Marked hike No. 1. This path, dedicated to Colette, was opened in 1993 by students from the Colette college in Saint-Sauveur-en-Puisaye. Along this path, everything recalls the stories of this writer born in Saint-Sauveur-en-Puisaye in 1873. This author described her native country so well - even if she named the villages and the characters by other names. - that every corner smells of its literature.
Route details
Description
Departure from the Colette museum (Place Blanche car park).
(D/A) Go down the avenue of lime trees to reach Rue de La Roche, turn right for 50m to turn left into Rue Colette.
(1) Pass between his birthplace on the left and the “front” garden on the right. Immediately after, turn right into Rue des Gros Bonnets, then opposite Rue du Bourg Gelé (the Post Office building will be on your left).
At the intersection, opposite the War Memorial, go down the Route de Saint Amand on the left for 80m, leave it at the 90° bend to take Rue de Moutiers opposite.
After the bridge under the railway, turn right onto the path which leads to Marseillaise.
(2) Arriving at this hamlet, take the left path before the railway line. Continue on this main path. After the last house on the left, a small path on the right can take you for a return trip to the Bâtisse pottery.
(3) Cross the Loing by the small bridge and reach Moutiers by taking the small tarmac road twice to the right.
(4) Arriving in the village, discover the square which is decorated by the Fontaine du Moine Glabert, the church on your left with the wash house as you arrive on the left, the old abbey (remains) on your right.
(5) At the Stop sign, take the street on the left which passes in front of the church (classified murals and the superb cloister). At the end of this street, turn left and go up to the Lorets crossing (leave the stone path which enters the farm) and choose the tarmac road 100m above on the left.
(6) As you pass the Saint-Pierre Cross, made of Puisaye sandstone, you will have an idea of the hardness of this material. You will discover the old extraction quarries on the dirt road to take just opposite at the next crossroads.
Walk along this path steeped in history (see § During the hike).
Arriving at the road, turn left, cross the railway line and take the street opposite which goes up alongside the church. Go up this street which partly runs along the back of Colette's house and garden and, at the top, turn left then right to reach the museum (D/A).
(D/A) Go down the avenue of lime trees to reach Rue de La Roche, turn right for 50m to turn left into Rue Colette.
(1) Pass between his birthplace on the left and the “front” garden on the right. Immediately after, turn right into Rue des Gros Bonnets, then opposite Rue du Bourg Gelé (the Post Office building will be on your left).
At the intersection, opposite the War Memorial, go down the Route de Saint Amand on the left for 80m, leave it at the 90° bend to take Rue de Moutiers opposite.
After the bridge under the railway, turn right onto the path which leads to Marseillaise.
(2) Arriving at this hamlet, take the left path before the railway line. Continue on this main path. After the last house on the left, a small path on the right can take you for a return trip to the Bâtisse pottery.
(3) Cross the Loing by the small bridge and reach Moutiers by taking the small tarmac road twice to the right.
(4) Arriving in the village, discover the square which is decorated by the Fontaine du Moine Glabert, the church on your left with the wash house as you arrive on the left, the old abbey (remains) on your right.
(5) At the Stop sign, take the street on the left which passes in front of the church (classified murals and the superb cloister). At the end of this street, turn left and go up to the Lorets crossing (leave the stone path which enters the farm) and choose the tarmac road 100m above on the left.
(6) As you pass the Saint-Pierre Cross, made of Puisaye sandstone, you will have an idea of the hardness of this material. You will discover the old extraction quarries on the dirt road to take just opposite at the next crossroads.
Walk along this path steeped in history (see § During the hike).
Arriving at the road, turn left, cross the railway line and take the street opposite which goes up alongside the church. Go up this street which partly runs along the back of Colette's house and garden and, at the top, turn left then right to reach the museum (D/A).
