Découvrir la région à vélo : rien de plus simple !
Découvrez notre sélection de 5 parcours cyclables en Bourgogne-Franche-Comté avec possibilité de location de vélo "one way" depuis le point de départ ou transport de personnes / de vélos !
Des suggestions d'itinéraires allant d'un week-end à 4-5 jours, accessibles en train, avec tous les services nécessaires le long du tracé : location de vélo(s), hébergements et restaurants "Accueil Vélo" avec un accueil spécial cyclo !
S'immerger à vélo entre vignes, canaux, patrimoine et gastronomie bourguignonne en toute simplicité !
Le Canal de Bourgogne - 4 à 5 jours
Partez pour une courte semaine au plein cœur de la Bourgogne sur son canal éponyme : dépaysement culturel et culinaire garanti sur la voie verte du chemin de halage, en toute sécurité !
Au programme :
🏰 Châteaux et sites historiques
🌊 Fil de l'eau
🍽 Gastronomie bourguignonne
Pratique :
- Départ : Dijon / Migennes / Auxerre
- Distance : 215 km
- Location de vélos : service "one way" Dijon / Migennes -
avec Vélibourgogne & Vélovitamine - Hébergements : voir les "Accueil Vélo"
Initiation VTT sur la Grande Traversée du Massif Central - 2 jours
Un week-end VTT au départ de Toulon-sur-Arroux. S'élancer sur les sentiers du Val de l'Arroux - via la Grande Traversée du Massif Central - avec une nuit étape inoubliable en hébergement insolite.
Au programme :
🚵♂ Vélo tout-terrain / VTT (accessibles aux débutants)
🌿 Nature (bocage Bourbonnais)
Pratique :
- Départ : Toulon-sur-Arroux
- Location de vélos : Toulon-sur-Arroux - avec E-Vélobike
- Hébergements : voir les "Accueil Vélo"
La Voie des Vignes - 2 jours
Amateur de vins, voilà qui va émoustiller vos sens : partir à la conquête des grands domaines de Bourgogne à vélo entre Dijon et Beaune sur de petites routes de campagne. Un week-end qui s'annonce riche en dégustations !
Au programme :
🍷🍇 Villes & villages du vignoble de Bourgogne
(Beaune, Nuits-Saint-George, Vosne-Romanée, Gevrey-Chambertin, Clos de Vougeot..)
Pratique :
- Départ : Dijon / Beaune
- Distance : 52 km
- Location de vélos : service "one-way" Dijon / Beaune - avec Bourgogne-Evasion
- Hébergements : voir les "Accueil Vélo"
Le Canal du Nivernais - 4 à 5 jours
De l'Yonne à la Loire, suivez les méandres du canal sur son chemin de halage au gré de sa kyrielle d'écluses et ses charmants ports fluviaux. Un périple qui invite à la mise au vert pour découvrir paisiblement l'ouest de la région.
Au programme :
🌿 Nature & verdure
🌊 Fil de l'eau
🍇 Vignes (vignobles de l'Auxerrois)
Pratique :
- Départ : Decize / Auxerre
- Distance : 180 km
- Location de vélos : service "one way" et rapatriement Decize / Auxerre - avec Vélibourgogne / Location vélos Decize / Vélovitamine
- Hébergements : voir les "Accueil Vélo"
Le canal du Centre en Bourgogne - 3 à 4 jours
Relier la Saône à la Loire sur l'EuroVelo 6, au gré de cités de caractère et de vignobles. Une évasion le long du canal, en Bourgogne du Sud, entouré d'un territoire doucement vallonné et parsemé de terres agricoles où l'élevage fait partie intégrante du paysage.
Au programme :
🍇 Vignes (vignobles du Santenay)
⛪ Villages de caractère & petit patrimoine
Pratique :
- Départ : Chalon-sur-Saône
- Distance : 126 km
- Location de vélos : service rapatriement Chalon-sur-Saône / Digoin - avec Vélovitamine
- Hébergements : voir les "Accueil Vélo"
Tailor-made itineraries
Tailor-made itineraries
9 La Bussière-sur-Ouche / Dijon
Starting from Pont-de-Pany, this stage of the Canal de Bourgogne à Vélo links the Burgundy countryside to its capital. Lovely surprises lie tucked away in this stretch of the Ouche Valley, where wealthy Dijon families used to come to relax. You arrive in the city of Dijon via Lake Kir and its large park much appreciated by families and sporty types.
8 Pouilly-en-Auxois / la Bussière-sur-Ouche
This is surely one of the most beautiful stages on the Burgundy Canal by Bike. The route takes you down the Ouche Valley, beside a series of locks, to the little port of Vandenesse. Then head through wooded straits dotted with historic curiosities to uncover, hidden away in corners of the deep little valleys round and about. A memorable stage.
7 Pont Royal / Pouilly-en-Auxois
After a hemmed-in part at Pont-Royal, this stage of the Burgundy Canal by Bike leads you up onto the so-called ‘roof of Burgundy’. At 378m above sea-level you come to the highest point of the highest canal in France! Located at the foot of the Monts de Bourgogne (Burgundian Hills) Pouilly-en-Auxois is a green little town, a welcoming stop-over by the canal.
6 Venarey-les-Laumes / Pont Royal
The first part of this stage of the Burgundy Canal by Bike is dominated by the Mont-Auxois hill, where Caesar vanquished the Gauls at the Siege of Alésia of 52 BC. Tackle the slow ascent of the ‘Valley of 40 Locks’ to the impressive Voûte de Pouilly-en-Auxois, a canal tunnel under Pouilly-town. A memorable stage, with the striking old port at Pont-Royal to see too.
5 Montbard / Venarey-les-Laumes
This stage of the Burgundy Canal by Bike goes from the Montbardois to the Auxois area, through lands rich in history. The countryside is marked by wooded hills and plateaux where white cows graze. The greenway leads to Mont-Auxois, a hill dominated by a statue of Vercingétorix, leader of the Gaulish tribes beaten here by Caesar.
4 Ancy-le-Franc / Montbard
This stage of the Burgundy Canal by Bike is on a greenway laid out along the towpath. After Ravières, the valley route is quite wild, set between wooded banks. Don’t miss the Grande Forge, one of the finest vestiges of France’s industrial past, at Buffon, where Armançon and Brenne Rivers merge. Go via the Brenne to see the interesting town of Montbard.
3 Tonnerre / Ancy-le-Franc
This Burgundy Canal by Bike stage is along a greenway meandering around the limestone plateaux of the Tonnerrois area from which so much of Burgundy’s celebrated white stone was quarried. From Tanlay on, follow a wilder stretch of valley. From here, the route is dotted with abbeys, elegant villages and Renaissance castles, that at Ancy-le-Franc the finest.
2 St-Florentin / Tonnerre
Keeping close to Burgundy’s border with the Champagne region, this stage of the Burgundy canal by bike runs between unspoilt hills and the little villages of the Florentinois and Tonnerrois areas. Finally, you’ll see the church steeple of Tonnerre ahead, marking the medieval town. Following the towpath on this stage, note that it hasn’t been done up yet.
1 Migennes / St-Florentin
The route is provisional on this stage of the Canal de Bourgogne à Vélo. It starts north of Auxerre at Vieux Migennes, where a church known as ‘the Railwaymen’s Lourdes’ watches over a major rail junction. The port at Migennes, where the Yonne River is joined by the Canal de Bourgogne, is the starting point into the Burgundian hills.
7 La Grande-Verrière / Toulon-sur-Arroux
This stage marks the end of the Grande Traversée du Morvan à VTT. You leave behind the fairly elevated slopes of the Morvan Range to arrive in gentler, undulating countryside, the way running between green hedges. Do take the time to take in the landscapes, which have a hint of Tuscany about them. There are many places en route offering lovely views on this stage of the GTMC à VTT.
10 Toulon-sur-Arroux / Bourbon-Lancy
The GTMC by mountain bike here alternates between stretches on paths and on quiet country roads. There are many points from which you can admire the Bocage Bourbonnais, with its hedge-divided fields. Don’t miss the short detour by bike to the top of Mont Dardon, at an altitude of 506m – in very clear conditions, you may even spot the summit of the iconic Mont Blanc, a vast distance away! Take a refreshing break at Montperroux Lake, then head on to the Signal du Mont and its tower-cum-belvedere, 10m in height. Complete this stage with a long descent to Bourbon-Lancy, a thermal spa resort with a medieval heart, including the Quartier de l’Horloge, with its memorable belfry.
10 Dijon / Nuits-St-Georges
This stage of the Burgundy Vineyard Way by bike links the region’s elegant capital, Dijon, and the winemaking villages of the famed Côte to the south. Although this stretch is provisional and as yet unofficial, it is of intense interest to wine-lovers, taking small roads through villages that carry prestigious appellation names, like Le Clos de Vougeot.
11 Nuits-St-Georges / Beaune
This stage of the Burgundy Voie des Vignes à Vélo (Vineyard Way) links the region’s two most celebrated wine towns. Nuits-Saint-Georges makes a lively wine stop along the vine-covered slopes; Beaune impresses visitors with its rich architectural heritage and was once an historic residence of the Dukes of Burgundy. Although this is an unofficial stage, it is easy.
12 Beaune / Santenay
Between Beaune and Santenay, the Burgundy Vineyard Way takes you meandering through the region’s most famous wine appellations. Make fascinating discoveries among these blessed vineyards: visit wine cellars and winemakers’ villages; enjoy local gastronomy among the vines; and take in the views of the Burgundian hills. This stage is easy and well signposted.
23 Decize / Cercy-la-Tour
This final stage on the Nivernais Canal by Bike links up with the Loire Valley and the EuroVelo 6 cycle route. The canal ends its journey with a gentle descent beside the Aron River to the port of Saint-Thibault. Enjoy the bucolic greenway in the midst of an historic plain. The stage ends at Decize, a port set at a crossroads of waterways since antiquity.
24 Cercy-la-Tour / Châtillon-en-Bazois
This stage of the Nivernais Canal by Bike takes you through the Bazois area, where cattle are reared. Enjoy the countryside dotted with castles and churches as well as forests and pastures, the last filled with white herds. After further meanders, including the striking one at Panneçot, the canal races in a straight line to join the Loire.
25 Châtillon-en-Bazois / Chitry-les-Mines
After a long straight stretch, this stage of the Nivernais Canal by Bike takes you climbing through La Collancelle Wood. Here, enjoy the array of 16 locks, matched by as many lively lock-keepers’ houses. You reach the highest point on the canal at Port-Brulé Lock and Baye Lake, before descending to Châtillon-en-Bazois. This is a splendid stage.
26 Chitry-les-Mines / Clamecy
This Nivernais Canal by Bike stage sticks close to the Yonne before the river comes down from the Morvan hills. The greenway runs beside the canal, with its sweet raising bridges, locks and old villages that give it typical Nivernais charm. This area is associated with a beloved French fictional character, ginger-haired Poil de Carotte. Note the detour by road to reach Corbigny.
27 Clamecy / Mailly le Château
This Nivernais Canal by Bike stage passes at the foot of impressive cliffs. Around here, the Yonne has carved out many meanders, but the canal shortens the way. On the final bend, medieval Clamecy comes into view. Trade from its port was dominated by floating wood downstream. Discover the rich local heritage via greenways, plus a few stretches on roads.
28 Mailly le Château / Auxerre
With this stage of the Nivernais Canal by Bike, you can leave the lively river port at Auxerre with ease. From the outset, you’ll be struck by the power of the Yonne River. You reach Cravant via a route running along the foot of pretty hills planted with vines and cherry trees. Then you pass through a gorge with striking cliffs and perched villages.
