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Park either in the public garden square or near the cemetery.
(S/E) Return to the Grande Rue and head right towards the church.
(1) Turn left, walk past the church and take the small alley opposite for 200 m. Head down the aptly named Chemin du Tiens Bien on the right, with a gradient of nearly 20%, to reach the village of Les Grenettes, once famous for its open-air café and fishermen’s cottages.
(2) Turn right, walking alongside the old houses, and 300 m further on, opposite a large, more isolated building, take a path on the left through the meadows which follows the Boire d’Anjou at a distance. After about 300 m, you’ll reach the Chemin de la Boire Chapoin. A little further on, turn right and, after 40 m, turn sharply left to follow the path leading to the footbridge that takes you to the Golfe de l’Île d’Or, also known as the Cul de la Luce.
(3) Leave the footbridge on your left and head along the Route de la Queue de la Luce on a long straight stretch. Turn right and, after 100 m, turn left again onto a straight stretch to reach the typical village of La Bridonnière. Start climbing up to the right and stop at a small private chapel which is falling into disrepair year by year.
(4) Climb the 18% gradient towards La Coindassière and, 150 m before the Route de Champtoceaux, turn right onto a dirt track.
(5) Continue, admiring the landscape overlooking the Loire, its hillsides and its châteaux. After about 200 m, turn left and rejoin the Chemin du Préau, which leads onto the D751 road.
(6) Turn right and proceed carefully for 180 m in single file, then turn left into the village of La Babinière. Follow the path between the houses until you reach Route du Moulin Gasselin. First turn left then right.
(7) At the cross, take the small path leading to Gasselin. Turn right and follow the narrow track which joins a path on the right, leading to Route de l'Humeau.
(8) First turn right then left here and continue along the path towards Rue de l'Alambic, then turn right onto Rue des Pressoirs, which takes you back to the D751.
(9) Cross with care and, almost opposite, pass through the hamlet of l’Écurie and head downhill to follow Route des Pierres Blanches to the right towards Les Hautes Sauzaies. At the bottom, turn left onto Route de la Rabotellerie.
(10) At the junction, head up the Route du Tertre to the left for about a hundred metres, then continue up to the right along the Chemin du Pineau and then Rue Émile Jeanneau; 80 metres before the church, turn left into Rue du Château to reach the car park (S/E).
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