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East Flanders
Gent
Melle

Cotthem Grotto – Steentjeswegel Cycle Path loop from Gontrode

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Bike touring routes & trails
Belgium
Flanders
East Flanders
Gent
Melle

Cotthem Grotto – Steentjeswegel Cycle Path loop from Gontrode

Hard

4.3

(3)

110

riders

Cotthem Grotto – Steentjeswegel Cycle Path loop from Gontrode

03:26

47.3km

280m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Good fitness required. You may need to push your bike for some segments of this route. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: April 7, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 34.5 km for 175 m

Waypoints

A

Start point

Train Station

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1

14.6 km

Gravel Path Along the Railway

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

Smooth-moving gravel, here and there a pit or puddle, but that is easy to avoid.

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23.3 km

Smoorbeekvallei

Nature Reserve

3

29.5 km

Church Square, Sint-Lievens-Houtem

Highlight • Settlement

4

29.5 km

Market Square

Highlight • Settlement

nice cafes with terraces

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5

31.5 km

Cotthem Grotto

Highlight • Cave

very beautiful authentic place at the foot of the Flemish Ardennes

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6

32.1 km

Cotthem Descent

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Little maintained road surface, many potholes

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34.3 km

Oombergse bossen

Nature Reserve

39.2 km

Houtembos

Forest

9

39.6 km

Steentjeswegel Cycle Path

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

Asphalt cycle path partly through the forest, demarcated with posts. So no cars.

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10

41.1 km

Maudeweg Cycle Path

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

Beautiful cycle lane through the forest, past the castle. With tractor lock: no cars here...

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11

42.0 km

Visschersvelorede Gravel Path

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Nice flat piece of gravel between the fields. No wells, no cars.

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B

47.3 km

End point

Train Station

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

15.7 km

14.6 km

10.3 km

4.10 km

2.66 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

22.0 km

17.0 km

6.39 km

1.55 km

237 m

212 m

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Friday 26 June

31°C

19°C

48 %

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