Angers Castle – View of the Loire loop from Grézillé

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Angers Castle – View of the Loire loop from Grézillé

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Angers Castle – View of the Loire loop from Grézillé

07:29

124km

570m

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 24, 2026

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Cycling is not permitted along parts of this route

After 43.7 km for 61 m

After 100 km for 101 m

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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348 m

Ruisseau Sainte-Anne

Lake

30.7 km

Pointe de Bouchemaine

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The tip of Bouchemaine is an old village of Loire mariners which is located at the confluence of the Maine and the Loire.

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32.3 km

Viewpoint

35.4 km

Bouchemaine

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In the 17th century, the bishops of Angers made the abbey their second home. Today it is above all a place where you can discover excellent exhibitions of paintings and …

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43.7 km

Angers Castle

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The Château d'Angers, also called the Château des Ducs d'Anjou, dominates the Maine on its rocky promontory. Built in the 13th century under the orders of Louis IX, it was …

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56.7 km

Port Maillard

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Port Maillard is a good place to have a picnic. Tables and water are available. The view on the Loire is great, we enjoyed our lunch there.

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75.3 km

View of the Loire from Le Thoureil

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The town of Le Thoureil is home to a small port welcoming traditional wooden sailing boats.
Le Thoureil also has megalithic sites on its territory, including dolmens and menhirs.

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75.4 km

View of the Loire

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The Fête du Thoureil, a festival of Loire barges, is an Angevin tradition that takes place every year in spring on the banks of the Loire at Thoureil, in Maine-et-Loire, …

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94.1 km

Le Thouet

Lake

96.8 km

Saumur

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Saumur was built on the basis of a 9th-century castle. It's a pretty little town with a pretty square with half-timbered houses. Nice cafes and a very good bakery on the square.

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97.5 km

View of Saumur

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Superb panorama over the city of Saumur!

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124 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

57.5 km

29.4 km

18.5 km

16.7 km

1.90 km

296 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

95.8 km

10.5 km

10.3 km

6.11 km

1.04 km

532 m

Elevation

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Weather

Monday 19 October

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Comments

June 16, 2022,3. Etappe Rocheford-sur-Loire nach Saumur

This morning I started a little earlier because it was going to be very hot. However, it was very hazy and the sun wasn't quite as hot as yesterday. La Loire is a very beautiful river, very natural but with very little water and a lot of sandbanks. The bridges are often very long. I cycled past many old houses …

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