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To get to the starting point, take the Route du Faron, a very narrow, one-way road, but well signposted, from the centre of Toulon. Park in one of the car parks opposite the Musée du Débarquement.
(S/E) Immediately to the north, take the Sentier des Crêtes (yellow markers are not very obvious). Admire the view of Mont Caume and Lac de Dardennes below on your left. After passing a cistern, start the descent and you will arrive in front of the zoo.
(1) Go around it and climb up to the "Caserne du Centre".
(2) There, you have two options:
- go straight ahead to the right (you can see it better),
- behind on the left on a narrow (but picturesque) path along the edge (marked).
Go down a short slope to a fork with a cistern.
(3) Take the ridge path and, after a steep climb (Chemin du "Grand Baou"), reach the summit of Faron, 584 m.
(4) Then descend to the road and take it to the right for about 500 m until you reach a cross track.
(5) Start descending, take a hairpin bend to the left and reach the Route du Faron at an old barracks.
(6) Turn right and reach the next trailhead on the right.
(7) Take this road and continue for about 2.4 km, practically along the mountainside, until you reach the crossroads at the first houses of Toulon, on the left below the track.
(8) Take the hairpin bend to the right and start the 1.4 km climb until you reach a fork on the plateau. Go left, then keep left at the next junction and you will reach the beautiful viewpoint of La Croix.
(9) Turn around and follow the track straight ahead until you reach the road.
(10) Follow it to the left until the next crossroads.
(11) Make a round trip to the Notre-Dame du Faron Sanctuary, then take the wide path on the right and return to the car park opposite the D-Day Museum (S/E).
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