Greenway St-Berthevin (Laval) > Renazé

Here you follow a former railway line built to link the towns of Laval and Nantes via Châteaubriant. Its straight-lined 44km have been transformed, with a compact, hardened surface now allowing for all manner of non-motorized transport. This greenway enables you to reach interesting tourist sites easily, like the wacky Musée Robert Tatin at Cossé-le-Vivien, the classic park and Château de Craon, and the Musée de l’Ardoise et de la Géologie (on local geology and slate-mining) at Renazé.

The route

Go under the D 910 road using the underpass for cyclists. Once out of this short tunnel, signs indicate L’Huisserie in one direction, in the other, the continuation of the greenway towards Montigné-le-Brillant.

Take care crossing the D 22 road after Craon.

There are kilometre markers along the greenway.

Picnic tables are set up along the route.

Accessing starting points along the greenway

Don’t miss

• Laval: the castle and its Musée d’Art Naïf, 02 43 53 39 89 ; the Lactopole André Besnier (a museum on milk production, also known as La Cité du Lait, in this, a major French milk-producing area), 02 43 59 51 90 ; further museums, river wash sheds, boat-hire companies and river cruises from the river port, 02 43 49 46 46
• Cossé-le-Vivien: the Robert Tatin Museum and gardens, with massive, wacky works of art by an extravagantly imaginative 20th-century artist, 02 43 98 78 89
• Craon: a small historic town known for its 18th-century château with fine grounds and racecourse
• Renazé: Musée de l’Ardoise et de la Géologie (on local slate-mining and geology) 02 43 06 45 38