The River Loire Cycle Route (eBook)

From the source in the Massif Central to the Atlantic coast

Mike Wells (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2022 | 3. Auflage
256 Seiten
Cicerone Press (Verlag)
978-1-78362-916-9 (ISBN)

Infos

Guidebook to cycling the Loire, France and #039;s longest river, from its source in the Massif Central to the Atlantic. The 1061km route incorporates the popular, waymarked Loire à Vélo and takes in extinct volcanos, vineyards and châteaux. Predominantly downhill or flat, the route utilises mostly cycle paths and minor roads.

Autor

Mike Wells has been a keen long-distance walker and cyclist for over 25 years. He has walked all the major British trails, the GR5 through the Alps from Lake Geneva to the Mediterranean and has explored the Italian Dolomites and Alta Via routes. He has also walked in Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Norway and Chilean Patagonia. Mike has cycled the C2C route across northern England and Lon Las Cymru in Wales, as well as the Camino and Ruta de la Plata to Santiago de la Compostela. He has completed an end to end traverse of Cuba, a circumnavigation of Iceland and a trip across Lapland to the North Cape.

Inhalt

Map key

Overview map

Preface

Route summary table

Introduction

Background

The route

Natural environment

Preparation

Getting there and back

Navigation

Accommodation

Food and drink

Amenities and services

What to take

Safety and emergencies

About this guide

The Loire Cycle Route

Prologue Getting to the start

Upper Loire

Stage 1 Gerbier de Jonc to Goudet

Stage 2 Goudet to Le Puy-en-Velay

Stage 3 Le Puy-en-Velay to Retournac

Stage 4 Retournac to Aurec-sur-Loire

Stage 5 Aurec-sur-Loire to Feurs

Stage 6 Feurs to Roanne

Stage 7 Roanne to Digoin

Middle Loire

Stage 8 Digoin to Bourbon-Lancy

Stage 9 Bourbon-Lancy to Decize

Stage 10 Decize to Nevers

Stage 11 Nevers to La Charit and amp;##xe9;-sur-Loire

Stage 12 La Charit and amp;##xe9;-sur-Loire to Sancerre

Stage 13 Sancerre to Briare

Stage 14 Briare to Sully-sur-Loire

Stage 15 Sully-sur-Loire to Orl and amp;##xe9;ans

Lower Loire

Stage 16 Orl and amp;##xe9;ans to Beaugency

Stage 17 Beaugency to Blois

Stage 18 Blois to Amboise

Stage 19 Amboise to Tours

Stage 20 Tours to Br and amp;##xe9;h and amp;##xe9;mont

Stage 21 Br and amp;##xe9;h and amp;##xe9;mont to Saumur

Stage 22 Saumur to Angers

Stage 23 Angers to Montjean-sur-Loire

Stage 24 Montjean-sur-Loire to Ancenis

Stage 25 Ancenis to Nantes

Stage 26 Nantes to St Brevin-les-Pins (St Nazaire)

Appendix A Facilities summary

Appendix B Tourist information offices

Appendix C Youth hostels and g and amp;icirc;tes d and #039; and amp;##xe9;tape

Appendix D Useful contacts

Appendix E Language glossary

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 11.5.2022
• Zusatzinfo: 49 maps, 6 elevation profiles, over 80 colour photos
• Verlagsort: Kendal
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Motor- / Rad- / Flugsport
• Schlagworte: Atlantic • Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes • Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes • Bourgogne-Franche-Comté • Bourgogne-Franche-Comté • Centre-Val de Loire • France • Loire • Massif Central • Pays de la Loire • River Loire Cycle Route • Royal River • St Nazaire
• ISBN-10: 1-78362-916-9 / 1783629169
• ISBN-13: 978-1-78362-916-9 / 9781783629169