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Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Besançon
Chalezeule

Citadel View – Passage to Besançon Cathedral loop from Chalezeule

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Road cycling routes
France
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Besançon
Chalezeule

Citadel View – Passage to Besançon Cathedral loop from Chalezeule

Easy

5.0

(2)

72

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Citadel View – Passage to Besançon Cathedral loop from Chalezeule

00:48

18.1km

90m

Road cycling

Easy road ride. Great for any fitness level. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: June 16, 2026

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Cycling is not permitted along parts of this route

After 8.59 km for 219 m

After 8.94 km for 127 m

Waypoints

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Start point

Bus stop

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7.08 km

Citadel View

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From the blue bridge, you are in a good position to admire the slender profile of the Citadel of Vauban.

All you have to do is cross the bridge, take the small pedestrian tunnel, turn right, pass the Porte de Rivotte and climb the steps to reach the top. The effort is beautiful, the view is even more so.

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7.16 km

This former railway bridge now serves as a cycle and pedestrian path. It offers two superb views of the Doubs as well as the Citadel.

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7.17 km

Mouillère footbridge

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pedestrian crossing above the canal

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7.54 km

Passage to Besançon Cathedral

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5

8.86 km

Pont de Battant is the oldest bridge in Besançon, crossing the Doubs and connecting the historic districts of La Boucle and Battant. The bridge dates from Roman times and originally had seven arches, of which one now remains. The bridge was restored and widened several times, and was partially destroyed during World War II. The bridge is now used by tram traffic and is sometimes the scene of an informal market. The bridge also has a statue of Jouffroy d'Abbans, the inventor of the steamboat, who lived nearby.

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9.49 km

Robert-Schwint Bridge

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Lovely views upstream and downstream from this modern bridge. We can see in particular at the end of Saint Pierre Island, which the bridge spans, Le Minotaure, a bronze work which seems to float on the water during the Doubs floods.

From a historical point of view, this bridge, a former Denfert-Rochereau footbridge, dates back to the Second World War and its construction has often been attributed to the Todt organization, a civil and military engineering group of the Third Reich. However, it was built by the French authorities and allowed the crossing of the Doubs when other bridges were unavailable. Dynamized in 1944 by the Germans, the footbridge was rebuilt in 1954 then transformed into a metal girder bridge in 1989.

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18.1 km

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Bus stop

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7.37 km

6.59 km

3.51 km

419 m

< 100 m

< 100 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

15.5 km

1.85 km

611 m

105 m

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