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Coming from the Sanary area, heading towards Bandol along the coastal road (Route de Bandol – D559), as soon as you reach the coastal road, park on the right: there are parallel parking spaces along a large wall clad in facing stones, with palm trees growing at the top.
(S/E) Cross the road to take the footpath overlooking the bay. Continue towards Bandol until you come to a small gate on the left leading to the beach (sign reading: ‘Smoke-free beach’).
(1) You can use this access point to make your way down to the beach.
For wheelchair users, this option is available, provided you have assistance for the approximately 300-metre walk along the sand. Alternatively, you can continue along the pavement until you reach a wooden ramp, which allows you to descend easily onto the beach.
(2) Just at the bottom of the beach access ramp, there is a tunnel that allows you to pass under the road and join the Vallon des Fosses path. This path is concrete and very easy to navigate by wheelchair along its entire length.
Be careful, however, as it ends with a flight of steps leading to the Chemin de la Canolle. Assistance is required to climb these in a wheelchair (around 25 wooden steps, which are not very high). One way to avoid this obstacle is to continue through the tunnel towards Bandol, then turn right onto the Chemin de la Canolle, which first passes under the railway viaduct, then climbs up to the level of the railway line, and descends again through the pine trees back to the Chemin de la Canolle. This adds 700 metres to the journey, but the Chemin de la Canolle is very pleasant at this higher elevation and has very little traffic.
(3) Walk down the Chemin de la Canolle to the roundabout. Then turn left onto the old Chemin de Toulon, which has good, smooth pavements.
(4) After a gentle climb, turn right onto the Chemin de la Grande Bastide. It first passes through an area of pine forest and then, higher up, through vineyards, whilst drawing closer to the motorway, which is neither visible nor audible; this is the Chemin de la Carrerade de l’École Sainte-Trinide (phew! quite a long name).
As it reaches a pine forest, this little road turns right at a right angle and descends steeply at first, then more gently, through a residential area, until it joins the old Chemin de Toulon. Then turn left onto this street, lined with lovely pavements, until you reach the roundabout.
(5) At the roundabout, turn right onto the Chemin de la Morvenède and follow it down until you’re running alongside the railway line. After 300 metres alongside the railway line, pass underneath it through a short tunnel. Then turn left and follow the road until you reach the coastal road, near the restaurant “Le Dragon d’Or”. Walk a few dozen metres towards Bandol to return to the car park (S/E).
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