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Very nice cycle path to connect Bordeaux to Lacanau away from cars

Water point on the facade of the building opposite the chapel

Straight to the lake or ocean!

Very nice path with a bit of stuff that could be qualified as singletrack, and some wider gravel paths

During this first day, you leave Bordeaux via the legendary cycle path which goes to Lacanau. From the Bordeaux Lac area, you will be completely sheltered from cars until the end of the stage. Be careful of road cyclists who can travel quite quickly on the track. At the start of the cycle path, between Bordeaux and Saint-Médard-en-Jalles, there are shops and bakeries to get you something to eat. Don't be shy because afterwards, until Lacanau, there are only fountains. Take advantage of the Salaunes area to take a break in the shade and fill your cans. The cycle path ends at Lake Lacanau which breaks the continuity of the pine forest landscape: you enter the wild section of this first stage. You then cross the dunes which separate Lake Lacanau from Lake Hourtin. This is my favorite part of this section! When you arrive in Maubuisson, it's time to refresh yourself: a swim in the beach or the lake, a drink or an ice cream... You are spoiled for choice! From Maubuisson to the shores of Lake Hourtin, there is only one step. You can spend the night in one of the two campsites between Maubuisson and Carcans. Comment from Tim Bsn on his circuit

On the banks of the Jalle de Moulis in Médoc, is the Tiquetorte mill. This old water mill still has its millstone. Tiquetorte is the deformation of “Artiguetorte”. already in the 17th century, parish registers used Tiquetorte or Artiguetorte interchangeably to name the mill. Artigue in langue d'oc is the corresponding of essart in langue d'oïl to designate medieval clearing areas and "torte" means crooked.

This greenway is known to take us to the ocean front. You will find in Samos a shaded rest area with water and something to repair your bike if you have a problem. Small subtlety: this greenway is a corridor facing the ocean. If you take it towards Lacanau and the tide rises, you will have the wind in your face, if it goes down you will have the wind at your back.

Old chapel of Saint Raphaël in Médoc. This chapel has a history: It was erected on the site of the birthplace of PEY-BERLAND (1375 - 1458), who was appointed Archbishop of Bordeaux in 1450 by Pope Martin V. Aquitaine was then English, and Henri Plantagenêt, king of England and Guyenne, husband of Eleanor of Aquitaine, gave him considerable powers, even the right of life or death. Pey-Berland built the Cathedral of Bordeaux and created the University of Bordeaux, which, moreover, still bears its arms.