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Park in the grass car park on Rue du Pavillon. The route is marked in yellow with the number 7.
(S/E) Follow Rue de Belle Rive (D318) northwards. After walking for about 350 metres, turn right onto the D318E2 and cross the Petit Doué. At the last houses, turn left onto a road that climbs towards Val Ficot.
(1) Leave the road leading to the Priory on your right and continue to Val Ficot. Turn right, then left. After 50 metres, the road ends and becomes Chemin du Val Ficot.
(2) Go through a gate and continue along the grassy path. After 300 m, the path turns sharply to the left: go through a second gate and continue until you reach the D318. Cross carefully and take the small road opposite that climbs uphill.
At the bend after 450 m of climbing, follow the path on the left that goes into the vegetation and joins a well-maintained grassy path. Turn left and you will reach the Pierres Pouquelées site.
(3) Walk along the Pierres Pouquelées and continue north for 100 m until you reach a crossroads. Take the stony path opposite, which leads to a tarmac road. Leave this road and take a stony path on the left, which further on turns slightly to the left and becomes a tarmac road. Follow this road downhill to reach the hamlet or locality of Petit Beaumont.
(4) From Le Petit Beaumont, follow the red and white markings ofthe GR® or the yellow markings of the coastal path. The road turns left to follow the coast. Continue for about 600 m, then at the fork, turn right to follow the coastal path. The tarmac road turns into a grassy path, then becomes tarmac again and takes the name Chemin de Villeneuve.
Follow Chemin de Villeneuve for 600 metres and turn right at La Crecque onto the D318E1. Follow the road to the shore.
(5) Take the wooden staircase on the left and continue along the path, following the shore southwards, still on the coastal path. Continue to the 18th-century fort.
(6) Continue along the path to a car park, then take the Route de la Devise opposite to its terminus.
(7) Enter the Mare de Vauville Nature Reserve and follow the path marked with green wooden logs. Follow these markings across the pond for about 1 km before turning left towards a bird observatory. Continue for 120 m; the observatory is on the left.
(8) Continue until you reach the Route du Thot. Turn right towards Grand Thot, following the yellow markings n°7. Follow the road as it climbs and bends to the left.
(9) Turn right onto the D237 and follow it to the Thot viewpoint.
(10) Continue straight ahead on the grassy path that winds eastwards and then turns left, northwards. At the fork, take the left and rejoin the D237. Turn left again to follow the road.
(11) Turn right onto the path that runs alongside Camp Maneyrol, the Vauville aerodrome. Follow this path for 500 metres, then turn left onto the gravel road at Camp Maneyrol. Follow this road, which after 100 metres becomes a path, half grass and half gravel. Follow this path straight ahead for 1 kilometre. Turn right onto Route de la Rignoletterie, then turn left onto the D318.
(12) Pass in front of the botanical garden of the Château de Vauville, the church and the cemetery, then keep right onto Chasse Robinet.
(13) Turn left onto Rue de la Grande Vallée and follow the stream. At the wash house, turn right onto Rue du Pavillon and return to the car park where you started (S/E).
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