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Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Nevers

Gimouille

Schiffshebewerk – Guétin Aqueduct loop from Gimouille

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France

Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Nevers

Gimouille

Schiffshebewerk – Guétin Aqueduct loop from Gimouille

Moderate

4.6

(95)

509

riders

Schiffshebewerk – Guétin Aqueduct loop from Gimouille

03:40

63.6km

80m

Cycling

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

Last updated: August 15, 2026

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Your route passes through protected areas

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Réserve naturelle du Val de Loire

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1.54 km

Schiffshebewerk

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This boat lift bridges a height difference of 10 metres

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2.93 km

Kilometer zero of La Loire à Vélo

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The Loire Cycle Route begins here at the confluence of the Allier and Loire rivers. It takes you almost 800 km to the river's mouth at the sea.

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5.96 km

Greenway along the Canal Latéral de la Loire

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Quiet and shaded cycle path, located in the heart of nature. On one side the lateral canal to the Loire and on the other side, woods and meadows.

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30.4 km

View of La Charité-sur-Loire from the cycle path

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Ideally placed cycle path between fields, woods and the Loire.

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31.8 km

Beautiful view of La Charite-sur-Loire

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32.9 km

Superb section of the “La Loire à Vélo” cycle path, far from motorized traffic and surrounded by nature, between the wild Loire and the fields that border it. Perfectly marked and sufficiently wide track, surface in excellent condition.

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44.3 km

La Loire à Vélo – Kilometre 0 (La Guerche-sur-l'Aubois)

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The famous "La Loire à Vélo" trail starts here, in La Guerche-Sur-l'Aubois, near Nevers. The start of this track is marked by a kilometer post on the ground.

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62.3 km

Guétin Aqueduct

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A beautiful bridge that terminates the canal parallel to the Loire. This structure is also a double lock to allow barges to pass over the Allier.

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63.6 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

39.3 km

21.4 km

1.21 km

1.10 km

595 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

46.5 km

16.6 km

526 m

Elevation

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Weather

Monday 31 August

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12°C

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Comments

June 17, 2025,Spaßradeln auf dem Loire Radweg

Fun cycling in the truest sense of the word: First, we cycled along the Loire Cycle Path, along the Loire and the Loire Lateral Canal to the restaurant 'Auberge du Pont Canal' in Cuffy le Guetin, located right next to a double canal lock. We then had a wonderful meal at that very restaurant and then cycled back to the …

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September 2, 2021,La Loire à vélo: Le Bec d'Allier - Charité sur Loire et retour

The starting point of the tour on the Loire cycle path was near kilometer 0 of the Loire cycle path. From there it is about 800 km along the Loire to the Atlantic (but that was not the goal).

My destination for the day was Charité-sur-Loire, a previously unknown small town that was shaped by a Cluniac abbey.

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April 15, 2023,tappa 1Da Nevers a La Charité-sur-Loire

Day1
Started today my long journey along the Loire Valley about 700km.
14 stages and a few days of leisure.
Today starts immediately with a bang, 46km
Flat along a side canal to the loire incessant rain and with a wind, which has always kept me at gunpoint without ever giving up ... let's hope in the next few days …

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May 23, 2025,La Loire à vélo etappe 1

After a good breakfast, we got on our bikes at 09:15. We left Nevers, via the historic bridge over the wild Loire and then cycled along the Canal Lateral for a long time. Via a small but fordable detour we arrived at Le point zero de La Loire a Velo. This is the actual starting point of the Route. You …

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Schiffshebewerk – Guétin Aqueduct loop from Gimouille

Schiffshebewerk

Kilometer zero of La Loire à Vélo

Greenway along the Canal Latéral de la Loire

View of La Charité-sur-Loire from the cycle path

Beautiful view of La Charite-sur-Loire

Cycle path along the Loire

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Guétin Aqueduct

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