Verdun-sur-le-Doubs / Chalon-sur-Saône EuroVelo 6 - Cycle Route of the rivers

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Canals & intimate rivers

24,95 Km

1 h 57 min

I cycle often

Verdun-sur-le-Doubs

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Chalon-sur-Saône

24,95 km cycling route from Verdun-sur-le-Doubs to Chalon-sur-Saône

This EuroVelo 6 stage takes you along a portion of Burgundy’s Voie Bleue greenway beside the Saône that hasn’t been completed yet. Even if the cycle route between Verdun-sur-le-Doubs and Chalon is in part provisional, offering a mix of stretches of greenway and portions on relatively busy roads, it’s still enjoyable.

Elevation of the stage

0 m 11 m

Waytypes of the stage

Cycle path: 23,59 km By road: 1,40 km

Surface of the stage

Smooth: 4,13 km Rough: 20,86 km

Route

Greenway from Verdun-sur-le-Doubs to Bragny. Take care on the complicated stretch around Gergy (following a disused railway line, then the banks of the Saône). Then there’s a provisional linking route along relatively busy roads to Chalon (D 5 road). Arriving at Chalon, take Avenue Kennedy, with its marked-out cycle lane, for the historic centre.

Train station - Sncf

Chalon station
TER (local services) Dijon > Beaune > Chalon > Macon
TER (local services) Chalon > Montchanin > Nevers
TGV (high speed trains) Paris > Chalon with dedicated spaces, with booking

Don't miss

Chalon-sur-Saône: beautiful old buildings along the Saône quays; the quarter around St Vincent Cathedral; Ile St-Laurent (an island); several museums, including that on photography (invented here!).