La Baule / St-Nazaire The Coastal cycle path in Brittany
44,17 km cycling route from Vannes to Port Navalo
Elevation of the stage
Waytypes of the stage
Surface of the stage
Cycle route
Follow signs for Vélocéan. The way is along a mix of tracks and roads with only light traffic.
There’s a short stretch along a 10% gradient just before Pont Saillant.
Note that the end of the stage, going through the port areas of St-Nazaire, is not laid out yet.
It’s possible to join both the Loire à Vélo and Velodyssey cycle routes by taking a bus, Lila 17, taking you across the huge, magnificent Loire estuary bridge at Saint-Nazaire.
Tourist offices
- La Baule : 02 40 24 34 44 -
- Pornichet : 02 40 61 33 33 -
- St-Nazaire : 02 40 22 40 65 -
SNCF train services
- La Baule les Pins train station
- Pornichet train station
- St-Nazaire train station
Don’t miss
Dissignac Neolithic tumulus; Le Bois Joalland Lake and landscaped park; St-Nazaire seafront, including the American monument (recalling the US soldiers who landed here to go to the Western Front at the end of the First World War); Escal’Atlantic, a stylish museum, set in Nazi submarine pens, but dedicated to St-Nazaire’s cruise-liner building; the startling contemporary art installations of the permanent exhibition, Estuaire, along the Loire Estuary.
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