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Starting point and access: Vaucresson station.
- Transilien - Line L, on the section between Paris-Saint-Lazare and Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche.
Take the Place Charles de Gaulle exit on the side of platform A, in the direction of Saint-Nom to Paris (if arriving in the opposite direction, platform B, take the underground passage).
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(S/E) With your back to the station, turn right and take Rue Allouard. When the street turns left, go straight ahead into an alleyway. At the end, climb the stairs and, on the landing, take the stairs on the left. Cross the D182 at the pedestrian crossing, follow Avenue des Terrasses on the other side and go up (beautiful houses on either side).
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(1) At number 12, go down the stairs on the left. At the bottom, continue along the street. At the end, turn left. Go through a gate and immediately take a path on the right towards Haras de Jardy. Go down a staircase, come out onto a path and follow it to the left. Go straight ahead between the railway line below on the left and the A13 motorway above on the right. Take a tunnel under the motorway and follow a bridle path through the forest.
(2) At thefirst crossroads (forest plot no. 46), turn right at an acute angle to take a path that climbs through the undergrowth. At the next junction, turn right onto a wider path (the steep path opposite is an awkward shortcut). At the crossroads, take thefirst path on the left at an acute angle. At the next crossroads (plot no. 44), take the widest path on the far right (due south). Then ignore a path coming from the right.
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(3) At Carrefour des Ormes, follow theGR®1to the left. Walk eastwards and ignore all the paths branching off to the sides. Note a small bunker at the corner of a property wall and continue straight ahead on a slight downhill slope with the wall on your right. Turn left with the path, immediately ignore the bridle path you left earlier on the left and come out onto a road. Follow this road on the right-hand pavement. Shortly after the traffic lights, turn left, cross the road at the pedestrian crossing and follow Rue Schlumberger towards Sèvres. You will reach Place de la Mairie opposite the town hall.
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(4) Then turn left, cross Square Pasteur and leave the old post office on your right. Go around the sculpture in homage to Louis Pasteur and continue along a path across a lawn. Go through a gate and enter the Domaine National de Saint-Cloud. Immediately ignore a perpendicular path and, of the two paths in front of you, take the one on the left. You will come to a fenced-in meadow; turn right. Walk along the meadow on your left, and at the crossroads, continue straight ahead, still walking along the meadow. At the corner of the fence, turn right. You will come to a wider path; follow it to the right for about 100 metres.
(5) At the junction with a wide path on the right, take a narrower path on the left at an acute angle. Go through the tunnel under the A13 (keep your head down) and then take the footbridge over the railway line. At the end of the footbridge, turn left and walk along a pond on your right.
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(6) At the next junction (forest barrier), continue straight ahead and follow a wide gravel path to the Lafayette Escadrille Memorial. You may wish to walk around the monument, in either direction, either along a path (as shown on the map) or by taking a staircase and passing under a side porch of the monument. Return the way you came along the gravel path.
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(6) Turn left and cross the bridge over the river that feeds the pond. At the end of the bridge, turn left, cross a car park and continue along a path through the woods. Ignore a path on the left (not shown on the map) and continue along a fence. Pass between two conifers, go up a tarmac lane and turn right to leave the Domaine National de Saint-Cloud. Then follow the D907 to the right. At the traffic lights after a bus stop, turn left to cross the road, then right to cross Allée de la Marche. Cross a car park and, at the end, follow the D907 for a few more metres. Enter Parc Casimir Daveine on the left and follow a concrete path for about 20 metres.
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(7) Shortly before a tree with markings, turn right onto a path that is not very marked at first and climb gently. Pass a bench surrounded by a low wall on the left-hand side, then ignore a path on the right-hand side leading to a wooden footbridge. Continue climbing gently with houses on your right. Ignore a path coming from the left, immediately come out onto another path and follow it to the right.
Make a sharp left turn and continue climbing towards a large house located higher up. Ignore another path on the left and find the markings again at the foot of the large house. At the top of a staircase coming from the left (not shown on the map), turn right. Ignore a large gate on the right, pass between a playground on the left and an information panel on the right, and leave the park through a small gate.
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(8) Then turn left and, at the fork that appears immediately, follow the Allée des Haras to the right. Then take thefirst left. At the end, cross the Allée de la Marche and enter the Parc Boisé (chicane). Follow a path that winds along a fence and, at the corner of the fence, continue straight ahead. At a crossroads with cement paths, go straight ahead towards the Forêt de la Malmaison. Pass a car park on your right and turn left. At the next crossroads, turn right towards a prominent water tower. You will come to a street; follow it to the right for a few metres, then cross at the pedestrian crossing at the foot of the water tower. Follow Rue Victor Duret for a few metres.
(9) Then turn left onto a cement path and immediately turn right onto a stabilised path that runs alongside a football stadium on the left. Continue straight ahead on this path, which runs parallel to a street, ignoring all the access roads on the right, until you reach an information sign for the "Promenade des 4 Forêts". Cross Avenue de La Celle-Saint-Cloud, pass a small roundabout on your right and continue straight ahead on a footpath. You will come to a wide path, turn left and immediately come to a fork.
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Then take the tarmac lane on the right (forest barrier). At the next junction, turn left at an acute angle. Stay on the tarmac lane, which soon runs parallel to the lane you ignored at the fork. This will take you to an information board with a map of the Malmaison Forest.
(10) Turn left, leaving the sign on your right, cross the other tarmac lane, leave the car park entrance gate on your right and follow a path. Walk along the car park on your right, pass the picnic tables and wind your way through the undergrowth (in November 2019, you had to climb over a large fallen tree). At the end of the path, cross a stream, come out onto a wide path and follow it to the left.
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At a forest barrier, continue straight ahead along a street and follow theGRP® Ceinture Verte d'Ile-de-France (leave theGR®2on your right). At the stop sign, turn left. Go around the roundabout on the right, cross Avenue Georges Clemenceau and take the next right (not signposted here), preferably on the left-hand pavement. Further on, take thefirst left, Allée du Butard (beautiful houses). At the stop sign, continue straight ahead. Go around a large roundabout on the left, take thethird left, Avenue Foch, and cross a residential neighbourhood. Atthe first stop sign, go straight ahead into the avenue. Atthe second stop sign, turn into Sente de l'Escalier opposite. Go down a flight of steps. At the bottom, turn right and go back up.
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(11) At the next crossroads, turn left onto Sente de la Folie (let theGRP® continue straight ahead). Go down, ignore a turn-off on the right and, at the end of the street, turn right. At the next crossroads, turn left and you will come out onto the D907. Cross this avenue using the pedestrian crossing on the left. Then turn right and cross a square to return to Vaucresson station (S/E).
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