Recologne Castle – Marnay Dam loop from Recologne

Bike touring routes & trails

France

Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Besançon

Recologne

Recologne Castle – Marnay Dam loop from Recologne

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Recologne Castle – Marnay Dam loop from Recologne

01:49

24.8km

140m

Cycling

Easy bike ride. Mostly paved surfaces. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: September 26, 2026

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Start point

Bus stop

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226 m

Cemetery of the Plague Victims

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A plague cemetery

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14.5 km

Cycle path on old railroad line

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14.9 km

Old Railway Line from Montagney to Miserey

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Beautiful gravel road on the old railway line slightly downhill from Les Auxons to Marnay (and vice versa slightly uphill).

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15.7 km

MARNAY. A characterful Franche-Comté town.

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16.1 km

A charming town in Franche-Comté, part of the Holy Roman Empire until the Treaty of 1678.
Very prosperous in the Middle Ages, thanks to its trade and artisans. A cloth market was established there as early as the 14th century, after Joan of Burgundy, Countess of Franche-Comté and Queen of King Philip V the Long of France, brought weavers from Paris.
From June 14, 1354, until the Revolution, the bourgeoisie of Marnay had a charter of emancipation that guaranteed them security and prosperity: "Whoever has a house and keeps a fire in the town will be a bourgeois." This charter allowed the inhabitants to administer the town themselves and thus build ramparts and create the individual gardens that can still be seen today.

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