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Easy and free parking is available south of the entrance to the Franco-Chinese Centre.
(S/E) Go under the fort's porch (open 24 hours a day), turn left 100 metres ahead at the sculpture, 100 metres further on, take the small stairs on the right, go through the tunnel, take the stairs slightly to the left at the exit, go up to the left and follow the path, keeping to the right; when you reach the tarmac, you will see the pedestrian exit and you will be on Impasse du Fort Saint Irénée.
(1) Cross Boulevard des Castors, continue along the same street until you reach the roundabout and enter Parc du Brûlet opposite. 30 metres from the roundabout is one of the buried sections of the Gier aqueduct that runs to Fourvière.
Immediately afterwards, follow the path on the right and walk around the park, making a wide curve to the left and ignoring the adjacent paths. Reach the bottom of the park.
(2) Go through the wooden gate and continue along the path just above the road.
(3). At the top, turn right towards Fort Sainte-Foy. Turn right to go around the allotments.
(4) On the tarmac section, which is not very visible, take the park entrance on the left. After the changing rooms and before the stadium, turn right to leave the park and come out onto Avenue Maréchal Foch. Cross at the pedestrian crossing and follow Rue Joseph Ricard, which is almost opposite.
(5) Turn right to enter another park. Go straight down and then keep left to arrive at Chemin des Fonts. Turn right and continue along the same street, crossing Avenue Maurice Jarrosson. Continue to the roundabout and cross it on the left using the pedestrian crossings. You will arrive at the Chemin des Sources crossroads on the left.
(6) Turn left and after 300 metres, you will reach a small bridge. At this point, you can
- either continue along this very easy path to the end (this is the GPS route)
- or take the path described, which turns right and then left near the top (avoid in rainy weather):
This path winds halfway up the hill and is great fun, but it is not marked on maps. You will cross other paths, but don't worry if you take a wrong turn, as you will eventually reach the end, where you will find stairs leading back to the main Les Sources path.
(7) At the traffic lights, cross the road and turn left onto the pavement, leaving the road to take a path on the right that leads to the Côte Fromagère crossroads, about 50 metres further on. Follow the yellow markings on the trees for a few steps. On the right is the Thiện Minh Pagoda (to visit it, take the stairs on the right just after the pagoda; from the path, you wouldn't really guess that it's a pagoda; the entrance is 10 metres further on, and admission is free). Continue along the path, up the stairs, then along the path at the edge of the woods in the meadow.
(8) Go up the hill, then take the road along the edge of the meadow. At Calicéo, turn right, then take the first left, turn right at the stadium, then right again. There is a water fountain at the cemetery.
(9) After the town hall, turn right then left onto Rue Sainte-Marguerite. Pass the chapel then La Tour Chappe, go down the stairs on the right at the start of the car park, cut across the mini park to Rue du Neyrard, turn left onto the main street. Walk 300 metres and turn right onto Rue Gensoul, then left onto Rue du Planit and at the end, go down to the right onto Chemin de Fournache, walk 200 metres, take the car park on the left, and go up to the left at the end of the car park to the park.
(10) Enjoy the beautiful view of the Alps, Lyon and the Esplanade Lichfield. Then return to Avenue Valioud and continue on the right. At the traffic lights, turn left onto Avenue Maréchal Foch, then take the shortcut on the right that joins Rue Georges Clémenceau. Continue to the Parc de Brûlet crossroads. Take Rue Georges Clémenceau and you will reach a roundabout. Turn left onto Rue Marcel Achard, which becomes Boulevard des Castors further on
(11). Turn right onto Rue de l'Aube
(12) and go downhill
(13) and return to the Franco-Chinese Centre car park (S/E).
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