Canal de Briare Cycle Path – Canal Latéral à la Loire loop from Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois

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Sainte-Geneviève-Des-Bois

Canal de Briare Cycle Path – Canal Latéral à la Loire loop from Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois

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Canal de Briare Cycle Path – Canal Latéral à la Loire loop from Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois

05:47

99.5km

270m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 21, 2026

Tips

Includes movable bridges

Check opening times.

After 26.0 km for 13 m

After 45.2 km for 8 m

After 46.0 km for 8 m

After 52.8 km for 13 m

After 76.6 km for 13 m

After 82.6 km for 8 m

After 83.4 km for 8 m

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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13.8 km

Canal de Briare Cycle Path

Highlight • Cycleway

Nice bike path right along the banks of the canal.

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36.0 km

Seven Locks of the Briare Canal

Highlight • Monument

Sequence of seven locks on the old section of the Briare canal.

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53.1 km

Ancien Canal

Lake

57.3 km

Briare

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Briare, or the "city of enamels", is a boating city located at the crossroads of the Loire, the Briare Canal and the Loire Lateral Canal. The Briare Canal is the …

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60.5 km

Canal Latéral à la Loire

Highlight • River

The side canal of the Loire, built from 1822 to 1838, is bordered near Briare by a very pleasant towpath, both on foot and by bicycle.
The surroundings are very calm and wooded.

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63.8 km

Châtillon-sur-Loire bridge

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This suspension bridge is located halfway between the towns of Beaulieu-sur-Loire and Briare, and allows cars, cyclists and pedestrians to cross the Loire.

The bridge is located right in the …

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65.4 km

Historic canal lock

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This historic canal lock is located on the Loire River. The facility was formerly used to lock barges from the Loire Lateral Canal through the Loire to the Canal de …

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71.7 km

Saint Stephen's Church

Highlight • Historical Site

A beautiful Roman-Byzantine style church which can be visited all year round. To discover if you pass through Briare to admire its mosaics!

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99.5 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

51.7 km

29.9 km

14.1 km

3.60 km

452 m

Surfaces

73.9 km

14.0 km

9.61 km

1.72 km

335 m

105 m

Elevation

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Highest point (170 m)

Lowest point (110 m)

Weather

Wednesday 14 October

26°C

8°C

0 %

Additional weather tips

Max wind speed: 6.0 km/h

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Comments

September 25, 2024,09 Verwirrt am Canal de Briare

Help, I'm crazy about canals!

Yesterday I wrote that canals also have their charms. And today it happened that after a snack, I rode onto the cycle path in the wrong direction under overcast skies.

Suddenly the rough headwind was gone and the canal houses all look the same anyway.

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