All stages on La Loire à Vélo - Loire Valley by bike
St-Hilaire-St-Mesmin / Beaugency
CRT Centre-Val de Loire - P. Forget 
Once you’ve left Orléans’s suburbs behind, you reach the attractive confluence of the Loiret and Loire rivers. This stage of the Loire à Vélo and EuroVelo 6 runs in part along a raised Loire-side levée, looking over an agricultural plain used for market-gardening. Don’t miss Meung-sur-Loire et Beaugency, deeply atmospheric small historic towns.
Route
Take care crossing the bridge at Meung-sur-Loire (on the D 18 road).
Gradients and elevation
Ascents: 10m
Descents: 31m
Lowest point: 77m
Highest point: 101m
Road types
22km (100%) By road
Surface
22km (100%) Smooth
Don’t miss
Meung-sur-Loire: with its château, its museum, its collegiate church, the Prés des Culands Arboretum and the Jardins de Roquelin (gardens by the Loire)
Beaugency: with beautiful historic streets and grand monuments, including the major Notre-Dame Abbey and the Château Dunois, plus a stunning medieval bridge across the Loire.
Market
- Meung-sur-Loire : Thursday afternoon, Sunday morning
