Cycling along the French Atlantic coast is a wonderful way to experience the area in a relaxed way, going at your own pace. Enjoy a variety of countryside: cycling beneath towering pines, past fields of sunflowers and vineyards, through oak forests and along rivers, through pretty villages where you can stop to enjoy a cold drink or a coffee.
France as a country is very much geared towards cycling and drivers are accustomed to sharing the road with those on two wheels. Except around large towns and cities, it is possible to avoid busy main roads as there are many thousands of kilometres of small roads and country lanes where the traffic is generally light.
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