Circuit du Grand Duc
Walk the Tanneron mountains overlooking Mandelieu-La Napoule
Walk amongst wild Mimosa which lights up the hillside and remains a symbol of the French Riviera. It is the only flower that brings its brilliant colours to the middle of winter. Not only visible in winter, its scent travels the valley on a hot summers day.
What to bring
IGN maps 3543ET/3643ET are recommended for this walk.
Directions
From the parking indicated on the map just off D92, you cross the road west and go up the road with the barrier. After 1.2 km you hit a cross roads. Turn right (east, small path) on the path of the Grand Duc, which offers outstanding views over the bay of Cannes, the Lerins Islands and the plain of the Siagne. This trail will then cut across a larger trail before looping around and rejoining another large path. At the junction, turn right and continue along the larger path, then take a sharp left turn at the junction.
Follow this trail until the next junction then take a left. Continue along this path until the next junction and here take another left then head north. There is a small path off to the left after a hundred meters or so. Take this path through the woods to return to the larger trail and the first trail that leads back to the road (east).
