The Trans-European Cycle Route 6 (EV6) in France : 100% completed !
EuroVelo 6 - The Rivers Route
■ FRANCE - Atlantic Ocean ▻■ BULGARIA - Black Sea
The Trans-European Cycle Route 6 (EV6) is part of the EuroVelo Network set-up by the European Cyclists’ Federation (ECF). It crosses Europe on 5,666 km from Nantes in France (Atlantic Ocean) to Constanta in Bulgaria (Black Sea) along the Loire, the Rhine and the Danube through France, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Romania and Bulgaria.
EuroVelo 6 in France
■ LOIRE ATLANTIQUE - Saint-Brevin-les-Pins ▻■ HAUT RHIN - Huningue
It is a 1,300 km long stretch linking the Atlantic Ocean to Alsace then Switzerland :
■ Saint-Brevin-les-Pins - Loire river mouth
► La Loire à Vélo (for about 800km)
▻ Nantes - crossing with another Trans-European Cycle Route - North to South - the Eurovelo 1 from North Cape to Portugal (Sagres)
▻Angers,
▻Saumur,
▻Tours,
▻Blois,
▻Orléans,
▻Nevers
► Le canal du Centre - from
▻ Digoin to
▻ Châlon sur Saône accros Burgundy (124km).
► The Saône floodplain
► Liaison Saône Doubs (Saône Doubs canal link):
▻ Saint-Symphorien-sur-Saône (close to Saint-Jean-de-Losne) -
▻ Dôle
► The Doubs Valley - canal du Rhône au Rhin (canal that links the Rhône to the Rhine):
▻ Besançon
▻ Montbéliard
▻ Mulhouse
▻Rixheim - crossing with another Trans-European Cycle Route - North to South - the Eurovelo 5 - Via Romea Francigena from London to Roma then Brindisi.
▻ Kembs - connection points with another Trans-European Cycle Route - North to South : the EuroVelo 15 that follows the Rhine from its source in the Swiss Alps to its mouth in the North Sea in the Netherlands. (Common stage with Eurovelo 15 until Lake Constance) -
■Huningue: swiss border▻ Basel
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