All stages on Le Tour de Bourgogne by bike

Montceau-les-Mines / Palinges

FVT - P.Coupy

27 km

1 h 47 min

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Montceau-les-Mines

Palinges

Canals & intimate rivers

This stage in Burgundy meanders between the Canal du Centre and Bourbince River. You pass significant vestiges left from the mining and steel-making industries that long brought activity to the canal in times past. From Palinges, the atmosphere changes as you come to the Renaissance castle at Digoine. This stage is along roads.

Route

The route takes you along the D 974 road, with moderate traffic that is manageable for cyclists. After Génelard, you’re on small roads, signposted to Digoine.

Gradients and elevation

Ascents: 205m

Descents: 223m

Lowest point: 263m

Highest point: 358m

Road types

27km (100%) By road

Surface

27km (100%) Unknown

Not to be missed on this route

The Château de Digoine

Sites and historical monuments

Palinges

Si l’édifice même du Château de Digoine mérite une visite, vous apprécierez aussi de vous promener dans l’immense parc paysager qui l’entoure, entre l’étang, le jardin à la françaises, les alignements d’orangers dans des caisses bicentenaires et les innombrables palmiers.

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Don’t miss

Montceau-les-Mines: an historic mining town with lively river port and a museum on schooling, plus the monumental Chavannes washhouse
Ciry-le-Noble: La Briqueterie local riverside industrial museum
Génelard: impressive canal embankments, the Musée de la Ligne de Démarcation (on the World War II dividing line between occupied and non-occupied France)
Palinges: Château de Digoine, with guided or unaccompanied tours of the castle.