Île d'Or Campsite, Amboise – Château de Chenonceau loop from Mini-Châteaux Val de Loire

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Île d'Or Campsite, Amboise – Château de Chenonceau loop from Mini-Châteaux Val de Loire

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Île d'Or Campsite, Amboise – Château de Chenonceau loop from Mini-Châteaux Val de Loire

02:25

40.2km

210m

Cycling

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 14, 2026

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Your route passes through protected areas

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Natura 2000 de la Loire de Candes Saint Martin à Mosnes

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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3.86 km

From Amboise: castles and vineyards

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Very pleasant short 35km tour between the Loire and the vineyards (apart from 2km of departmental road)

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4.11 km

View of the Château Royal d'Amboise

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A castle that is simply unmissable.

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4.53 km

Île d'Or Campsite, Amboise

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a great inexpensive municipal campsite! We rush without hesitation

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8.59 km

A perfect route to travel during the heat of summer: a few kilometers cool under the trees, on a perfect surface. This route can be taken from Blois to reach the Cher à Vélo and Tours, as an alternative to the Loire à Vélo. This lengthens the distance, but the drop is less.

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26.0 km

Château de Chenonceau

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A simply magnificent castle, unique in the world. It is easily accessible by bike from Tours, via the Heart of France by Bike route.

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28.7 km

View of Chenonceau Castle from the cycle path

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Chenonceau Castle has the unique feature of being built partly on a bridge spanning the Cher River. It was Catherine de Medici who, wishing to have sumptuous parties, was at the origin of this idea. The first floor of the "bridge" was entirely given over to numerous dances. Chenonceau is one of the most visited castles of the Loire castles and is also nicknamed the home of the ladies. It thus belonged successively to Diane de Poitiers then to Catherine de Médicis (respectively the lover and the legitimate wife of Henri III King of France) but also to Louise Marie Madeleine Guillaume de Fontaine, by her marriage Madame Dupin, who was born in Paris on October 28, 1706 and died in her Château de Chenonceau on November 20, 1799. A woman of spirit, famous for her beauty, Louise Dupin was also a personality of the Age of Enlightenment and held brilliant literary salons. She notably received Voltaire, the Abbé de Saint-Pierre, Fontenelle, Marivaux, Montesquieu, Buffon, Marmontel, Mably, Condillac, Grimm, Bernis and Rousseau. In the park of Chenonceau, on this side of the river, is the impressive tomb of this lady. This tomb is inspired by antiquity and is supported at the corners by large lion paws. You can enter the tomb for free.

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29.2 km

Superb view of the Château de Chenonceau

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It goes on gravel, but if you are careful it can be done for a few meters on the way to see the castle from its best point of view!

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31.0 km

Civray dam

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Pretty little terrace near the Civray dam

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40.2 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

18.0 km

12.3 km

5.46 km

3.62 km

554 m

244 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

27.6 km

9.33 km

2.01 km

1.07 km

125 m

Elevation

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Highest point (120 m)

Lowest point (50 m)

Weather

Wednesday 28 October

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Comments

September 19, 2024,🔒 Amboise - Château de Chenonceau und am Le Cher entlang

📆: 09/19/2024 ⏱️: 7:15 🌞 12°C 15°° 🌞 23°C Haid simmer moal as Biobaigger under change.
If you drive our batteries empty, whoever doesn't have it will have to suffer.
Edz wollmer moal des Schlössler ohshudder, hommer gmahnd.
Obber the madness hod aahn noamer: Castle tour!!!
Two hundred motorhomes, lots of coaches, and a large parkbladz like the one from …

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August 18, 2023,Tour Loire-Cher

Past Leonardo da Vinci's residence to the Chateau Chenonceau.
Two castles on two different rivers, great tour.

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August 28, 2022,🌟 Schöne Radtour von Chisseaux nach Amboise an der Loire

I can really recommend this bike tour. For the first few kilometers it leads somewhat bumpy along the idyllic little river Le Cher. But we were rewarded with a beautiful view of the Chateau Chenonceau. We continued on good bike paths over a hill to Amboise on the Loire.

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September 13, 2021,Bléré, Chenonceaux, Amboise

My second day in the Loire Valley. Just before the end, Komoot switched off. For the rest, see part 2

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June 26, 2022,Chateau de Pintray - Schloss Chenonceau

First along the Loire and then uphill and down to Chenonceau Castle on the Cher. The way back was actually great. Almost only bike paths. Unfortunately, the rain of the past few days has turned the forest path into an adventure slope with giant puddles, muddy paths and fallen trees lying across the path. And at point B, the smartphone/komoot …

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June 25, 2025,Amboise - Chenonceaux (PPP)

A day without a castle is a day wasted. That is why we follow trail 74 towards Chenonceau Castle. It is hard to believe that originally there was a fortified mill here, which gave way to a Renaissance residence, and the most famous resident was Catherine de Medici. The designated trail no. 74 runs south through agricultural land and vineyards …

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May 2, 2025,Château de Chenonceau und Amboise

There's a castle lurking around every corner, and tourists love to visit them all 😉.
I gave the castle tours of the hotspots a wide berth (who wants to wait for hours in the sun to get in?). Instead, I visit the small Château du Clos Lucé in Amboise, where Leonardo da Vinci spent the last years of his life. …

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