La Seine à Vélo

The Seine à Vélo: 420km of cycling between Paris and the sea

The route is signposted La Seine à Vélo

The signposting displays the cycle route’s official logo and its official number – V33. Please note, at time of writing, there are sections where signposting is not yet in place:

• Central or inner Paris (Paris intra-muros): no signposting in place at time of writing, so do download the route’s tracks for this part before heading off;
• In the Hauts-de-Seine county (département) immediately west of central Paris: the signposting is being completed at time of writing.

Crossing the Seine by river ferries (bacs) and bridges

• Between Paris and Rouen, the cycle route often switches bank, meaning you have to cross via bridges or footbridges that are, on the whole, geared towards cyclists (see the stage details)
• West of Rouen up to the Seine Estuary, cargo ships ply the river, meaning there are few bridges spanning the Seine along this stretch. However, several free, small ferries known as bacs link the two banks. Three great bridges do span the Seine between Rouen and Le Havre, but of these, only the Pont de Brotonne enables cyclists to cross the Seine without too much difficulty; in fact, the Pont de Tancarville is forbidden to cyclists, while the Pont de Normandie can be tackled by bike, but the narrowness of its cycle lane and the frequent strong winds here make this crossing both daunting and difficult, so only try it if very confident.
• Do consider carefully, before reaching the fork in the cycle route at Jumièges, on which side of the Seine Estuary you wish to end your trip. After Jumièges, the north bank cycle route leads to Le Havre, the south bank one to Deauville.

Getting around by train along the cycle route

We recommend the following lines (on which bikes are accepted):

• Paris Saint-Lazare - Rouen - Le Havre: free spaces are available for bikes; count 2hrs 15mins for the entire train journey from one end of this line to the other
• Paris Saint-Lazare - Evreux - Lisieux - Deauville: free spaces are available for bikes; count 2hrs 20mins for the entire journey from one end of this line to the other, but note that at certain times, you may need to change train at Lisieux 

Links with other cycle routes from La Seine à Vélo

• the Avenue Verte London - Paris – the two cycle routes share a stretch in common between Paris and Maisons-Lafitte
• La Vélomaritime / EuroVelo 4 – there’s a link at Le Havre, and a section in common between Honfleur and Deauville