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Surface of the cycle route
La Belle Via, either from La Balme-de-Sillingy or from Chanaz to Valence (passing through the départements, or French counties, of Haute-Savoie, Savoie, Isère and Drôme)
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General information
Signposting: signposting is being put in place bit by bit along La Belle Via. All the signposting will signal the national numbering for this cycle route, V62/V63, along its whole length.
Good to know: La Belle Via provides links to the ViaRhôna EuroVelo 17, in the north, at Chanaz, and in the south, at Pont de l’Isère. So, it’s possible to plan a bike trekking holiday on a large circuit involving both ViaRhôna and La Belle Via: from Valence, Chanaz and, in the future, from Seyssel too.
Lenght: depending on the section of cycle route you choose
- From Chanaz – 15km up to Pont de l’Isère or 225km up to Valence
- From la Balme-de-Sillingy – 270km up to Pont de l’Isère or 280km up to Valence
Duration: between four and eight days, depending on the sections chosen and your cycling speed
Level of difficulty: easy, as this cycle route involves very little shift in altitude, except for a few slopes on leaving the Isère riverside.
If you wish to tackle a shorter section for a bike trekking holiday, note that the Tour des Bauges à Vélo is a cycling circuit that takes you along quite a few stages of La Belle Via, from Aix les Bains to Annecy via Chambéry, Montmélian and Albertville, followed by a return to Aix les Bains transporting your bike on a TER regional train.
Services
Accueil Vélo accreditation, for service providers catering specifically to cyclists, is being organized at time of writing.
Access to La Belle Via
This cycle route can be reached via a large number of SNCF (French national railways) high-speed TGV / or regional TER train services, with stations dotted along the way, including:
With your bike, without having to dismantle it: by reservation only for TGV Inoui high-speed trains (the fee per bike €10 at time of writing) but bikes go free on TER regional trains
To Annecy :
- Paris > via Lyon > Annecy by TGV Inoui or by TER: 4h18 average journey time
- Lyon > Annecy by TER: 2h07 average journey time
- Genève > Annecy by TER: 1h35 average journey time
To Aix-les-Bains :
- Paris > Aix-les-Bains by TGV Inoui or by TER: 3h30 average journey time
- Lyon > Aix-les-Bains by TER: 1h27 average journey time
- Genève > Aix-les-Bains by TER: 2h09 average journey time
To Chambéry :
- Paris > Chambéry by TGV Inoui and TER: 3h33 average journey time
- Lyon > Chambéry by TER: 1h29 average journey time
- Genève > Chambéry by TER: 2h07 average journey time
To Grenoble :
- Paris > Grenoble by TGV Inoui and TER: 3h34 average journey time
- Lyon > Grenoble by TER: 1h30 average journey time
- Genève > Grenoble by TER: 3h07 average journey time
To Valence :
- Paris > Valence by TGV Inoui : 3h00 average journey time
- Lyon > Valence by TGV Inoui or by TER : 1h00 average journey time
- Genève > Valence by TER : 3h32 average journey time
Connections to other cycle routes
- ViaRhôna from Chanaz and from Pont de l’Isère
- P'tites Routes du Soleil from Grenoble
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La Balme-de-Sillingy / Annecy
In the département (or county) of Haute-Savoie, La Belle Via cycle route (V62) will, once complete, start in Seyssel, [...]
Aix-les-Bains / Chambéry
Starting in the département, or county, of Savoie, at the foot of the Parc Naturel Régional du Massif des Bauges [...]
Annecy / Albertville
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Albertville / Montmélian
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Montmélian / La Terrasse
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La Terrasse / Grenoble
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Grenoble / Vinay
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Vinay / Romans-sur-Isère
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Romans-sur-Isère / Valence
Leaving Romans-sur-Isère, our cycle route transports you over the Isère River, to the town of Bourg-de-Péage on the [...]
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