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Canal de Bourgogne: Pouilly-en-Auxois to Dijon

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Canal de Bourgogne: Pouilly-en-Auxois to Dijon

Canal de Bourgogne: Pouilly-en-Auxois to Dijon

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    Location: Velars-Sur-Ouche, Dijon, Burgundy, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France

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    August 13, 2024

    Summit section with summit tunnel in Pouilly-en-Auxois

    The summit section on the Canal de Bourgogne is 6 km long. Due to the terrain, this length could only be achieved by using a tunnel. This is 3333 m long and completely straight, so that you can see the other end from one end. It is up to 34 m below the surface of the earth.

    Source: Wikipedia

    And we really didn't notice; in Pouilly-en-Auxois we crossed the main European watershed between the Atlantic and the Mediterranean.

    Another 76 locks await us from here on the way down via Dijon to the mouth of the Burgundy Canal in the Saône near the small town of Saint-Jean-de-Losne.

    From now on we're going downhill to the Saône.

    If you want:

    >>> Châteauneuf-en-Auxois, labelled “Most beautiful villages in France”

    >>> Les Jardins De Barbirey

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      November 11, 2024

      In Pouilly en Auxois, the canal passes through an underground passage. By bike, you have to cross the town, a route that is not very well marked..…

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        Distance 59.2 km

        Uphill 70 m

        Downhill 200 m

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        Location: Velars-Sur-Ouche, Dijon, Burgundy, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France

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