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View of the Loire River – View of Candes-Saint-Martin loop from Saint-Patrice

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View of the Loire River – View of Candes-Saint-Martin loop from Saint-Patrice

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View of the Loire River – View of Candes-Saint-Martin loop from Saint-Patrice

07:40

131km

420m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. You may need to push your bike for some segments of this route. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 15, 2026

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Includes a segment that goes up or down a series of steps

You may need to carry your bike.

After 60.3 km for 39 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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13.0 km

View of the Loire River

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Excellent viewpoint over the wild Loire on the Loire à Vélo between Villandry and Bréhémont. You can see the Langeais bridge, an Eiffel bridge.

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20.0 km

Gardens of the Château de Villandry

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The Château de Villandry, whose construction began in the 16th century, is particularly known for its gardens, which cover more than six hectares spread over four levels. The castle is …

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23.1 km

View of Savonnières

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At the bend of a meander, the beautiful view of Savonnière will not leave you indifferent.

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32.5 km

Espace naturel sensible du bocage de la Gloriette

Nature Reserve

45.9 km

Viewpoint

60.3 km

La Loire

Lake

66.7 km

View of Ussé castle

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On the horizon, when the weather is clear, you can see the silhouette of the Château de Ussé. This fairytale castle has a magical appearance that overlooks the Indre and …

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70.1 km

Loire à Vélo Cycle Path Near Huismes

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The Loire River Cycle Route near Huismes offers a serene and scenic journey through the heart of the Loire Valley, where you will cycle past the vineyards, charming stone villages …

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88.2 km

Candes-Saint-Martin is a commune of 212 inhabitants in the department of Indre-et-Loire in the Center-Val de Loire region. The commune with its sanctuary Saint-Martin is classified as one of Les Plus Beaux Villages de France. Wikipedia

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90.8 km

Montsoreau Castle

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The Château de Montsoreau has been immortalized many times, notably by Alexandre Dumas in his novel La Dame de Monsoreau, written between 1845 and 1846.

Above all, since 2016 Montsoreau …

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98.0 km

Souzay-Champigny troglodyte site

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This portion is really top, we pass in several troglodyte sites.
But watch out for the ribs, short but intense!

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105 km

Point JMW Turner

Viewpoint

131 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

75.4 km

22.7 km

12.9 km

12.2 km

7.27 km

692 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

102 km

18.5 km

4.72 km

2.95 km

2.55 km

584 m

Elevation

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Weather

Tuesday 25 August

29°C

14°C

43 %

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Max wind speed: 15.0 km/h

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Comments

August 12, 2025,🇫🇷 Loire-Radweg - Tag 4 - von Saumur nach Tours

Good average speed... keep it up.

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September 19, 2023,Tag 22: von Tours nach Saumur

The navigation system was able to take a break and the tour followed the well-signposted Eurovelo 6 or the “Loire à Vélo” all day today. At the beginning the route also ran along the river, mostly on the dike (occasionally measuring sticks indicate that there must have been dramatic floods here). You have a good view from the dike, but …

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June 15, 2024,Loire24 Tag 10 - von Tours nach Saumur

Wonderful last stage, with sun, wind and rain, a few smaller castles and the caves near Saumur. It was beautiful!

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June 11, 2025,6e etappe VAL naar Saumur

Today we left fairly early. After we were able to pick up breakfast downstairs at the bakery. At 7 o'clock there were already 8 people waiting. Another bit through Tours, on to Saumur. It was already warm early and later in the day actually too warm. Today the stage was again a bit longer than planned. This has to do …

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October 26, 2024,Von Tours nach Distre

When you sit back on the bed after a fresh shower, the world looks much nicer.

It rained a lot last night and my sleep was rudely disturbed by the smoke alarm, which went off twice. The alarm was banished to the bathroom, no idea what it was doing.

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June 30, 2022,Loire (EV6) Gennes nach Tours 97 km 4. Tag

For everyone who is interested:
From June 21st, 2023 there will be a film about our summer tour from the Atlantic to Basel from day 4 + 5 on Youtube.
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