The Voie Bleue from Charmes to Fontenoy-le-Château

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The Voie Bleue from Charmes to Fontenoy-le-Château

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The Voie Bleue from Charmes to Fontenoy-le-Château

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77.6km

250m

Cycling

Departing from Charmes, the Voie Bleue takes you on a very accessible and friendly family adventure along the Vosges Canal. Along this route, nature offers a bucolic setting that contrasts with the vestiges of the Vosges' great industrial era. Its wide avenues of century-old ash trees line the trail, its…

by Agence Régionale du Tourisme Grand Est

Last updated: April 7, 2025

Tips

Cycling is not permitted along parts of this route

After 24.1 km for 108 m

After 32.7 km for 109 m

Waypoints

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1.77 km

Industrial Heritage Along the Canal des Vosges

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Along the Vosges Canal, you can discover the importance of the Vosges' industrial heritage. You'll also notice how nature is gradually reclaiming its rights.

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19.4 km

Café Vélo

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Great bike shop. In addition to drinks and ice cream, they sell complete bikes as well as spare parts, attachments, and clothing.

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28.5 km

Épinal

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Located in the heart of the Vosges, Épinal is a dynamic city that combines heritage, culture and nature. Its green face, with the conifer and beech forests of the plateaus visible from the city center, makes the town particularly pleasant.

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43.3 km

Bouzey Reservoir

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The water from the lake helps control the level of the Canal des Vosges in the region. It is possible to swim there from the American beach on the north shore.

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60.0 km

Repair and refuelling station

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This self-service station provides you with tire inflation equipment and tools to perform some maintenance on your bikes. You will also find water bottles and tables and benches for picnics.

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73.4 km

The Royal Factory of Bains-les-Bains

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This former tinplate or tinware factory houses a whole complex that makes it one of the most beautiful 18th century industrial sites in Lorraine.
The complex includes the manufacturing workshops, …

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77.6 km

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

67.4 km

6.17 km

1.74 km

887 m

801 m

374 m

285 m

Surfaces

68.7 km

5.11 km

2.42 km

742 m

365 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (380 m)

Lowest point (260 m)

Weather

Thursday 22 October

14°C

7°C

94 %

Additional weather tips

Max wind speed: 41.0 km/h

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Comments

June 21, 2024,Tour-24-26 Charmes

Alan, our host, set off this morning in his camper van towards England to surprise his sister on her 80th birthday. He made sure to stop by the bakery beforehand to bring us fresh bread and croissants.
Right at the start of today's stage we took a small detour to buy water at the Intermarché. Because of the thunderstorm forecast …

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September 5, 2025,Tour von Charmes nach Camping Fontenoy-le-Château

A lovely bike ride with Axel from Charmes along the Moselle and the Vosges Canal to our campsite. Our wives were already waiting for us there with their motorhomes...
Tomorrow we'll swap places – the wives by bike and us by motorhome...

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April 24, 2026,🇫🇷 Voie bleue_9: La Vôge-les-Bains - Charmes

The miracle of Épinal . . . the closer you get, the greater the distance indication on the cycle path signs. Yesterday we started at 101 km, then came 104 . . . 110 km; but we always rode in the right direction. Today it repeated itself with 29 km . . . after 10 km still 29, and then …

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March 14, 2025

Departing from Charmes, the Voie Bleue takes you on a very accessible and friendly family adventure along the Vosges Canal. Along this route, nature offers a bucolic setting that contrasts with the vestiges of the Vosges' great industrial era. Its wide avenues of century-old ash trees line the trail

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