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Normandy
Caen
Lion-Sur-Mer

Lion-sur-Mer – Langrune-sur-Mer loop from Lion-sur-Mer

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Bike touring routes & trails
France
Normandy
Caen
Lion-Sur-Mer

Lion-sur-Mer – Langrune-sur-Mer loop from Lion-sur-Mer

Easy

4.0

(3)

64

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Lion-sur-Mer – Langrune-sur-Mer loop from Lion-sur-Mer

00:44

12.8km

30m

Cycling

Easy bike ride. Great for any fitness level. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: June 22, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 6.85 km for 57 m

Waypoints

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Start point

Parking

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1

260 m

Lion-sur-Mer

Highlight • Beach

A lovely seaside town. The Boulevard de Calvados forms an excellent car-free cycle route along the popular beach.

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2

459 m

Operation Overlord Monument

Highlight • Monument

Hermanville: The British on Sword beach
“Lion remembers – honors and recognizes the Allied soldiers and civilians who gave their lives for our freedom.”

Operation Overlord also unfolded on "Sword" …

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3

1.19 km

This monument commemorates the liberation of the city on June 7, 1944, a message from General Roosevelt which glorifies essential freedoms is engraved on a plaque. Next to it you can see a British Churchill Avre tank.

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1.20 km

This Churchill tank belonged to the British 79th Armored Division. This unit was commanded by Major-General Sir Percy C. S. Hobart who was the initiator, among others, of this special …

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5

1.74 km

Lion sur Mer

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Lion-sur-Mer is a small seaside resort on the Côte de Nacre in Normandy, which first developed into a seaside resort in the second half of the 19th century, when wealthy …

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5.14 km

Langrune-sur-Mer

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The name of this seaside resort is of the same Scandinavian origin as Greenland's (and also means "green land" in Danish), probably because of the abundance of seaweed, which makes …

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7.19 km

Juno Beach Memorial

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On June 6, 1944, the Canadians landed here in Normandy.

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8

11.8 km

Beautiful sea and cliff views of Lyon-sur-Mer/Luc-sur-Mer

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12.8 km

End point

Parking

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

8.79 km

2.24 km

1.17 km

513 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

10.0 km

2.20 km

307 m

130 m

111 m

< 100 m

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Friday 17 July

26°C

14°C

20 %

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