It is possible to cycle the entire length of the French Atlantic coast. Called Vélodyssée, this 1,200 km route takes you right down the Atlantic coast and into Spain. Eighty percent of it is along cycle paths, the rest on shared routes with other traffic.
The route is broken up into 14 sections, starting in France at Roscoff. You can cycle it all, or you can choose just the sections that suit you. The route takes in some of area’s loveliest scenery including the oyster-producing Marennes Oléron, the Côte Sauvage, the Bordeaux vineyards of the Médoc, the beaches of Lacanau, the Bassin d’Arcachon, and laid-back cool Cap Ferret, the amazing Dune du Pilat and the Landes forest. Along the way stop off at the main towns of Guérande, Nantes, La Rochelle, Rochefort, Royan, Bayonne and Biarritz.
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