Country:
District:
Start from the car park at Varangéville station, facing the station.
(S/E) Turn right to reach the footbridge that crosses the railway line and the canal.
Turn right, staying on the footbridge to cross the D400.
Continue along Rue des Écoles, cross Rue Jules Ferry and continue to Rue Victor Hugo.
(1) Follow it to the right until you reach Rue Jeanne d'Arc, turn left onto it until you reach Rue Henri Berveiller, then follow it to the right until you reach Rue Georges Toussaint.
(2) Turn left and continue for 50 metres, then turn right onto Rue René Malglaive and continue to the next intersection. Turn right onto Rue du Rambetant and continue until you reach a left-hand bend.
(3) Turn right onto the path that runs alongside the forest (there is an industrial building on the right at the end of this path) until you reach the next intersection. Turn left onto the path leading into the forest. Follow this path until you reach the next intersection; there is a house on the left at the edge of the woods.
(4) Turn right onto the path and continue for about 250 metres to reach a viewpoint.
(5) Then turn around to return to the intersection.
(4) Continue straight ahead, then turn left at the next intersection (just before the intersection, there is an information panel on the left about the plateau and Solvay's limestone quarrying operations), pass under a high-voltage power line, then turn right and pass under the high-voltage power line again. At the next intersection, turn left to pass between the buildings of the Saint-Louis farm until you reach the D80.
(6) At this intersection, there is a viewpoint overlooking the Haraucourt salt mines.
Follow the D80 to the left for about 200 metres.
(7) Cross the road, turn left onto the path below the road for about 200 metres and take the path on the right (opposite a small building with tiles).
Follow this path to the next intersection, take the path on the left for 200 metres and turn right.
Follow this path for 650 metres to reach theGR®534.
(8) Follow theGR®534, continuing straight ahead on the path. At the next intersection, continue straight ahead, then turn left.
Continue straight ahead, then turn right to follow theGR®534for 380 metres.
(9) Take the path on the right, leaving theGR®534. Follow this path and turn left to enjoy a view of the Basilica of Saint-Nicolas-de-Port.
In case of heavy rain the day before, it is advisable to continue on theGR® 534, as the path becomes slippery.
Follow this path downhill to Rue du Bahaut, turn left, then take the first right and go down to Rue de la Saline to see the salt extracted from the mine being stored.
(10) Follow this street to the left until the next intersection and take the second street opposite (Rue du Mézot) to Rue du Maréchal Foch. Continue straight on Rue Victor Hugo, then turn right onto Rue des Écoles.
(1) Walk down this street to find the footbridge that takes you to the station car park (S/E).
Visorando member
Easy 
