opposite and follow the Green trail. The path follows the edge of a small valley and crosses another path in a small wooded area, but stay on the Green trail. Gradually descend a series of fairly challenging scree slopes while staying on the Green trail.
(9) At the end of the descent, you will reach a large flat area in a basin. From here, you will need to descend into the rock crevice, following the red trail. Steps have been carved into the rock at certain points. At the end of this rocky corridor, you will find the Fontaine de Voire fountain immediately to your right. Head north to reach the crossroads you passed on the way up.
(1) Follow the red trail from the outward journey and, through the pine forest, return to the car park (S/E).
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