EuroVelo 6 (EV6, The river route) | |
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| EV6 beacon | |
| Information | |
| Departure | Saint Nazaire |
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| Arrival | Constanta |
| Length | 3 653 km |
| Country |  France  Swiss  Germany  Austria  Slovakia  Hungary  Croatia  Serbia  Bulgaria  Romania |
| Location | |
 48 ° 18 ′ 0 ″ N 12 ° 48 ′ 0 ″ E | |
| Official site | |
EuroVelo 6 (EV6) is a cycle route going from Saint Nazaire in France To Constanta in Romania. This route, along 3 653 km, crosses 10 countries.
Understand
Steps
Section 1: the Loire by bike
Cooperation between the Pays de la Loire and Center regions aiming at the implementation of a cycle route along the Loire began in 1995. The department of Cher officially launched into the project on . A first section going from Belleville-sur-Loire to Couargues was inaugurated in 2008 in the Cher then a second in 2010 between Couargues and Marseilles-les-Aubigny, the section taking the levee of the Loire and connecting the municipalities of Sandillon and Châteauneuf- sur-Loire was inaugurated on . The work to open the last sections of the route is now complete.
Over the entire route, two thirds of the axes are directly on the banks of the Loire. The vast majority of the route is free of automobile traffic.
Step 1: from Saint Nazaire To Nantes (67 km)
Step 2: from Nantes To Saint-Florent (56 km)
Step 3: from Saint-Florent To Angers (50 km)
Step 4: from Angers To Saumur (50 km)
Step 5: from Saumur To Rigny-Usse (41 km)
Step 6: from Rigny-Usse To Tours (40 km)
Step 7: from Tours To Blois (77 km)
Step 8: from Blois To Orleans (79 km)
Step 9: from Orleans To Sully (63 km)
Step 10: from Sully To Chatillon (45 km)
Step 11: from Chatillon To The charity (70 km)
Step 12: from The charity To Nevers (45 km)
Section 2: Burgundy
- of Nevers To Fleury-sur-Loire (25 km)
- of Fleury-sur-Loire To Decize (14,5 km)
- of Decize To Cronat (33,5 km)
- of Cronat To Bourbon-Lancy (18 km)
- of Bourbon-Lancy To Gilly-sur-Loire (13 km)
- of Gilly-sur-Loire To Digoin (32 km)
- of Digoin To Paray-le-Monial (16,5 km)
- of Paray-le-Monial To Palinges (16,5 km)
- of Palinges To Montceau-les-Mines (21,5 km)
- of Montceau-les-Mines To Montchanin (12 km)
- of Montchanin To Saint-Leger-sur-Dheune (26,5 km)
- of Saint-Leger-sur-Dheune To Santenay (8 km)
- of Santenay To Chalon-sur-Saone (25 km)
- of Chalon-sur-Saone To Verdun-sur-le-Doubs (29,3 km)
- of Verdun-sur-le-Doubs To Seurre (19 km)
- of Seurre To Saint-Jean-de-Losne (23,5 km)
- of Saint-Jean-de-Losne To Dole (27 km)
Section 3: Franche-Comté
- of Dole To Orchamps (15,5 km)
- of Orchamps To Saint-Vit (15 km)
- of Saint-Vit To Besancon (32 km)
- of Besancon To Deluz (18 km)
- of Deluz To Baume-les-Dames (18 km)
- of Baume-les-Dames To L'Isle-sur-le-Doubs (34 km)
- of L'Isle-sur-le-Doubs To Montbeliard (26 km)
Section 4: the Rhine Valley
- of Montbeliard To Montreux-Young (23,5 km)
- of Montreux-Young To Heidwiller (18,5 km)
- of Heidwiller To Mulhouse (13 km)
- of Mulhouse To Kembs (20,5 km)
- of Kembs To Basel (14 km) through the "1 Three countries footbridge " Between Huningue (fr) and Weil-am-Rhein (of) who, with a scope of 238 meters, has the longest clear span in the world for a bridge.
Section 5: Lake Constance and Danube
Section 6: Bavaria
Section 7: Austria
See the page on the Danube for details. It is possible to rent bicycles at Passau, at the German border, and drop it off before Vienna for them to be returned to the store.
