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(S/E) Depart from Place Saint-Roch next to the church of the same name.
Cross Boulevard Saint-Roch (where the tramway runs) and join Boulevard Jean XXIII via Rue Caïs de Gilette. Turn right onto the boulevard, immediately turn left onto Avenue Giacobi, then take the staircase of the same name on the right.
At the top of the stairs, turn right onto Boulevard Bischoffsheim (Grande Corniche).
(1) Cross the road and continue straight ahead on Boulevard des Deux Corniches. At the second hairpin bend, take Chemin du Cal du Mont Gros on the left, which climbs up between the villas. This small path with steps on its right-hand side then becomes a narrow street and ends at the foot of a large villa where you will see yellow and red markings.
Yellow-red markings
(2) Turn right onto the paved slanting street that runs alongside the house. Cross another street and continue uphill into the forest until you reach the entrance to the Mont Vinaigrier site.
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(3) Continue straight ahead along the path that climbs into the forest and then runs alongside a wall bordering the olive grove until you reach a gap.
Access the pretty olive grove by going up the small path straight ahead. Once on the path, turn right and at the next bend continue straight ahead along a path leading to a first well. Then take the small stairs on the left to climb up this groundwater collection system (there is an explanatory panel).
Then find a track and descend on the left to a marker.
Yellow-red markings
(4) Climb the path on the right into the forest towards the Vinaigrier Supérieur. After a few hairpin bends, you will reach a new track at a small reservoir. Turn right to reach the summit plateau and the highest point at a wooden tower offering a superb view of the Bay of Villefranche.
(5) Begin the descent and continue along the same path until you reach a small road near an abandoned house.
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Turn right and reach another promontory above the harbour. Then descend on the left via a stony and slippery path. This section, above the Col de Villefranche, offers a magnificent panorama from Pointe Sainte-Hospice to the Estérel.
Descend following the main trail to the water treatment plant.
Yellow-red markings
(6) When you reach the water treatment plant, take the level path on the right that leads back to the park entrance.
(3) Descend to the left along the same path as at the start of the hike to return to the starting point (S/E).
. Then you stroll through the beautiful Vinaigrier park among olive trees and old irrigation systems.
Visorando member
Easy 
Tourism professional
Difficult 
