Les Patouillaux – The Fairy Cave loop from Fondettes - Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire
Les Patouillaux – The Fairy Cave loop from Fondettes - Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire
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Les Patouillaux – The Fairy Cave loop from Fondettes - Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire
03:42
58.9km
410m
Gravel riding
Hard gravel ride. 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: October 16, 2026
Tips
Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted
After 1.07 km for 142 m
Waypoints
Start point
Train Station
1.39 km
Hydraulic Ram
Highlight • Structure
1.48 km
the hydraulic ram of the Charcenay Mill
Highlight • Other
while water runs down two sides of the property well hidden behind trees.
An incentive panel invites you to visit the hydraulic ram of the mill, a vestige of the local industry of the 19th century.
"This device is mainly used for raising water"
The hydraulic ram of Charcenay allowed thanks to the energy of a waterfall, to raise a lesser quantity of water towards a point located higher than the source,
and this in a perpetual motion; it supplied water to the Château de la Plaine, property of a wealthy banker from Tours.
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Tip by
6.17 km
Semblancay Forest
Highlight • Other
7.35 km
Les Patouillaux
Highlight • Other
Tip by
19.0 km
Pont du Facteur
Highlight • Bridge
48.2 km
The Fairy Cave
Highlight • Other
The dolmen and the site of the Grotte aux Fées have been listed as Historic Monuments since 1914.
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Tip by
56.5 km
Le Havre Sculpture, Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire
Highlight • Monument
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Tip by
58.9 km
End point
Train Station
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
22.6 km
18.2 km
11.3 km
3.74 km
1.77 km
1.14 km
157 m
Surfaces
19.1 km
19.0 km
17.7 km
2.65 km
377 m
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