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France
Pays de la Loire
Saumur
Saint-Georges-Sur-Layon

View of the Loire – Montreuil-Bellay Castle loop from Saint-Georges-sur-Layon

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Bike touring routes & trails
France
Pays de la Loire
Saumur
Saint-Georges-Sur-Layon

View of the Loire – Montreuil-Bellay Castle loop from Saint-Georges-sur-Layon

Hard

4.0

(1)

25

riders

View of the Loire – Montreuil-Bellay Castle loop from Saint-Georges-sur-Layon

09:39

163km

730m

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: April 9, 2026

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Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 81.6 km for 101 m

Waypoints

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Start point

Parking

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33.5 km

Les Ponts-de-Cé Castle

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Medieval fortress built in 1206, which was King René's favorite secondary residence.

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2

34.1 km

3

41.5 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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4

60.1 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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60.3 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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67.7 km

Réserve naturelle des étang et boisements de Joreau

Nature Reserve

82.6 km

Le Thouet

Lake

8

101 km

Montreuil-Bellay Castle

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Superb castle along the Thouet which flows into the Loire at Saumur. Many women prisoners, victims of the plague were saved by the inhabitants of Montreuil-Bellay horrified by the conditions of detention in the castle.

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108 km

Ballastière Pond

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10-hectare body of water on the cycle route of the Thouet Valley. Swimming prohibited but you can cycle around it.

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108 km

La Ballastière

Lake

11

127 km

Saint-Médard Church of Thouars

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All information about this big city can be found here:

tours.fr

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163 km

End point

Parking

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

120 km

15.6 km

15.2 km

9.22 km

1.95 km

156 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

126 km

28.1 km

4.32 km

3.20 km

414 m

300 m

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