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Starting point and access: Robinson station.
- RER - Line B, terminus of a section coming from Paris. Take the Avenue Jules Guesdes exit at the front of the train, then the exit opposite no. 5.
- Bus - Lines 128, 179, 192, 194, 195, 294, 395, 595. Walk up Avenue de la Gare to Rue Houdan and turn left. At the traffic lights, cross Avenue Jules Guesdes and follow it to the right until you reach Rue Gustave Rodin.
No signage (for the most part)
(S/E) When you leave the station, cross Avenue Jules Guesdes and take Rue Gustave Robin opposite, slightly to the left. At the end, turn right onto Rue Camille Pelletan. At the next crossroads, turn left onto Rue de Sceaux (signposted "Sens interdit à 100m" [No entry 100 metres ahead]; keep the Allée des Marronniers, which is private, further to your left).
At the next intersection, turn left onto the street that goes uphill (Rue Edmond About on the map). At the intersection, cross the avenue and follow it to the right for a few metres. Just before a bus stop, take the stairs on the left leading up to a pharmacy and go around it on the left.
(1) Go through the entrance gate to Parc Henri Sellier. A few metres further on, leave the cement path on the left (yellow marker) and go up a staircase (poorly marked on the map) at the foot of a large chestnut tree. At the top, turn left onto a cement path (ignore the yellow marker continuing up a second staircase). Climb up and leave a playground on your left. At the junction with a path coming from the right, continue to the left. After following a curved wall, leave the cement path and turn right to take a staircase that climbs up to the Terrasse du Plessis-Robinson.
(2) Turn left onto a gravel path for a round trip to the terrace, which offers a beautiful view (at the end, there is a large cedar tree and toilets nearby).
Yellow + green markings
(2) With your back to the cedar tree at the end of the lane, take the steps on your right, go around the lawn on your left and take the first path on the left (information sign). At the roundabout, continue straight ahead, as well as at the next intersection. At the end of the path, turn left. At the three-way fork, take the path on the right downhill. Take a staircase and, at the intersection with a path coming from the left, continue right on a staircase. At the bottom, turn left and exit the park.
Walk a few metres to the left to cross Avenue Charles de Gaulle at the pedestrian crossing. Then follow this avenue to the right. After a bus stop, turn left into Parc de la Mairie. Go around a pond on the left and, at the next crossroads, continue straight ahead towards the town hall and the bell tower. Go under the town hall porch, turn right immediately and you will reach the entrance to the Chapelle Saint-Jean-Baptiste. Continue and go down a flight of steps. At the bottom, follow the street for a few metres to the left, going uphill (Avenue du Général Leclerc on the map).
(3) Take a small staircase on the right to enter the Bois de la Garenne. Turn right, go down another staircase and follow the wall on your left. Go up a staircase and come out at the hairpin bend in a path on the right: follow this path uphill (the downhill section is not shown on the map). At the next crossroads, turn left at an acute angle and continue uphill. At the next two crossroads, continue straight ahead (west).
Leave the Bois de la Garenne, cross an avenue and enter the Bois de la Solitude opposite. At the fork that immediately appears, turn right. Then ignore a path on the right and turn left to reach the entrance to the ruined Château de la Solitude (no access).
No signposts
(4) Climb up a steep wooden staircase opposite (ignore the signposted path on the right). At the top, continue along a path. At the T-junction (on the right, an old small pond?), follow a cement path to the left. Stay on the cement, zigzag downhill and leave a pond below on the left. Leave the park, cross the street and continue straight ahead on Rue du Bois des Vallées. After about 50 metres, turn left into Cour Marquis. At the next intersection, continue straight ahead. At the crossroads, turn right, cross Avenue Édouard Herriot and follow it to the right for about 20 metres.
Take the first staircase on the left and you will come out at Square Charles Perrault. Go straight ahead at the foot of the buildings and continue along Avenue Florian. Pass under a porch and cross Avenue Aristide Briand.
Red and yellow markings
(5) After crossing the avenue, make a right-left zigzag to reach the Promenade des Berges. Ignore a path immediately on the left and continue straight ahead with an artificial river on your left. Continue on a long wooden pontoon over the river. At the end, ignore a stone bridge on the right and follow a cement path to the left.
Cross Rue du Loup Pendu and continue along the promenade, which is slightly to the left, with the river on your right. After a few dozen metres, cross the river via a kiosk bridge. Turn right and continue with a branch of the river on your right. At the junction with Rue Raye Tortue, cross the river on the right and turn immediately left to continue along the river on your left.
No signposts (for the most part)
At the junction with Rue Saint-Fiacre, leave the signposting on your right and go straight ahead. Continue along the artificial river, which bends to the left. At the top of a series of "water steps", cross the river and turn right towards the market halls (green metal architecture).
(6) Turn left onto Avenue de la Libération and leave Place du 8 mai 1945 on your right. Cross Avenue Charles de Gaulle in two stages, continue opposite along Allée du Jardin de Robinson and follow the garden on your left. At the end of the road, turn left into Rue Fernand Fourcade, then immediately right into Rue A (that's its name). At the end, turn left into Rue du Moulin Fidel.
Follow this street, ignoring the streets on your left. Note the Art Deco building at No. 64, which gave the street its name. At the entrance to the Malabry neighbourhood (30 km/h zone), ignore the red and yellow arrow indicating to turn right into Domaine de la Vallée aux Loups (closed in winter) and continue straight ahead on Rue de Malabry for approximately 150 metres.
Yellow + green signs
(7) Turn right down Chemin du Calvaire towards Domaine de la Vallée aux Loups (sign). Enter the park through the Portail du Calvaire (a few metres further on, opposite, there is a beautiful cedar tree and small pseudo-dolmens). Turn immediately right onto a cement path downhill.
At the bottom (signpost), turn right onto a path that continues downhill towards Promenade des 4 Forêts. Ignore the vague paths on either side and, as you approach a fence, make a sharp left turn. Follow the fence on your right, cross a steeper path (not shown on the map) and reach a crossroads dominated by two large pine trees. Then turn right towards the arboretum.
Red and yellow markings
At the T-junction, turn left, still towards the arboretum. Leave the park through the Portail Chateaubriand (entrance to the park of the Chateaubriand house on the right).
No markings (for the most part)
(8) Opposite the entrance to the arboretum, turn left onto Rue de Chateaubriand. Ignore the red and yellow arrow indicating to turn right into the wooded park and continue along the street. At the crossroads (car park on the left), take the second right, Rue Anatole France. Follow the wall of the Île Verte park on your right. Continue through a residential neighbourhood, crossing Allée de l'Horizon and then Rue Camille Pelletan (yellow sign). At the next intersection, cross Avenue des Quatre Chemins and follow it to the left. Cross Rue Houdan and you will arrive at Robinson station (S/E).
To return home:
- RER - Line B, towards Paris.
- Bus - Lines 128, 179, 192, 194, 195, 294, 395, 595.
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