Port of Ancenis – Château d'Ancenis loop from Ancenis

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Pays de la Loire

Port of Ancenis – Château d'Ancenis loop from Ancenis

Moderate

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Port of Ancenis – Château d'Ancenis loop from Ancenis

02:27

59.6km

290m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 12, 2026

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Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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722 m

Port of Ancenis

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Formerly very active, the port of Ancenis is nowadays mainly devoted to tourism and pleasure. You can sometimes see the Loire Princess cruise ship there.
Beautiful view of the Loire …

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1.17 km

Château d'Ancenis

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Built in 984, the castle has, in addition to its thick fortification walls, an extension built in the Renaissance period.

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11.2 km

Bois de la Villejégu

Forest

18.0 km

Saint-Mathurin chapel

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Medieval chapel. 11th century according to the sign. Later according to other sources.
You will find a bakery nearby and a water tap in the adjoining cemetery, at the entrance on Rue Vieillevigne.

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18.2 km

Saint Peter's Church

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18th century church.

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37.6 km

Along the greenway you will find a wagon topped with a Brau harvester. These harvesters, manufactured not far away in Saint Marc la Jaille, were transported by train to Nantes. The train was therefore nicknamed the blue train.

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42.6 km

Catholic Church - St-Martin de Pannecé

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The church was reopened in 2017 after a year of closure for essential safety work (consolidation of the vaults).
At the beginning of the 17th century, the Bourdinière church had …

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49.2 km

Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul Church of Mésanger

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Saint Peter and Saint Paul are the pillars of the Catholic, One, Holy and Apostolic Church. From the earliest times, Peter and Paul debated among themselves and sometimes corrected each …

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59.6 km

End point

Train Station

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