The Garonne and Lot Valley between vineyards and medieval villages

Arrival in Bordeaux city listed as Unesco World Heritage

Accommodation in 3 stars hotels in the heart of Bordeaux. You will get your bike as well as your route notes, which will indicate your circuit. Bordeaux, the former "Burdigala" Roman, inseparable from its vineyard ... radiates plenty of stones in her dress to provide fireworks. The Garonne River, heart of the city, welcomes walkers on the banks or boat trips. Everyone can take ownership of the docks, hoping to see the landing of a cruise ship, "amazing sight" a giant of the seas in the city center.

From Bordeaux to the Entre-Deux-Mers - 45 to 60 km 200 m

This route allows you to discover the Entre-Deux-Mers region of 55 km of track / greenway and lanes ... Enchanting! You will leave Bordeaux with the track that runs along the Garonne River and its beautiful landscapes. Then you will follow the greenway trail, winding through the hillsides of the Entre-Deux-Mers through Creon and Sauveterre de Guyenne, which are magnificent fortified walled towns. Finally, by small roads surrounded by vineyards, you will drive to your accommodation.

The beginning of the Canal de Garonne - From Sauveterre’s surrounding to Marmande’s surrounding 40 to 60 km 225 m depending on options

The greenway is ideal: it alternately crosses vineyards and forests and crosses several small stations refurbished in houses. Despite some minor false flat, the track is easy and offers a breath of nature. In this step, a little shorter, you can enjoy the many stops that are available to cyclists throughout the course. In the late afternoon, you will be greeted in a charming Hotel*** in Marmande or in a lovely guesthouse 10 km before.

From Marmande area to Villeneuve sur Lot - 60 km 200 m

You leave Marmande, land of tomato and strawberry, still at the shade of the plane trees you will follow the Canal de Garonne until Tonneins, where you bifurcate to join Clairac, and its benedictine abbey. Then you will go along the Canal du Lot for a bucolic ride brightened up by orchards and its villages leading you until Villeneuve-sur-Lot.

From Villeneuve sur Lot to Puy Lévêque - 57 km 200 m

From Villeneuve-sur-Lot, your route follows small roads through the orchards of plum trees in the wide bed of the Lot. You will cross the beaut iful village of Pujols. Others remarkable perched villages: Montsempron-Libos and Fumel. A few kilometers away from Fumel a stop is imperative to visit one of the most beautiful fortresses of France, the castle of Bonaguil.

From Puy L’évêque to Cahors - 57 km 300 m

The veloroute weaves between vineyards and orchards, making you discover green and preserved landscapes, you will cross little villages like Belaye, medieval village offering a stunning view on the valley, or Luzech in the heart of a meander forming a peninsula, one of the most spectacular sites in the Lot Valley with wonderful scenery. You will arrive in Cahors, City of Art and History.

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