Guidebook with maps/step-by-step
Leave the Saint-Clément des Baleines Visitor Centre and continue straight ahead for 50 metres along Rue du Centre. The church is on your right.
At the crossroads, turn right onto Rue de la Boulangerie and follow it for 200 metres.
Turn right onto Rue de La Martine and continue for 50 metres, then immediately left onto Ruelle La Martine (30 metres).
On the right, join Rue de la Digue and follow it for 700 metres.
At the intersection with Chemin du Moulin Robert, turn left (distance 35 metres) to reach the sea wall running along the ocean. The view is magnificent whatever the tide or season!
Follow the dyke for 1,100 metres, enjoying the magnificent view of the ocean!
Then take the path on the right for 200 metres, alongside Les Baleines campsite, to reach Chemin des Pérouses.
Turn left onto this road towards the Baleines lighthouse, until you reach the intersection 400 metres away, where you will have two options.
If you take the left path, you will head towards the lifeboat beach 200 metres away, where the view is spectacular at sunset.
If you take the right path, you will head towards the perimeter of the Baleines lighthouse 200 metres away, the emblem of the area!
To return to the village of Saint-Clément, whether you are at the lighthouse or the lifeboat station, walk 200 metres to find Chemin de la Devaude, then Chemin des Pérouses, Rue du Chiron and Rue de la Martine. The distance to the village entrance is 2,100 metres.
Turn left onto Rue de la Boulangerie and walk 200 metres to reach the crossroads between the church and the town hall.
Turn left onto Rue du Centre to return to your starting point in front of the reception office, 50 metres away.