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Starting point: Service area (Turquant).
Signposting: Orange.
(S/E) From the service area, turn left, then left again and slightly right. Cross the D947 and carry on straight ahead.
(1) Carry on straight ahead to the end, then turn right. Follow the banks of the Loire for about 2.5 km, passing under the power lines and then the Montsoreau bridge. After the bridge, carry on to the campsite.
(2) Carry on straight ahead along the banks of the Loire, skirting the edge of the campsite, until you reach the harbour.
(3) Turn right onto Place du Mail. Head straight ahead, then turn right and continue to the D947. Turn left, then immediately left onto Rue André Obey, ignoring the two streets branching off to the right.
(4) Take the path on the right, which is just after the first road on the right. Turn left onto Ruelle Bussy d’Amboise, turn right onto Chemin du Coteau and follow it to the junction.
(5) Turn left, then right, and carry on to the second junction.
(6) Turn right and carry on to the junction about 600 m ahead (just past the cemetery).
(7) Turn right, then left. At the junction, head straight ahead and carry on straight on until you reach the next junction.
(8) Turn right onto the Route de Compostelle. At the junction, carry on straight ahead onto the Route de Chinon and continue to the roundabout.
(9) Turn left, then right, and follow the River Vienne for about 1.6 km until you reach the second path on the right.
(10) Turn onto this track. Cross the Route des Plants de Choux and head straight ahead. Take thefirst street on the left, then immediately on the right. Return to the main road.
(11) Turn left, then right, then left again, then immediately right. Carry on until you reach the road.
(12) Turn right onto Rue le Murger and carry on straight ahead. Pass the hamlet of Le Murger, then turn right and carry on straight ahead. At the crossroads, head straight ahead. Carry on straight ahead to the end, ignoring all the turnings to the left and right.
(13) Turn left, then right, pass Notre-Dame de Pitié, then turn right. Return to the main road.
(14) Turn left, then right, then left again, and carry on to the crossroads.
(15) Turn right, then immediately left, pass the town hall and take Allée Sainte-Catherine to the car park.
(16) Turn right, then right again onto Avenue du 11 Novembre 1918; carry on straight ahead, then take thethird street on your left and continue. Cross the D947, head straight ahead and continue to the junction.
(17) Turn right, then left, then right again, and follow the path straight ahead. Continue along it until you reach the road.
(18) Turn right and, at the bend, follow the path straight ahead. At the crossroads, carry on straight ahead and continue to the junction.
(19) Turn left, then immediately right, and carry on straight ahead to the end, then turn left. Carry on to the Carrefour de la Plaine des Joncs, passing under the power lines.
(20) Turn left, then take the path furthest to the right, and then turn right until you reach the road again.
(21) Turn left, then right, and carry on until you reachthe second Carrefour de la Pierre Percée.
(22) Turn right, go under the power lines, walk alongside the vineyards and carry on until you reach the road.
(23) Turn left, then immediately right, and right again. At the junction, carry on straight ahead, then turn left. Return to the Route de la Martinière. Turn right, then left, then right again onto Rue Château Gaillard. Carry on to the junction, turn left and return to the starting point (S/E).
