All stages on Le Tour de Bourgogne by bike

Paray-le-Monial / Digoin

FVT - P.Coupy

Visite de la basilique de Paray-le-Monial

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12 km

1 h 06 min

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Paray-le-Monial

Digoin

Canals & intimate rivers

You will ride your bicycle on an idyllic route from Paray-le-Monial to Digoin. A greenway meanders through utterly peaceful countryside, beside the Canal du Centre, used by pleasure craft. At Digoin, an ingenious canal-bridge crosses the Loire to join the Canal Latéral à la Loire running beside the mighty river. A very easy stage.

Route

Greenway from Paray-le-Monial to Digoin. You need to cross the canal-bridge on foot.

Gradients and elevation

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Ascents: 18m

Descents: 32m

Lowest point: 230m

Highest point: 245m

Pentes mesurées sur 500 m

Répartition des pentes

0.51km descente légère (-5% à -1%)

12km plat (-1% à 2%)

Road types

12km (100%) de voies cyclables

Surface

12km (100%) de surface lisse

Not to be missed on this route

The canal bridge to Digoin

Sites and historical monuments

Digoin

Les onze arches du pont canal de Digoin permettent au canal latéral à la Loire de franchir le fleuve Loire. Il fut construit en pierres de taille de 1834 à 1838 et fût élargit en 1870. Il est un des premiers grands pont-canaux de France, avec 243 m de long.

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Don’t miss

Paray-le-Monial: a pilgrimage town with remarkable architecture, a Romanesque basilica, a significant historic quarter and a museum of religious art, and staging many events.
Digoin: an historic mariners’ town at the junction of several waterways (the Loire River, the Canal du Centre, the Canal de Roanne and the Canal Latéral à la Loire), with a lively port, a canal-bridge over the Loire, a dedicated museum space called ObservaLoire and a ceramics museum.