A very nice walk around the village of Maxilly sur Léman. A walk with beautiful views of Lake Geneva, but also of the Chablais massif. It is also the discovery of its still untouched pastures and chestnut forests.
Guidebook with maps/step-by-step
1/Through a passage on the left of the town hall, take the path that joins and follows the torrent (downstream). Join a road and follow it to the left for a few metres. When it goes under the railway, take the steps to climb the embankment and continue on the ballast to the "Bois du Bal" park. Continue along the track that joins the small station of Maxilly under the castle. Go down the Grandvin road for 100 m then continue on the Louchette path, turn left and pass under the railway bridge. 2/Remount towards the old mill to reach the Evian water pumping station. Cross the iron footbridge, go up the stairs made of railway sleepers to reach the second pumping station. Continue along the gravel path to the Chemin des Sources. Cross the RD again at the mirror bridge, take the old road (chemin du vieux pont). Continue on the RD and 50 m after the sign "Chez Grandjux", turn left, impasse des Pommiers. The road continues along a grassy path that runs through the woods to the village hall car park. 3/Take the direction of the bridge over the "Coppy de Montigny" stream. Turn right on the route du Chardonnet (which becomes the route du bois Duret), arrive in Montigny then turn left on the route des Hêtres, to pass the "Clos Savoyard" campsite. 4/At the hamlet of Curtenay, take the Presles road. At the Presles farm, turn left to follow a path through the fields to the Croix Moury. Enter the public park opposite and take the footpath on the right. At its end, join the Rue du Clos Marchand. Take it to the left, join the roundabout and the route de Grandvin to the starting point of the walk.
Ouverture
All year round.
Subject to favorable weather.
Tarifs
Free of charge.
Contact et accès Parking face à la mairie de Maxilly 74500 Maxilly-sur-Léman Haute-Savoie (74)
