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Parking in Barfleur is not easy. The tiny car parks at the harbour fill up very quickly. The best option is perhaps to park on the long main street, Rue Saint-Thomas, as close to the harbour as possible. This walk starts at the church and Tourist Office, at the entrance to the harbour.
Please note! This walk is not signposted in its entirety, nor as such.
(S/E) With your back to the Tourist Office, turn right to go around the harbour. Look for the red and white markings ofthe GR®®223, which you will follow until further notice. First, walk along the edge of Quai Henri Chardon.
(1) At a small turret on the right-hand side of the street, continue straight ahead on Rue Albert Rossel. When this street veers away from the harbour, turn left onto the path that continues closest to the water. Further on, rejoin Rue Albert Rossel and follow it to the left to cross a stream at the end of the harbour. About a hundred metres further on, turn left onto Rue Julie Rostel and, at the end of the street, continue along the path that extends it to reach the marker.
(2) Pass to the right of the marker, then cross the picnic area (note the information panel about the port of Barfleur) and continue in the same direction to reach a street at the entrance to the jetty, near a blockhouse covered with bushes. Turn right onto Rue du 24 Juin 1944. About 50 metres further on, on the right-hand side of a property and at a sign for "les Chemins de Saint-Michel", turn left onto the path. This path approaches the coast and then turns right to run alongside it. Shortly afterwards, ignore a path on the right. Join a road at a car park.
(3) Continue straight ahead along the coast. Further on, you will see an information sign about the plants on the upper beach. You will reach a road at Mare de Montfarville.
(4) Follow it for a few metres and then leave it immediately to take the path on the left, which continues to follow the coast towards the cape (signposted "sentier du littoral").
(5) Further on, you will come to the end of a road again. Continue along the path opposite, still heading towards the cape (signposted "sentier du littoral"). At a point where the path turns to the right, you will see an information panel about shipwrecks. Further on, you will come to the end of another road at the cape.
(6) Follow the road to the right towards Landermer (signposted "sentier du littoral") and "les Chemins de Saint-Michel". At a crossroads with a carved cross on the right, turn left onto the D1 which runs along the coast. Further on, you will see a wash house on the right-hand side of the road. Then, as the road bends to the right, continue along the coast on the path on the left (signposted "les Chemins de Saint-Michel"). As the path runs alongside a beach, ignore the few paths that branch off to the right. Further on, the path leaves the coast to go around a property.
(7) Once past this, turn left immediately at a wooden gate to rejoin the coast and continue to the right. Further on, you will come to the end of the road again (signposted "Plage du Hommet") and continue along the coast on the path straight ahead. Soon, however, the path has to go around private land that monopolises the beach.
(8) At the intersection of three paths, at aGR®®223marker, turn right to leave the coast. Further on, at the intersection with a small road, leave the red and whiteGR®®223markings and continue on the path opposite. After a right turn, a left turn and then another right turn, the path heads west.
(9) Take the next path on the right. At the first houses in Maltot, continue along the road that extends the path to reach the centre of the hamlet.
(10) At the intersection with another road, take the road on the left. Further on, cross a road (D1) and continue on the small road opposite.
(11) At the next intersection, turn right towards the road sign indicating Montfarville 2 km away, then turn left at the fork just after. A hundred metres further on, notice the information panel on the right-hand side of the road about the landscape of yesterday and today and, above all, admire the magnificent oak tree in the meadow on the right-hand side of the road. Shortly afterwards, pass the Château de Tourps on your left, then notice an information panel about falcons on the left-hand side of the road. At the junction with another road, take a few steps to the left and then take the path on the right, at the corner of a low stone wall.
(12) At the next crossroads, turn right. Look out for the red and yellow markings (GRP®® Tour du Val de Saire), which you will follow to Barfleur. Further on, you will find an information panel about the benefits of vegetables. At the next crossroads, continue straight ahead. On the outskirts of Montfarville, the path becomes paved. Shortly afterwards, you will come to a street. Follow it to the left until you reach an intersection with another street, just in front of the church in Montfarville.
(13) Cross over and enter the cemetery, then visit the church to see its magnificent frescoed ceiling. Leave the cemetery through the gate opposite the church entrance and immediately turn right onto Rue de la Poste (street sign on the cemetery wall). Walk along the cemetery on your right, then, at the end of it, turn left onto Rue des Pestils (road signs pointing towards Barville). At the fork, turn right onto Rue de la Croix Muette, then at the next fork, take the path on the right. You will come to a crossroads with a pretty carved stone cross, the Croix Muet (information sign). Continue straight ahead and, further on, ignore a path coming in from the left. Further on, ignore another path on the left, then, shortly after the path becomes tarmac at the entrance to Les Roches, you will come to a crossroads with a road. At this crossroads, note the information panel on rural architecture on the left.
(14) Continue along the road opposite, ignoring all the streets on the left. Enter Barfleur and pass to the right of the cemetery. Ignore a street on the left at the crossroads and continue straight on along Rue du Général de Gaulle, then Rue des Jardins until you reach the port.
(1) Return to the church via the same route as on the way there, walking along the harbour. At the church, note the information panel about Barfleur and painting (S/E).
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