Château de Tanlay – Tonnerre loop from Lézinnes

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France

Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Avallon

Lézinnes

Château de Tanlay – Tonnerre loop from Lézinnes

Moderate

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162

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Château de Tanlay – Tonnerre loop from Lézinnes

02:38

43.6km

100m

Cycling

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 17, 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 22.4 km for 24 m

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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488 m

Lock 85 - Lezinnes

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Set up for the section of the canal opened to traffic in 1832 (from Pont-de-Pany to Tonnerre). Located on the right bank, the lock keeper's house is built of coated …

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11.5 km

Château de Tanlay

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This castle has hosted filming of famous swashbuckling series:
the first of the films "Angélique Marquise des anges" by Bernard Borderie, with Michèle Mercier, Robert Hossein, and Jean Rochefort is …

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12.5 km

Small village are small port is the opportunity to eat with a good pizza or local products in the Picoche grocery store. I recommend the parsley and the gougères hum. The Château de Tanlay is also worth a detour.

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14.0 km

Towpath of the Canal de Bourgogne

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Along the Canal de Bourgogne are still the historic locks including the Schleusnerhouses preserved.

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21.8 km

Tonnerre

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Tonnerre is a small village with character nicknamed "La petite Venise bourguignonne". To see among others: the perpetual waters of the mysterious Fosse Dionne, the Saint-Pierre Church, the Hôtel Dieu …

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22.4 km

Fosse Dionne and the town of Tonnerre

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The Dionne pit is a karst spring known as the Vaucluse source. It is in fact a resurgence located in the city center of Tonnerre. His presence is at the …

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22.4 km

Fosse Dionne

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The Dionne pit is a karst source called the Vauclusian source, located in the city center of Tonnerre. It is fed by the infiltration of precipitation into the surrounding limestone …

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23.7 km

Burgundy Canal

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A long ribbon of water crossing the countryside for 242 kilometers: here is the Burgundy Canal, which connects the Yonne to the Saône and Migennes to Saint-Jean-de-Losne. For some, it …

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43.6 km

End point

Parking

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