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

I begin

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

Ascents: 0m

Descents: 10m

Lowest point: 229m

Highest point: 246m

Road types

12km (100%) Cycle path

Surface

12km (100%) Smooth

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.