The island of l’Île de la Cité in the heart of Paris is your starting point. Setting off on your cycling adventure, [...]
Onwards to Louis XIV’s dazzling château at Versailles, following the Bièvre Valley, enjoying an almost rural [...]
After the magnificence of the Château de Versailles, cycle on into the Parc Naturel Régional de la Haute Vallée de [...]
Explore the charming town of Chevreuse and its château before entering Rambouillet Forest. As you cycle onwards, the [...]
Leave the urban world behind you! This stage leads you to the densely wooded slopes of Rambouillet Forest. Half-way [...]
Forests, valleys and extensive meadows provide the elements that create the typical landscapes of the Haute Vallée de [...]
Enter the magnificent Rambouillet Forest, crisscrossed by cycle paths. Do make the detours to the Moulin de Villeneuve, [...]
This is the last, really delightful stage before you leave the greater Paris region of Ile-de-France for the [...]
An exceptionally bucolic stage along the Eure Valley, riding beside fields, forests and gently flowing rivers. Start [...]
Leave Maintenon by cycling under the château’s aqueduct, the majestic remnants of a madcap idea of Louis XIV’s, to [...]
Leave Chartres to head for Illiers-Combray, riding along small roads through wide fields, following in the footsteps of [...]
Leaving Illiers-Combray, you cycle for a short further stretch through the wide flat fields of the Beauce Plain before [...]
You’ll need to find a final burst of energy at the end of this stage, arriving at Nogent-le-Rotrou, historic capital [...]
Rejoin the cycle route, riding along undulating little forested roads before branching off onto a greenway going from [...]
Admiring old manors and mills, you meander along a greenway through the heart of the Perche area on this stage, [...]
Continuing to ride along the greenway from Condé-sur-Huisne to Alençon, you leave behind the Perche, but enter the [...]
This stage offers a lovely path through the Bourse Forest, beside the Vésone River. As you cycle on through fields, [...]
On this stage, you ride to Bagnoles de l'Orne along the most family-friendly of alternative routes, going via [...]
This is doubtless the most challenging stage along the whole Veloscenic cycle route, but it offers fine views over [...]
Continue your cycling journey on the greenway leading to Bagnoles-de-l'Orne Normandie. This stretch serves as a link [...]
You ride along small country roads and through forested parts before reaching Bagnoles de l'Orne. Nestling in its [...]
Leaving the natural thermal spa town of Bagnoles-de-l’Orne, cycle off through the heart of the state-run Andaines [...]
Getting up to and down from the medieval hill town of Domfront proves a challenge, demanding energy and concentration. [...]
The village of Mortain appears on its slope, in the green heart of the bocage normand, the region’s traditional [...]
Begin this stage by visiting the enchanting site of the waterfalls on the Cance River. Then set off on a lovely, [...]
You may get a scent of sea air as you ride along this penultimate stage between the town of St-Hilaire-du-Harcouët, [...]
So, you embark on the final stage of the Veloscenic cycle route. A greenway meanders to the mouth of the Sélune River [...]