Hikes and Grand Paris get along. In Paris, for the summer 2021, go and discover the Greater Paris metropolis! Enlarge your Paris and Société du Grand Paris organize an 11-day street walk cycle around the upcoming Grand Paris Express lines. From August 19 to 29, 2021, the Tour Piéton du Grand Paris offers us to explore the limits of the growing metropolis.
Furthermore, this Tour du Grand Paris by foot invites participants to know more about it mixing culture, landscapes, and nature. The idea of this never-before-seen cycle of urban hikes is to make walkers think for pedestrians from the Greater Paris. The two partners regularly invite hiking and urban walk fans around the Grand Paris Express line route.
In all, since 2018, about 1,000km have been walked by 3,000 curious people from all over Île-de-France. Dozens of urban and cultural venues have been visited and it is far from being over! For the 2nd edition of the Tour Piéton du Grand Paris, discover greater Paris landscapes like the former Plaine des Vertus around Aubervilliers and the Plaine Saint-Denis, canals, forests in western Paris, and the Seine and Saclay and Hurepox plateau. All along the 180-km loop, you are accompanied by experts (urbanist, geographer, botanist) or artists so they can share their look on the metropolis and its spaces.
At the same time, participants can discover cultural and agricultural places that will be part of the Greater Paris such as the Vive les Groues wilderness in Nanterre, or the Ateliers Médicis in Clichy-sous-Bois. The goal is to create a relationship and explore the most beautiful natural areas around the upcoming Greater Paris metro and draw a green belt of parks, gardens, rivers, and forest that can be accessed through public transit, by foot or bicycle. So, what are you expecting? Let us go on an adventure in the Greater Paris!
Tour Piéton du Grand Paris program:
Departing from the Ecouen-Ezanville (RER D) station. Arriving to the Parc des Expositions de Villepinte (RER B) station. 18-km walk around Grand Paris Express line 17 discovering the rivers of Val-d’Oise and Seine-Saint-Denis: the Petit Rosne and the Croult joining shortly before the Bourget airport and flowing into the Seine in Saint-Denis.
To see during your hike: the Ecouen forest, the Plaine Copin in Sarcelles, the Condos family farm in Arnouville, the ancient village of Gonesse, the Gonesse Triangle, the A1 highway, the Parc des Expositions of Villepinte and the RER B station for the 30th anniversary of the logbook written by François Maspero “Les Passagers du Roissy Express”.
Departing from the Bourget station (RERB and upcoming station for lines 16 and 17). Arriving to the La Plaine – Stade de France station (RER B). 14-km walk around Grand Paris Express line 17 discovering Seine-Saint-Denis gardening history, and the huge Parc Valbon (400 hectares), in the heart of the upcoming Olympic territory.
To see during your hike: the former factories of Le Bourget, the Parc Valbon, the Clinamen sheep pen, the Croult and Vieille Mer rivers, Fayvon mills, and the Jardin de la Reine by artist Monte Laster (La Courneuve), and the upcoming Fort de l’Est urban farm and the workers’ gardens, the legend of the rain miracle and Notre-Dame des Vertus in Aubervilliers, the Canal Saint-Denis and the Stade de France.
Departing from the Bécon-les-Bruyères station (Courbevoie, Line J, and upcoming Western line 15 station). Arriving to Suresnes Mont-Valérien station (Transilien train lines L and U). 14-km hike around the Western Line 15, discovering parcs and panoramas in Hauts-de-Seine.
To see during your hike: Courbevoie parks and gardens, World’s Fairs pavilions, La Défense and its open-air museum, the cultural wilderness and urban incubator of Vive Les Groues, the Tours Nuage, the Parc André Malraux, and the Théâtre des Amandiers, the Mémorial de la France Combattante in Mont-Valérien, the panoramic Jacques Baumel walk, the Musée d’histoire urbaine et sociale in Suresnes, the American cemetery, the Suresnes vineyard.
Departing from the Pont de Sèvres metro station (line 9 and upcoming Western line 15 station). Arriving to Clamart station (Transilien train line N and upcoming Southern line 15 station), discovering one of the Seine loops and islands.
To see during your hike: Île Monsieur, Domaine National de Saint-Cloud, Manufacture and Musée Nationaux de Sèvres, Parc Brimborion, Seine riverbanks, Seine Musicale // Ile Seguin, Île Saint-Germain, its park, the Tour aux Visages by Jean Dubuffet, Issy-les-Moulineaux arches, the former Armenian district, Fort d’Issy eco-friendly district, Clamart vineyards.
Departing from the Pont de Sèvres metro station (line 9 and upcoming Western line 15 station). Arriving to Versailles-Chantiers (RER line C, Transilien trains N and U, upcoming Grand Paris Express line 18 station). 15-km walk discovering the former royal forests in western Paris, and Versailles pools (Ru Marivel, Montbauron tank, and Gobert ponds).
To see during your hike: Domaine National de Saint-Cloud, Piqueur garden and farm, Fausses-Reposes forest, Corot ponds, Ru Marivel, Versailles tanks, Versailles street-art murals, and Etangs Gobert urban farm.
Departing from Versailles-Chantiers (RER line C, Transilien trains N and U, upcoming Grand Paris Express line 18 station). Arriving to Bures-sur-Yvette (RER B station). 19-km walk discovering the Plateau de Saclay and Versailles water system.
To see during your hike: Versailles estate forest, Aqueduc de Buc, the Bièvre river, the Viltain farm, the Plateau de Saclay, and the Etang Vieux, the Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique, the Saclay campus & Moulon district, the Yvette river.
Departing from Lozère (RER line B station). Arriving to Rungis-La-Fraternelle (RER C station). 19-km hike discovering the Vallée de l’Yvette.
To see during you hike: the refurbished Yvette riverbanks, Massy-Palaiseau, the George Brassens urban park, Massis agricultural triangle, the PADAF in Anthony (the urban plateau’s circular economy center), agricultural lands, the Montjean forest and estate, Rungis city and river, Orly airport.
Departing from Massy-Palaiseau (RER line B, upcoming line 15 station). Arriving to Gentilly (RER B station). 18-km hike discovering the Plateau de l’Hurepoix, between the Seine and Bièvre valleys.
To see during your hike: the Bièvre – currently reopening on several sites. Walk with a river expert, Yann Fradin. Discover the Parcs de la Bièvre and the Parc Départemental de la Roseraie in Villejuif, the Parc des Hautes Bruyères in Villejuif, Regards de l’Aqueduc de Marie de Medicis, the Cachan paths and vineyards, the Aqueduc d’Arcueil and the Bièvre in Arcueil.
Departing from Ecole Vétérinaire de Maisons-Alfort (metro line 8 station). Arriving to Saint-Maur-Créteil (RER line A and upcoming Southern line 15 station). 18-km hike discovering the Marne river.
To see during your hike: the Seine and Marne confluence, the Charentonneau and Corbeaux islands, the “noodle dish” of the A4 highway, the Canal de Saint-Maur, and the old Saint-Maur, the remnants of the Abbaye, the Marne riverbanks in Champigny, and the nautical base, the Île Guinguette du Martin Pêcheur, the ornithological reserves, the Port de Chennevières, the Créteil islands.
Departing from Chelles Gournay (train lines P and E, upcoming GPE line 16 station). Arriving to Sevran-Livry (RER B, upcoming line 16 station). 15-km hike discover eastern Paris woods and hills.
To see during your hike: the Mont Guichet and its agricultural fields, the beekeeper, the former carries, the Montfermeil arboretum park, the Ateliers Medicis, the Aqueduc de la Dhuys, the Bois de Bondy, and the Bernouille forest, the Parc de la Poudrerie, and the Canal de l’Ourcq.
Departing from Rosny-sous-Bois (RER line E, Eastern line 15 station). Arriving to Fort d’Aubervilliers (metro line 7 and Easter line 15 station). 13-km hike discovering the Plateau de Romanville.
To see during your hike: Paris fort line, paths, high walks, the Aqueduc de la Dhuys, the Corniche des Forts, the Canal de l’Ourcq, the Fort d’Aubervilliers, and the cultural wilderness of the Cité Fertile in Pantin.
Dates and Opening Time
From August 19th, 2021 to August 29th, 2021
Official website
www.enlargeyourparis.fr
Booking
www.enlargeyourparis.fr
