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View of the Vexin – Church of Grisy-les-Plâtres loop from Hérouville-en-Vexin

View of the Vexin – Church of Grisy-les-Plâtres loop from Hérouville-en-Vexin

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View of the Vexin – Church of Grisy-les-Plâtres loop from Hérouville-en-Vexin

01:29

32.9km

300m

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: May 18, 2026

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Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 26.5 km for 117 m

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71 m

Hérouville-en-Vexin church tower

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a very good restaurant, the Vignes Rouge

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3.08 km

Overview of Vexin Français roads.

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The French Vexin reveals roads, flats, false flats, coasts, in a setting of forests, marshes, fields ... so many traces to discover by bike for fans of the little queen.

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7.60 km

Church of Our Lady, Épiais-Rhus

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8.12 km

View of the Vexin

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Superb viewpoint at the top of a Vexin hill (after a short 2km climb at 3% via the Rhus road)

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9.45 km

Here, on a clear day, you can admire one of the most unique views of the Parisian skyline, even though it is 40 km away, with the silhouette of La Défense, the Eiffel Tower and the Montparnasse Tower.

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27.0 km

Church of Génicourt

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Small typical church.
Génicourt is a good starting point for visiting the Vexin Français.

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32.8 km

Herouville — the rock château

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You can pass by here without noticing this 18th century building which has no particular architectural interest, because its interest is not visual, but audio ... Indeed, this castle houses a legendary recording studio which had its heyday in the 70s and 80s. Founded in 1969 by Michel Magne, a key composer of film music from the 60s/70s (he notably composed the music for Tontons flingueurs, Angélique, Fantomas and OSS 117), the castle offered for the first time at the time a residential studio offering room and board to artists who could thus take the time to record their album in the heart of the peaceful countryside of the French Vexin. Its notoriety would go so far as to attract the big names of Anglo-Saxon rock. David Bowie, Elton John, Pink Floyd, Jacques Higelin, Iggy Pop, The Bee Gees, Claude Nougaro, Eddy Mitchell, Cat Stevens, T Rex, Fleetwood Mac, Marvin Gaye, Bernard Lavilliers, and many others recorded here.
This story is told in various books and articles, including:
"Herouville, the Haunted Castle of Rock," a book by Laurent Jaoui
"The Lovers of Herouville," a graphic novel by Yann le Quellec and Romain Ronzeau
"Herouville Castle, a French Rock Madness," a documentary by Christophe Tale
lemonde.fr/culture/article/2025/02/07/le-chateau-d-herouville-une-folie-rock-francaise-sur-france-5-la-fascinante-histoire-d-une-pure-utopia-des-annees-1970_6536323_3246.html

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32.9 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

31.5 km

1.06 km

157 m

156 m

Surfaces

29.0 km

3.74 km

163 m

< 100 m

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Highest point (170 m)

Lowest point (40 m)

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Thursday 25 June

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View of the Vexin – Church of Grisy-les-Plâtres loop from Hérouville-en-Vexin

Hérouville-en-Vexin church tower

Overview of Vexin Français roads.

Church of Our Lady, Épiais-Rhus

View of the Vexin

Church of Grisy-les-Plâtres

View of the Paris skyline

Church of Génicourt

Herouville — the rock château

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