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Vitry-Sur-Loire

Canal Latéral à la Loire – Digoin Canal Bridge loop from Lesme

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Bike touring routes & trails

France

Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Charolles

Vitry-Sur-Loire

Canal Latéral à la Loire – Digoin Canal Bridge loop from Lesme

Hard

4.7

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253

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Canal Latéral à la Loire – Digoin Canal Bridge loop from Lesme

07:19

126km

440m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: June 26, 2026

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Réserve naturelle de la Loire Bourguignonne

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Start point

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7.49 km

Bois de Fleury

Forest

20.3 km

Canal Latéral à la Loire

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The Loire lateral canal is 196 kilometers long and allows, with other structures, the connection of the Rhône and the Seine. Thanks to it, the three largest rivers in France are thus connected.

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26.4 km

Bief No 3 Oddes

Lake

30.4 km

Bief No 2 de Thaleine

Lake

36.8 km

The boat crossing over the Loire in the Canal Central

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37.2 km

The Digoin aqueduct is both a curiosity and a rarity. This 243-meter bridge allows barges to pass over the Loire River. It is also open to pedestrians and cyclists, who are asked to walk alongside their bicycles during the crossing. This remarkable structure was designed in the 1880s and 1890s. It allows the Loire Lateral Canal to connect with the Canal du Centre a little further downstream.

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57.2 km

View of the Loire

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At Diou, the Eurovelo 6 branches off from the Loire side canal and leads over the Loire Bridge of the D 480. From the bridge you have a good block onto the unregulated Loire 👆

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83.2 km

Idyllic landscape

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Idyllic landscape in the La Croix Pommier region.

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99.0 km

Cycle Path on the Loire Bourguignonne Levee

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The bike path has good asphalt, without any potholes! The floodplain is between the Loire and the dam.
We experienced the Loire as a calm, unobtrusive river.
But apparently, it can also be quite different.

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99.7 km

View of the Loire

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It's a great passage that runs along the Loire, sheltered by trees and quiet.

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108 km

Picnic area on the banks of the Loire River

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This waterside picnic area is adorned with attractive wooden carvings of various animals.

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126 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

63.0 km

56.0 km

4.30 km

2.00 km

346 m

301 m

Surfaces

75.4 km

49.2 km

672 m

613 m

Elevation

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Highest point (260 m)

Lowest point (190 m)

Weather

Today

Friday 26 June

41°C

22°C

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Comments

May 31, 2024,Tag 12: de Digoin à Devay (Bourgogne-Franche-Comté) - sur la EV6

Day 12: de Digoin à Devay

Today we set off shortly after 10:00 a.m. - in sunshine, but cold.
Croissant from the boulangerie and off to the bistro opposite. The coffee was brilliant. I don't drink milky coffee anymore - only black.
While we were eating lunch in Bourbon-Lancy, the first rain shower came down.
The little town has an …

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June 23, 2025,Von Digoin nach Saint-Léger-des-Vignes

Beautiful cycle path along the Loire and the canals, with a railway cycle path in between, all under trees and easy to cycle even in hot weather.

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June 16, 2024,EU24 Day 49 Decize to Digoin

No rush to head off today and it’s raining. The day off yesterday was good for me to wash, plan and book a few days ahead because the weather is still not great. Yesterday was very cold at only 15 degrees and I’m hoping that it will now start to get warmer.
I can’t check into the accommodation until 5pm …

July 19, 2021,Camino F 21/08; EV 6: Paray-le-Monial - Charrin

What a day today !? And as now described after at least ½ Beaujolais?
Started with hospitality, ended with hospitality! And in between three different stages, differently exhausting.
From Abbé Christoph we learned yesterday that a community of the Little Sisters of Jesus also lives in Paray-le-Monial. Sisters who live in the spirituality of Charles de Foucault, always on the …

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July 16, 2024,11. Charrin a Paray-le-Monial. 2024-07-16 08:44:46

The route ends at a private campsite, much more expensive. We move forward and cross the city and the campsite is at the beginning at a crossroads on the greenway. Be careful!

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440m

Canal Latéral à la Loire – Digoin Canal Bridge loop from Lesme

Canal Latéral à la Loire

The boat crossing over the Loire in the Canal Central

Digoin Canal Bridge

View of the Loire

Idyllic landscape

Cycle Path on the Loire Bourguignonne Levee

View of the Loire

Picnic area on the banks of the Loire River

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