Muides-sur-Loire / Blois La Loire à Vélo - Loire Valley by bike

Route

On the north bank, you take the raised levée between Muides-sur-Loire Bridge and Blois: Pays des Châteaux Cycling Circuit 12: Following the course of the Loire.

Alternative routes

At Muides-sur-Loire’s bridge, cross to the south bank, and from St-Dyé follow the Loire towpath up to Blois : Pays des Châteaux Cycling Circuit 12: Following the course of the Loire.
Another route leads to Blois via St-Dyé and via the great Château de Chambord: Pays des Châteaux Cycling Circuit 9: Between Blois and Chambord.

Railway station - SNCF

Mer train station
Ménars stop (automatic ticket machine)
Blois train station: on average, 10 trains per day allow bikes on board, either going towards Tours or towards Orléans and Paris (note that there are steps to negotiate).

Don’t miss

Herbilly: an old hamlet
Suèvres: the picturesque village, St Lubin Church, the mill
St-Dyé-sur-Loire: the historic port that served the Château de Chambord, with remarkable basilica, old streets, and its Maison de la Loire (with exhibitions and events about the Loire)
Ménars: Ancien Régime château beside the Loire, once owned by Madame de Pompadour, King Louis XV’s infamous mistress (private castle, but visible from the Loire)
Blois: historic quarters marked by stairways (degrés); the grand churches of St Vincent and St Nicholas; an exceptional château;  the Maison de la Magie (with exhibitions and events on magic); Beauvoir Tower.

Markets

• Mer : Thursday afternoonjeudi après-midi.
• Blois : Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday

Tourist Information centre

• Muides-sur-Loire : +33(0)2 54 87 58 36
• St-Dyé-sur-Loire : +33(0)2 54 81 65 45
• Chambord : +33(0)2 54 33 39 16
• Blois : +33(0)2 54 90 41 41