Fontainebleau / Nemours
At the level of St-Mammès, you shift from the Seine to follow the Canal du Loing. This stage is quieter than the previous one, but the surfacing is rough in parts. Moret-sur-Loing has a bike museum at which cyclists along the Scandibérique may wish to pay homage, while Nemours is proud of its very complete museum dedicated to prehistory in the Ile-de-France Region. Both towns boast a remarkable medieval heritage and are well worth a proper stop. Riders, do make the most of a pause along the charming Canal du Loing before heading further south along the Scandibérique cycle route.
Gradients and elevation
Répartition des pentes
Road types
Surface
The route
Cross the Seine at Vulaines sur-Seine via Valvins Bridge. Cycle paths and cycle lanes along the Seine, then greenway beside the Canal du Loing. Signposted EV3.
Surfacing in parts smooth, in parts rough: the asphalt surface along the canal is patchy in parts.
Link
Cycling link towards Fontainebleau from Valvins Bridge.
Trains
- Moret-sur-Loing Veneux-les-Sablons Transilien train station
- Montigny sur Loing Transilien train station
- Bourron Marlotte Grez Transilien train station
- Nemours Saint-Pierre Transilien train station
Don't miss
- Fontainebleau: the historic town centre; the grand château; forest walks and hikes
- Thomery: Château Rosa Bonheur (named after a 19th-century animal painter)
- Moret-sur-Loing: the old centre; the Musée du Vélo de Moret-sur-Loing, a cycling museum
- Grez-sur-Loing: the Tour de Ganne; the church of Our Lady and St Lawrence (12th-century); the old stone bridge
- Nemours: the Château-museum; Le Zia, a tourist boat with panoramic windows, departing from Montcourt for Nemours (stopping at the Château de Nemours)
