Mike Wells 
The River Loire Cycle Route [EPUB ebook] 
From the source in the Massif Central to the Atlantic coast

Map key

Overview map

Preface

Route summary table

Introduction

Background

The route

Natural environment

Preparation

Getting there and back

Navigation

Accommodation

Food and drink

Amenities and services

What to take

Safety and emergencies

About this guide

The Loire Cycle Route

Prologue Getting to the start

Upper Loire

Stage 1 Gerbier de Jonc to Goudet

Stage 2 Goudet to Le Puy-en-Velay

Stage 3 Le Puy-en-Velay to Retournac

Stage 4 Retournac to Aurec-sur-Loire

Stage 5 Aurec-sur-Loire to Feurs

Stage 6 Feurs to Roanne

Stage 7 Roanne to Digoin

Middle Loire

Stage 8 Digoin to Bourbon-Lancy

Stage 9 Bourbon-Lancy to Decize

Stage 10 Decize to Nevers

Stage 11 Nevers to La Charit&##xe9;-sur-Loire

Stage 12 La Charit&##xe9;-sur-Loire to Sancerre

Stage 13 Sancerre to Briare

Stage 14 Briare to Sully-sur-Loire

Stage 15 Sully-sur-Loire to Orl&##xe9;ans

Lower Loire

Stage 16 Orl&##xe9;ans to Beaugency

Stage 17 Beaugency to Blois

Stage 18 Blois to Amboise

Stage 19 Amboise to Tours

Stage 20 Tours to Br&##xe9;h&##xe9;mont

Stage 21 Br&##xe9;h&##xe9;mont to Saumur

Stage 22 Saumur to Angers

Stage 23 Angers to Montjean-sur-Loire

Stage 24 Montjean-sur-Loire to Ancenis

Stage 25 Ancenis to Nantes

Stage 26 Nantes to St Brevin-les-Pins (St Nazaire)

Appendix A Facilities summary

Appendix B Tourist information offices

Appendix C Youth hostels and gîtes d’&##xe9;tape

Appendix D Useful contacts

Appendix E Language glossary

Mike Wells is an author of both walking and cycling guides. He has been walking long-distance footpaths for 25 years, after a holiday in New Zealand gave him the long-distance walking bug. Within a few years, he had walked the major British trails, enjoying their range of terrain from straightforward downland tracks through to upland paths and challenging mountain routes. He then ventured into France, walking sections of the Grande Randonnee network (including the GR5 through the Alps from Lake Geneva to the Mediterranean), and Italy to explore the Dolomites Alta Via routes. Further afield, he has walked in Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Norway and Patagonia.

Mike has also been a keen cyclist for over 20 years. After completing various UK Sustrans routes, such as Lon Las Cymru in Wales and the C2C route across northern England, he then moved on to cycling long-distance routes in continental Europe and beyond. These include cycling both the Camino and Ruta de la Plata to Santiago de la Compostela, a traverse of Cuba from end to end, a circumnavigation of Iceland and a trip across Lapland to the North Cape. He has written a series of cycling guides for Cicerone following the great rivers of Europe.