The Impressionist Seine, from Careers to Croissy-sur-Seine

Depart from the town of Chatou, latitude 48.8899000 (N 48° 53’ 24”), longitude 2.1634700 (E 2° 9’ 48”)

• Departure of the route

• Your itinerary starts at the hamlet of Fournaise, on the island of the Impressionists. In addition to the Fournaise Museum, the hamlet includes two restaurants - Les Rives de la Courtille and Maison Fournaise -, the National Centre for Contemporary Art dedicated to the media work (cneai), the water station and the restoration workshop of old boats of the association Sequana. In season it is also the starting point of our cruises.

• Towards the Chatou Bridge

• Take the ramp to the Chatou bridge, watch out for it!

• Chatou Bridge

• A bike path will allow you to cross the bridge. Make a stop to discover on the right the dam of Chatou. A little further pass near the Church of Our Lady.

• Head to chatou town hall

• Take the back alley and head for the town hall of Chatou. If you don't plan a picnic, take a trip to the bakery! After the restaurant Les Canotiers, follow the road to the right. For foodies, a stop is required at the Murez chocolate factory: here the tradition and love of chocolate is passed down from father to son, for more than thirty years!
• Once past the square, take Ernest Bousson Street on your right.
• At the traffic light, take Dr. Rochefort Street to the left, then take a right from Esther Lacroix Street, towards "Gambetta District," until you reach Gambetta Avenue.
• At the stop, turn right on rue de Seine, join the towpath towards Carrières-sur-Seine.

• Towards The Halage Road

• To go up to Carrières-sur-Seine, follow the towpath. The 2.2 km of quarries of Carrières-sur-Seine have benefited from a development programme of the General Council of yvelines in order to accommodate walkers and cyclists.

• Quai Charles de Gaulle

• Leave the towpath to follow the Charles de Gaulle wharf. On your left is the town hall park. You will see one of the reproductions of the Impressionist Path, Renoir circuit.

• The market garden plains

• Here you will follow on your left the market garden plains of Careers well known to the great Parisian chefs. You're only 20 minutes from La Défense, it doesn't look like you?! Breathe!

• Take a left the path that runs along the railway track

• Leave the towpath to the downtown area of Careers. If Master Yoda you see, then on the right path you will be!

• Cross the Bezons road to reach the roundabout on your left

• Continuing towards Bezons you change departments! And yes Careers-sur-Seine is located on the edge of the Val d'Oise.

• Take the college aisle

• The College of Almonds opened in 1992 and welcomes more than 500 students (2014 figures).

• Take Paul Doumer Street

• A bike path allows you to travel pleasantly through this residential area.

• Take on the right the Rue des Fermettes

• At the end of Paul Doumer Street, take on your right the Rue des Fermettes. Watch out, it's going to go up! On your left is the Restaurant Panoramic, a very good career table that we recommend warmly!

• Take Marshal Foch Street to the left
• Take on the left the Boulevard Maurice Berteaux

• Following this boulevard you will go down to the village of Carrières. On your right don't miss beautiful views of La Défense.

• Continue on Gabriel Peri Avenue

• Always downhill this avenue leads you to the village.

• Take Victor Hugo Street on the left

• You'll walk along the town hall park below on your left. Made in the golden age of the "French-style" garden by a student of Le Nôtre it is a fine example of the use of perspective. It has been on the list of the most beautiful gardens in France since 1996.

• Take a left on rue de l'Abreuvoir to reach the banks of the Seine
• Take the towpath on the left

• Find the calm of the banks of the Seine and follow the towpath to Chatou! Take the time to observe the unspoiled flora and fauna of the area.

• Leave the towpath and take the Pupée wharf

• Watch out for traffic, here you share the way with the cars! On your left you will see the Chatou dam. The current building was inaugurated in 2014 and is one of the most important operations ever undertaken by Voies Navigables de France. This dam, like that of Bougival, maintains the level of the Seine up to the Suresnes dam in order to guarantee 24 hours a day the circulation of large river units to the Paris metropolitan area. The old building dates back to 1933.

• Join The Street of the Port

• This stretch of road leading to the Chatou Bridge is closed on Sundays.

• Join the Maxime Laubeuf wharf

• Leave the road to find the calm of the banks of the Seine! Signs tell you that you are taking the Green Avenue Paris-London, continue on this route to Croissy-sur-Seine!

• Take Lock Street on your right

• We leave the banks of the Seine to reach the city centre of Croissy-sur-Seine!

• Take on your right the guy de Maupassant promenade
• Cross the intersection to Emile Augier Avenue

• Emile Augier was an academician, poet and playwright. With Victor Hugo he was the greatest playwright of his time and lived in Croissy. His house was located on Rue de l'lock, it was the first villa built on the banks of the Seine.

• Take the street of Seine, on your left
• Take Maurice Berteaux Street on your left
• At the crossroads cross Rue des Ponts towards the street at Le Mètre

• At the beginning of this street you will see on the right wall a standard meter. This is a copy of a marble standard meter dating from the launch of the decimal metric system! The original is kept at the town hall. FYI the launch of the new metric system dates back to the end of the 18th century. In order to make the public aware of the length of the meter it was decided to place marble plates in crowded places in Paris with the new measures. It was one of the mayors of Croissy who brought back one of the meters in 1888.

• Take the right of Rue de la Plaine to reach the city centre

• You arrive on Hostachy Boulevard, Croissy's main thoroughfare with its restaurants and cafes, a bookstore, the shop of Une Place en Ville, a florist...
• Friday and Sunday, from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., the market is taking over the place!

• In the middle of Hostachy Boulevard, turn left towards St. Leonard's Church

• The choice of the style of this church, intended to replace the old parish church, is unusual. Indeed, the architects are directly inspired by the theories of Anatole de Baudot published in churches of towns and villages in 1867. The blind arches, the rose window and the geminated berries make it a condensed of the neo-Gothic style, which testifies to the growing taste of 19th century scholars for the Middle Ages.

• In front of the town hall, take a right. At the traffic light, take Paul Demange Street to the right, then on your left to Péron Street

• work of architects Xavier Fabre, Vincent Speller and Philippe Pumain, the Town Hall (The fourth of Croissy since the Revolution) was inaugurated in November 2000. All brick and milling and covered with an awning roof: the architects drew their inspiration from the architecture characteristic of the pavilion housing of the western suburbs of the early 20th century. The stained glass window of the façade was made by the plastic artist Christophe Cuzin.

• You arrive at Aligre's place. Take the Big Street to the left
• Continue on Avenue des Tilleuls and once past the Chatou sign, take the Paul Doumer Avenue to the left

• In front of 4 Avenue des Tilleuls, you will see a 19th century cross and the six round stones pierced that served as pedestals for the gallows at the time of the Lords of Croissy...

• A little walking?! Arriving at Emile Pereire Square, take the underground and then cross the Place Maurice Berteaux

• The market takes place every Wednesday and Saturday morning!

• At the end of the square, take the avenue of Aligre to the back alley, join the bridge by passing straight

• Thring is the end of the circuit, congratulations!