Intermediate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 13, 2024

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Train Station

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5.80 km

Canal de Caen à la Mer at Blainville-sur-Orne

The Caen Sea Canal connects the English Channel to the Saint-Pierre basin in Caen. 14km long with two locks, the basin is bordered by a very pleasant paved cycle path.

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10.4 km

Pegasus Bridge

Just after midnight on the night of June 5-6, the two bridges of Ranville-Bénouville were captured by the British 5th Parachute Brigade after a short battle. Pegasus was their emblem. …

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15.1 km

Phare de Ouistreham

The light beam of the 30 m high lighthouse has a range of 35 km. The top (171 steps) offers a beautiful view over the fishing and marina.

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22.1 km

41st Royal Marine Commando Memorial, Lion-sur-Mer

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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24.7 km

Sword beach

Sword Beach: The French and British commandos landed at Collevilla-Plage, Lion-sur-Mer and Saint-Aubin. They captured the fortified bridge of Riva-Bella and the positions of Lion and Langrune only on June …

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28.4 km

Basilique Notre-Dame-de-la-délivrance

Built on an ancient pagan place of worship, the current basilica was built at the end of the 19th century in the Norman neo-Gothic style. It houses a statue of …

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37.0 km

Norwegian Memorial

Remembering the 51 Norwegians killed in Normandy at D-day and beyond

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44.4 km

Abbaye aux Hommes (Saint-Étienne), Caen

The monastery of Saint-Étienne in Caen is a former Benedictine abbey and, like the abbey church of Saint-Étienne, goes back to William the Conqueror, who made the city his capital …

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46.7 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

35.3 km

7.33 km

2.48 km

1.10 km

339 m

101 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

39.2 km

6.01 km

1.08 km

357 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Ouistram and Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer — loop from Caen

Canal de Caen à la Mer at Blainville-sur-Orne

Pegasus Bridge

Phare de Ouistreham

41st Royal Marine Commando Memorial, Lion-sur-Mer

Sword beach

Basilique Notre-Dame-de-la-délivrance

Norwegian Memorial

Abbaye aux Hommes (Saint-Étienne), Caen

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