Thanks to the electric assistance, you don't have to be Jeannie Longo to consider a bike trip. For a weekend or more, by choosing the right route, you can easily afford a few days of walking. Here is a selection of France itineraries, accessible to beginners, provided you take your time. Enough to clear your head and find the taste of slowness: cycling is the slow life par excellence!
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Head for the sea spray at Mont-Saint-Michel
The Véloscénie connects Paris to Mont-Saint-Michel. For a five-day bike tour, you can start the route in the town of Flers, Normandy, to reach the mythical bay. The route is easy, accessible to beginners and families thanks to 75% greenways.
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Royal Week on the banks of the Loire
Thanks to the Loire à Vélo route, we walk from castle to castle. Several routes are possible. For example, you can start in Amboise, where you visit Le Clos Lucé, then head to Chenonceaux, which gracefully spans the Cher, Cheverny – with its packs of dogs and its air of Moulinsart – before arriving in front of the castle of Chambord. Its royal domain alone can be the subject of a day walk.
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Beaches and tastings in the Médoc
From the northern tip of the Médoc to Soulac-sur-Mer to Andernos-les-Bains, there are long sandy beaches, bathed by the Atlantic Ocean and lined with pine trees. Here, it is the kingdom of surfers and wine lovers since the vineyards are never far away! Allow four days of cycling.
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Weekend in the countryside in the Bay of Somme
From Cayeux-sur-Mer to Crotoy, we take a small portion of the EuroVelo road n°4 to pedal in the heart of the wild nature of the Bay of Somme. The opportunity to discover the Marquenterre Park: paradise for ornithologists, its two hundred hectares of dunes, forests and marshes make it an unforgettable place to walk.
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Sweetness of life along the Canal du Midi
From Castelnaudary to Carcassonne, a two-day walk along the Canal du Midi. This route is a very small portion of the Grand Canal des Deux-Mers, which connects the Atlantic to the Mediterranean. On this stretch, bicycles travel on a towpath.
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